En el marco de la serie Diálogos sobre la Tierra, tuvo lugar el primer seminario web de la serie de este año "Liderando el camino: Cómo los jóvenes indígenas combaten el cambio climático a través de los derechos a la tierra". El seminario web reunió a algo más de 200 participantes y contó con la participación de jóvenes líderes indígenas y de comunidades locales de todo el mundo. La serie está organizada por un consorcio de organizaciones, entre las que se encuentran la Fundación Land Portal, la Fundación Ford y el Tenure Facility, y este seminario web en concreto fue organizado por la organización YILAA y TINTA.   

Challenges with regards to scaling is not unique to the land sector. Working in the context of agriculture for development, CGIAR and Wageningen University developed the Scaling Readiness approach.  This approach response to the fact that the pressure to demonstrate fast and visible results and impact at scale, has sometimes resulted in unreasonable and unrealistic expectations, and in fact stimulated simplistic and non-sustainable scaling approaches.

Chad is at the verge of an emerging land tenure crisis. As observed in many countries in Africa, formal and customary tenure systems overlap. Customary tenure systems, that generally prevail in rural areas, differ from region to region, with each its own needs and practices. Land conflicts are abundant, caused by degradation and transformation of land surfaces caused by climate change, as well as land investments by domestic investors with disputed legitimacy.

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) nos notificó el 8 de marzo de 2022 el sometimiento por parte de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) del caso Pueblos Rama y Kriol Vs. Nicaragua; el caso inició en el año 2013 ante la CIDH, por la falta de Consentimiento Libre Previo e Informado (CLPI) de la Ley No. 840, que otorgó la concesión sobre el megaproyecto del Gran Canal Interoceánico por Nicaragua (GCIN).

By Allan Cain, Development Workshop Angola

* This article was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa

UNLIKELY PARTNERS: BLOCKCHAIN & LAND SURVEYING INDUSTRY

OUTLINE

I. Introduction to Blockchain Technology

II. Overview of the Surveying Industry

III. Surveying and Blockchain

IV. Types of Blockchains  

V. The Case for Blockchain in the Real Estate Industry

VI. Blockchain, Surveying, Land Registry and Cadastre 

VII. Blockchain Registry Integration Levels

VIII. The Future of Blockchain for Real Estate

IX. Conclusion

APPENDIX 

Glossary — Blockchain Terminology

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