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27 Novembre 2018
'Children should be a focus of urban planning, yet in many cities they are forgotten'
LONDON - Millions of poor urban children are more likely to die before their fifth birthday than those living in rural areas, according to a U.N. study out on Tuesday that challenges popular assumptions behind…
27 Novembre 2018
Rapid emissions turnaround needed to keep global warming at less than 2C, report suggests
Countries are failing to take the action needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change, a UN report has found, and the commitments made in the 2015 Paris agreement will not be met unless…
21 Novembre 2018
Un informe de la FAO alerta de que casi la mitad de la población del campo vive en la pobreza en la región
Casi la mitad de las personas que viven en el campo en América Latina y el Caribe son pobres. Son 59 millones de personas que no pueden satisfacer todas sus necesidades básicas, una…
15 Novembre 2018
“Cape Town, like so many cities across the world, has found itself to be the piggy bank for global surplus capital looking to invest in property. We have seen wave after wave of exclusive developments catering to the super wealthy jack up prices and strip our homes of their basic function – to…
15 Novembre 2018
From South Africa to the Amazon, battles over land and who owns it are unleashing unprecedented conflict and labyrinthine legal cases
LONDON - Land laws mean nothing unless communities can prove their ownership, researchers said on Thursday, calling for better tools to map the land and stave off…
13 Novembre 2018
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 2018 (IPS) - A new landmark initiative aims to make quality data and tools available to the international community in order to combat an “existential crisis”: land degradation.
The Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative (LDN), launched by United Nations-backed partnership…
12 Novembre 2018
The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) announces the first goal of the SDGs 2030 ” End of poverty in all its forms everywhere ” as subject for the 2018 AGFUND International Prize 2018 and invites the United Nations, international and regional organizations, ministries and public…
8 Novembre 2018
At the Land Portal, we are in the business of building an information ecosystem for land governance that supports better informed decision and policy making at national and international levels. We realize that these concepts are often difficult to grasp, and that the linkages between open data and…
8 Novembre 2018
We are honored to announce that Omidyar Network has renewed its support of the Land Portal Foundation with an investment of $400,000 to support the integration and visualization of spatial data and the dissemination of SDG-related data and information, as well as provide core funding for…
7 Novembre 2018
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU en Ginebra aprobó un tratado que protege a la población campesina de todo el mundo, define sus derechos y les otorga un reconocimiento como un grupo social determinado.
Por Juliana Jaimes Vargas @julsjaimes
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU aprobó…
3 Novembre 2018
O que é Prindex?
O Prindex coleta dados de todo o mundo sobre como os cidadãos percebem a segurança de seus direitos à terra e à propriedade. O objetivo é informar e possibilitar mudanças na política de terras e propriedades que tornem os países mais produtivos e seguros para morar.
O…
31 Octobre 2018
A conversa repetiu-se vezes sem conta. Em diferentes geografias, com distintos interlocutores. Ricos, classe média, pobres. Todos falavam a Fredrik Gertten da tristeza sentida por serem expulsos do local onde queriam viver. De cidades onde o mais importante já não eram as pessoas. De casas a preços…