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9 Septiembre 2019
Solos fornecem 99,7% dos alimentos que ingerimos; nesse momento, desertificação já está gerando uma perda entre 10% e 17% do Produto Interno Bruto global.
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Investir na restauração dos solos ajuda a manter o planeta saudável e pode ser o ponto de partida para resolver alguns dos maiores…
9 Septiembre 2019
At his speech at the UNCCD summit in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised South-South cooperation and technology solutions, but issues of land ownership dog the ongoing negotiations
As the second week of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP)…
9 Septiembre 2019
Nashik, Maharashtra: Pushpa Kadale was nine months pregnant and had a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter when one night at 4 a.m., her husband asked her to leave the house.
With no money and no place to go, the then 20-year-old borrowed money from a neighbour in Thanapada village of Nashik district…
2 Septiembre 2019
Their claims were rejected, raising concerns whether due process was followed
The recent Amazon wildfires brought everyone to a choking standstill as the world’s largest tropical rainforest and the lungs of our planet were going up in flames. Environmentalists blamed the far-right Brazilian…
29 Agosto 2019
Branching off the state highway that cuts through the Bandipur Tiger reserve is a single-lane road that leads to a cluster of villages which fall under the Mangala gram panchayat. Mangala is located on the northern fringes of the tiger reserve and more than 15 villages are part of this gram…
29 Agosto 2019
The history of land acquisition in India is chequered, its implementation questionable, and compensation is only a matter of perspective. A farmers’ organisation has been arguing that the country doesn’t need more land laws but a restoration of the fundamental right to property. Does the argument…
18 Agosto 2019
Mansa, Punjab, India - With a scarf around her head and a bottle of cold water in her backpack, Kiranjit Kaur goes door to door as the sun beats down on Kotra Kalan village, calling on women to join an upcoming meeting about farmer suicides.
Two years ago she set up the Kisan Mazdoor Khudkushi…
12 Agosto 2019
La indígena Jam Bai, una agricultora de la aldea de Korchi, en el oeste de India, está afanada. Tras dos meses de espera, la lluvia finalmente llegó y debe sembrar en apenas unos días los retoños en sus arrozales, mientras la tierra aún está suave.
El 3 de agosto, aenas unos días antes de que…
9 Agosto 2019
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, IPS correspondent Stella Paul speaks to indigenous women in Korchi village in western India, about what it means to own their own land.
KORCHI/GADCHIROLI, India, Aug 9 2019 (IPS) - Jam Bai, an Indigenous farmer from Korchi village in…
5 Agosto 2019
Land rights have direct bearing on the incomes of marginalized individuals and communities, and the potential to transform their living conditions by breaking the cycle of poverty.
Land is a symbol of identity, and often the only source of livelihood, for marginalized people and communities in…
2 Agosto 2019
When the Indian Constitution came into force on January 26, 1950, all citizens of India, irrespective of their religion, birth, race, and gender, were granted the fundamental right to equality. However, even after seven decades of freedom, the country continues to be bombarded with…
28 Julio 2019
It is an 8 x 8 room without any ventilation or windows, but Shimon, a 20-year-old youth from Bihar, calls it home. It is his kitchen, living room and bedroom. It does not boast of any luxuries like a toilet and a bath, but he pays Rs. 1,500 for this "company-provided accommodation". Add to it the…