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By Monique Villa and Peter Rabley
What would happen if you suddenly lost your home? Beyond bricks and mortar, this is a safe place for you and your family. It’s your sanctuary, a space which is yours. If you were forced from it tomorrow, with no alternative, how would you survive?
Now imagine…
By Phyllis Omido, Founder of the Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action
The announcement of the winners of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize is an opportunity to celebrate activist leaders. But it is also a moment to recognize just how much courage their efforts (and those…
Date: 16 juin 2017
Source: CIRAD
Un article publié dans The Conversation décrypte le cheminement et l’érosion progressive d'une information cruciale concernant les relations entre déforestation et plantations de palmier à huile. Il montre notamment que, contrairement à ce qui a été repris dans…
By Mike Powell, Development Information Specialist, facilitator of monitoring and evaluative processes with the Land Portal and volunteer member of its Technical Advisory Group
The Context: Conflicts over land have shaped human history. Policies as to its desired use are shaped by ever-changing…
By Yuta Masuda and Brian E. Robinson
I’m sitting in a Mongolian yurt, listening to and trying to emulate Bataa’s* songs about love for the grasslands and the wide, treeless plains of the Mongolian Plateau. Our host sings with consuming passion. I might have brushed his enthusiasm off as a…
By Liz Alden Wily and Fabrice Dubertret, Members of the LandMark Operations Team.
Do community-held lands thrive today in Europe? If so, what can communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America learn from their long experiences? This was the topic of a Practitioner Lab hosted by LandMark : the…
By Jamal Browne
Since the adoption of the global indicator framework by the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) back in March 2016, significant progress has been made on a set of tenure-related indicators – familiarly referred to as the ‘land indicators’ – primarily through the efforts of the…
By Luca Chinotti, Global Policy Advisor, International Land Coalition (ILC)
Without People-Centred Land Governance, governments will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In fact, if we fail to secure and protect land rights, for those who live on and from the land…
By Elisa Mandelli and Andrea Wyers, with contributions from Everlyne Nairesiae (GLII-GLTN)
From 8 to 9 July Elisa Mandelli, representing IFAD, was in New York to participate in the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Securing Women's Land Rights in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (…
Texto: Patricia Dopazo GallegoFotografía de apertura: Álvaro Hurtado
El asesinato de la líder campesina e indígena hondureña Berta Cáceres no es un caso aislado. Miles de mujeres luchan a diario por los derechos de la tierra y de quienes viven de ella.
En marzo del año pasado el…
Por Gustavo Duch
Crónica desde la VII Conferencia Internacional de La Vía Campesina – y 3
Ayer fue mi último día en la VII Conferencia Internacional de La Vía Campesina y llegué unos minutos tarde al salón de actos. Al entrar me pareció que se había transformado, ya no era una sala con 800…
By Dr. Jamal Browne
The successes of the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) to date are worth celebrating. Today, we recognize the efforts of partners from every corner of the world, who through their perpetual optimism, have brought us many steps closer to making data collection and…