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A recent U4 report examines some of the challenges in implementing REDD.
Donor-backed programmes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) intend to financially reward individuals, communities and countries that cut carbon emissions from forests as part of a global…
Sep 12, 2011 (Public Agenda/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- So far, debates around Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) have almost neglected gender issues and the role women can play. Despite the fact gender equality is currently appreciated among many professions,…
The Focus on Land in Africa (FoLA) Communications and Outreach Specialist will act as a champion for the Focus on Land in Africa sustainable education tool project by leading the implementation of its communication and outreach strategy. The Specialist will market the tool to development…
The Guidelines were endorsed by the 38th (Special) Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012.
The Voluntary Guidelines are available in: I العربية I 中文 l English I français I русский l español
The Guidelines were developed through intergovernmental negotiations led…
Rome, Italy - Information on land governance is critical factor for enabling developing and emerging economies to establish effective land tenure systems and ultimately ensure secure and equitable access to and control over land. To this end, the International Land Coalition, together with the Food…
Call for PapersAbstract deadline: September 14, 2012
Land, and the natural resources it holds, is under unprecedented transformation due to multiple factors including population increase, globalization, climate change, urban expansion, post-conflict readjustment, and other social and economic…
Please find below links to a call on the World Bank to freeze large-scale investments in land by Oxfam and the corresponding response from the World Bank. Both organisations are members of the International Land Coalition (ILC).
Large-scale land-based investments and acquisitions are at the heart…
After a long and very fruitful consultation process, in May 2012 the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGs) were approved by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
The VGs outline principles and…
Food and Agriculture Organization
In this interview, the FAO AIMS editorial team invited Mr. Johannes Keizer to share his views on the importance of Open Data for agriculture.
AIMS - Agriculture Information Management Standards - is an FAO initiative that has collaborated with the Land Portal…
The number of city dwellers is at an all-time high of about 3.5 billion and will nearly double in the next 30 to 40 years, with almost all the growth in developing countries, the head of the U.N. agency focusing on cities said Monday.
Joan Clos said even though the rate of population growth is…
Combler les inégalités entre les sexes dans l’agriculture est pour beaucoup indispensable dans la lutte contre la pauvreté et le renforcement de la sécurité alimentaire. Le changement climatique aggraverait aussi les conséquences de ces inégalités.
« Si nous voulons un développement durable, les…
In 2010, I was sitting in a World Bank meeting where initial principles were being discussed for guiding large-scale agricultural investments – which had grown dramatically after the food price spike of 2008.
Governments, the private sector, civil society, and others all wanted to promote…