One of the biggest challenges we face as a land community is the way in which we share information about our respective work and projects. We currently lack one key virtual and accessible online space to document land related projects worldwide, so that we may get an overview of what is happening…
El Coronavirus -COVID-19- es una enfermedad infecciosa recientemente descubierta luego de que estallara un brote en Wuhan (China) en diciembre de 2019. Hace una semana fue declarada como pandemia debido a su rápida propagación, y, como medida para contener el aumento de los casos de personas…
Uno de los mayores retos a los que nos enfrentamos como comunidad vinculada al tema tierra es la forma en que compartimos información sobre nuestros respectivos trabajos y proyectos. Actualmente carecemos de un espacio virtual clave y accesible en línea para documentar los proyectos relacionados…
The nature and scale of investments in land in developing countries has divided opinion many contexts, especially where local people depend on access to land for agriculture. Large-scale land investments that require a transfer of rights raise difficult questions, given their potential negative…
The Institute of Development Studies is gathering short stories that capture the diverse experiences of those who have interacted with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition Programme (GODAN) and GODAN Action.
If you’ve engaged with GODAN over the last few years – as a network member…
Criada em 2012, a Espaço & Economia – Revista Brasileira de Geografia Econômica (http://espacoeconomia.revues.org/) mantém aberto, em fluxo contínuo, o recebimento de artigos para submissão e publicação. Seguindo critérios internacionais de avaliação (peer review), cada trabalho será apreciado…
A study by the Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has examined how SDG target 15.3 on achieving a land degradation neutral world contributes to the strategic objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The study identifies several layers of…
Un informe de Ecologistas en Acción publicado hoy alerta de que, si no se producen cambios en las políticas de biocombustibles, se podrían deforestar 7 millones de hectáreas más en el mundo, de los cuales 3,6 millones serán turberas tropicales, y se agravará aún más el problema del cambio…
The effect that fossil fuels are having on the climate emergency is driving an international push to use low-carbon sources of energy. At the moment, the best options for producing low-carbon energy on a large scale are wind and solar power. But despite improvements over the last few years to both…
As climate change deepens, forests –– those lush, abundant, mysterious stands of trees that for millennia have quietly produced the air we breathe and the water we drink –– have never been more critical to our survival. It’s become clear that, as leading scientists have said, “Our planet’s future…
Politicians and influencers are signing up to the campaign, but to get things right we must keep in mind the science behind it, says Tom Crowther
The recent explosion of interest in tree restoration has transformed the climate change conversation. Although the trillion tree campaign – 1T.org – is…
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A Land Portal Foundation procura um Diretor (a) de Gerenciamento de Informações dinâmico e altamente motivado para nos apoiar na liderança das necessidades de compartilhamento de informações e dados do Land Portal. O Diretor (a) de Gerenciamento de…