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Satellites provide a wealth of information about our planet’s resources. NASA’s Landsat satellite, for example, produces images that can be analyzed by complex algorithms to calculate areas of forest loss with greater precision than ever before. These advances allow Global Forest Watch to create an…
By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people, which will require 50 percent more agricultural productivity over current levels. Meeting this challenge will be increasingly difficult, given the threats to global food supplies not only from climate change but also from large-scale…
Source: Rural 21
Published: 10 November 2014
After a two-year negotiation process, the Committee on World Food Security has approved the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems.
The Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems recently…
Le Portail foncier recrute les membres du Conseil de la toute nouvelle Fondation du Portail foncier et est à la recherche de candidates.
Contexte
Le Portail foncier est un site Internet à portée internationale ayant pour vocation de recueillir les informations foncières provenant de sources…
El Land Portal busca nuevos miembros para la Junta Directiva de la recientemente establecida Land Portal Foundation (Fundación Land Portal) y está buscando candidatas.
Antecedentes
El Land Portal es un portal global que lleva hacia información relacionada con la cuestión de la tierra, agregando…
REMINDER: Call for expression of interest still open. Women are particularly encouraged to apply. ()
The Land Portal is recruiting new Board members of the recently established Land Portal Foundation and is looking for female candidates.
Background
The Land Portal is a global gateway for aggregating information on land from multiple sources and building a specialized community of land experts…
Source: LANDESA
This infographic is the first to document the wide range of benefits that flow from women’s land tenure security.
The infographic makes clear that women’s secure tenure can help us reach a number of our most critical sustainable development goals – from improved nutrition,…
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and the Earth Institute, is excited to announce an interdisciplinary executive-level training course on sustainable investments in agriculture, designed primarily for public sector officials and civil…
WOCAN in collaboration with RECOFTC- The Center for People and Forests has developed an infographic to highlight the discussions and recommendations of the Regional Dialogue on Women’s Inclusion in Landscape Management, held on 7-9 October 2014 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The dialogue brought together…
Source: FAO
14/11/2014 - 2nd meeting of the organizing committee on access to land calls for civil society organizations and governmental institutions to mobilize and launch global debate on land tenure and investment agreements
The International Organizing Committee of the World Forum on…
Source: La Vía Campesina | GRAIN | pdf
05 December 2014
A global effort to give small farmers and indigenous communities control over lands is the best hope we have to deal with climate change and feed the world’s growing population.
As governments converge on Lima for the UN Climate…
The U.S. Government is working to develop a National Action Plan to promote responsible business conduct abroad that is consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. This process provides an opportunity to reflect on…