The Policy Brief provides a brief background on the UN-REDD Programme's approach to land tenure and REDD+.
This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called…
Malnutrition costs the world trillions of dollars, but global commitment to improving people’s nutrition is on the rise, and so is our knowledge of how to do so. Over the past 50 years, understanding of nutrition has evolved beyond a narrow focus on hunger and famine. We now know that good…
Malnutrition costs the world trillions of dollars, but global commitment to improving people’s nutrition is on the rise, and so is our knowledge of how to do so. Over the past 50 years, understanding of nutrition has evolved beyond a narrow focus on hunger and famine. We now know that good…
El Proyecto de Asentamiento Emiliano Zapata del MST nace de la lucha por la reforma agraria en la región. Es uno de los once asentamientos conquistados en la región, localizando a 25 familias en un área de 645 hectáreas. Es uno de los más representativos en la lucha por la tierra y la reforma…
O povo Pataxó vivia tradicionalmente em bandos seminômades, convivendo com outras etnias. A expansão agrícola brasileira os alcançou em vários períodos históricas de forma violenta. Os Pataxó, da Bahía, se mantiveram relativamente isolados da sociedade nacional vivendo no sul da Bahia desde o…
This Decree, consisting of 4 Chapters, regulates the selection process for the families beneficiary of the National Agrarian Reform. This Decree specifies the following issues: the selection of families candidates for being beneficiaries of the National Agrarian Reform Programme - PNRA, the…
Seeking to gain a better understanding of the role that agroecology can play in eradicating hunger and malnutrition, FAO organized the Multistakeholder Consultation on agroecology for Asia and the Pacific, held in Bangkok, Thailand on 24-26 November 2015. FAO acted as a facilitator to enable…
A comunidade quilombola Guajará Mirim é formada por cinco povoados e conta com 140 famílias. Está localizada no município de Acará, região do Baixo Acará, nordeste do estado do Pará. A área da comunidade soma 1.024,1954 hectares titulados em 2002 pelo Instituto de Terras do Pará. O título foi…
O processo de reconhecimento e de titulação coletiva de Macapazinho teve início logo após a regulamentação dos procedimentos para titulação de terras quilombolas no estado do Pará, pelo Instituto de Terras do Pará, em 1999 (Decreto estadual n. 3572/99 e Instrução Normativa n. 2/99). A comunidade…
This paper summarizes the good practices by nine selected OECD countries that seek to promote responsible foreign investment in developing country agriculture, primarily by investors in their territory or jurisdiction. The study provides examples of the increasing trend of home countries in…