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@Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace
Brésil

Date: 20 mai 2016


Source: Greenpeace


Nous avons fait campagne pendant dix ans, et le résultat est enfin là. Le 9 mai dernier, les principaux négociants de soja, un groupe d’ONG dont Greenpeace et le gouvernement brésilien ont prolongé un accord qui met un terme à la déforestation à grande échelle au profit des plantations de soja dans l’Amazonie brésilienne. C’est une belle victoire !


Rwanda

By Sarah Logan and Mallory Baxter


African cities are rapidly expanding as the number of urban residents rises due to rural-urban migration and population growth. Ad hoc urban expansion contributes to an increase in unplanned settlements, urban poverty and inequality, and constraints on new residents, who are attempting to secure access to adequate housing, property rights, employment, and basic services.

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Forests are the lifeline and cultural heritage of at least 100 million indigenous peoples in Asia


The world’s remaining forests, the planet’s biodiversity, and rivers are found in indigenous peoples’ territories. However, rampant large-scale development projects without regard to the environment and the indigenous peoples inhabiting these areas are threatening to wipe out populations and extract resources.


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By Jolyne Sanjak


When land tenure experts like me write about the connection between land tenure and food security, we often focus on how secure rights to land tend to increase smallholder farmers’ productivity-enhancing investments. As studies in China, Thailand, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Ghana, among other countries, document—farmers with security of tenure are more likely to invest their finances and labor in improvements to their land.


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