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By Nicholas Tagliarino, Celine Salcedo-La Viña and Sam Szoke-Burke
Indigenous representatives from around the world are convening in New York this week for the 15th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Forum is the UN’s central coordinating and advisory body on…
By: Sara Gustafson
Date: May 26th 2016
Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The effects of climate change vary from region to region, but according to a new study from the World Bank, the majority of the global impact stemming from climate change will come through…
Por José Graziano da Silva , Director general de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
La paz sostenible está íntimamente ligada al desarrollo sostenible, a los alimentos y a su producción
Este martes, José Graziano da Silva se ha convertido en…
By Nicholas Tagliarino, World Resources Institute
June 13th, 2016
In almost all countries, governments have legal authority to acquire land for public needs, including roads, schools and other public infrastructure, as long as they compensate affected landholders. This process is commonly…
By Dr. Gregory Myers, Lead Land Administration Specialist at the World Bank
“Congratulations, today your baby is four years old,” Iris Krebber, DFID/UK recently emailed me. Iris was not referring to a child, but rather the Voluntary Guidelines for the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest (VGGT),…
By Dr. Gregory Myers, Lead Land Administration Specialist at the World Bank
“Congratulations, today your baby is four years old,” Iris Krebber, DFID/UK recently emailed me. Iris was not referring to a child, but rather the Voluntary Guidelines for the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest (VGGT),…
By: Marianne Gadeberg
Date: June 3 2016
Source: CGIAR
Interest in investing in sustainability is on the rise. With the Paris Climate Agreement and the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals last year, the political demand to further sustainability across sectors and scales is stronger…
By: Marianne Gadeberg
Date: June 20 2016
Source: CGIARThe ‘Global Landscape Forum – the Investment Case’ convened in London earlier this month with the aim of mitigating climate change and reducing poverty through investments in landscape restoration. Events like this one are desperately needed…
This blog was written as a contribution to the Mekong Regional Land Forum that took place from June 21-23 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Duncan Pruett was a keynote speaker at this event.
By Duncan Pruett, Program Policy Advisor for Oxfam in Myanmar
I was asked to reflect on foreign investments in…
By Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne and Associates
To say we are living in interesting times is a gross understatement. Increasing populations, globalisation and climate change have increased demand for land, while market forces have raised prices to levels unaffordable to many. Urbanisation has…
Date: 09 juillet 2016
Source: L'Obs
Par Niels Planel, Consultant
L'"accaparement des terres" : c’est ainsi que beaucoup désignent un phénomène mal connu, dont on s’accorde à faire remonter l’émergence à la crise alimentaire mondiale de 2007-2008 : la flambée des prix dans le monde et les "…
Land Portal: improving land governance and securing land rights for landless and vulnerable people ()
By Imma Subirats, Senior Knowledge and Information Management Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and…