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#LandRightsNow: Protect indigenous peoples and forests ()
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…
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Déforestation: Dans 10 ans, près de 2 milliards de personnes seront privées d’eau ()
Par Aladji Date: 28 mars 2016 Source: Radio Kankan Aujourd’hui, à cause de la déforestation abusive de la forêt, l’humanité coure un grand danger. Chaque année, les méfaits de l’homme entraîne un recule de 7 millions d’hectares forestières et 50 millions d’hectares de terres forestières…
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L'adaptation au changement climatique ignorée ()
Source: Témoignages Date: 23 mars 2016 Les forces agissant sur l’ensemble du monde de façon permanente ne sont pas prises en compte. Tout d’abord le changement climatique. La conférence de Paris a pris des engagements pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et pour l’…
Local shops provided rural households with an alternative source of income and became part of farmers’ coping strategy to sustain their livelihoods in the aftermath of land dispossession. Photo Credit: Diana Suhardiman/IWMI.
Farmers' strategies to cope with land loss ()
By Diana Suhardiman and Emily Koo Laos has conceded a significant amount of land to foreign investors, with estimates placing 15% of the country’s land under foreign control. Such land concessions, or the granting of rights to land, are positioned by the government as critical to economic growth…
The Isangi people live along and on the Congo river, relying on its resources for their livelihoods. Photo by Julien Harneis/Wikimedia Commons
3 Reasons Why Community Land Rights Are Not Legally Secure in Many Countries ()
By Nicholas Tagliarino, Research Analyst at the World Resources Institute Strong legal rights to land are crucial for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. When communities have weak or insecure land rights, such areas are particularly vulnerable to expropriation, land grabbing and…
Surveying potential challenges and impacts of open land data ()
By Linsday Ferris, Research Fellow at the Cadasta Foundation Early this year, Cadasta Foundation and Open Knowledge announced a joint-initiative to explore open land data. Through sponsoring a fellowship, Cadasta and Open Knowledge aim to build consensus on the definition of open data in land…
To restore Africa's degraded land, improve farmers' rights to it ()
By Sarah Weber & Kathleen Buckingham, World Resources Institute Droughts and desertification fueled by deforestation, agricultural expansion and climate change have left African countries from the Sahel to the Congo Basin with sizable economic losses and little chance of food security. Roughly…
For forests, a change in attitude in favor of indigenous communities ()
By Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain In 2015, more than 500 million hectares of forests were held by indigenous peoples.  Despite the increase in forest area designated for and owned by indigenous peoples in recent decades, governments still administer 60 percent of these forest areas while firms and…
For forests, a change in attitude in favor of indigenous communities ()
By Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain In 2015, more than 500 million hectares of forests were held by indigenous peoples.  Despite the increase in forest area designated for and owned by indigenous peoples in recent decades, governments still administer 60 percent of these forest areas while firms and…
For forests, a change in attitude in favor of indigenous communities ()
By Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain In 2015, more than 500 million hectares of forests were held by indigenous peoples.  Despite the increase in forest area designated for and owned by indigenous peoples in recent decades, governments still administer 60 percent of these forest areas while firms and…
En los bosques, un cambio de actitud en favor de los pueblos indígenas ()
Enviado por Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain En el 2015, más de 500 millones de hectáreas de bosque estaban bajo posesión de pueblos indígenas. A pesar de que en las últimas décadas el área boscosa designada para y en posesión de pueblos indígenas ha crecido, los gobiernos aún tienen 60% de estas áreas…
En los bosques, un cambio de actitud en favor de los pueblos indígenas ()
Enviado por Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain En el 2015, más de 500 millones de hectáreas de bosque estaban bajo posesión de pueblos indígenas. A pesar de que en las últimas décadas el área boscosa designada para y en posesión de pueblos indígenas ha crecido, los gobiernos aún tienen 60% de estas áreas…