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12 Juillet 2018
La 5a y última sesión del Grupo de Trabajo sobre los derechos de los campesinos se celebró del 9 al 13 de abril de 2018. Después de 5 años de negociaciones, el Grupo de Trabajo terminó de negociar el proyecto de declaración que se presentará este año otra vez en Plenaria del Consejo de Derechos…
9 Juillet 2018
Deadline: 13/07/2018
The Land and GLTN Unit, located within the Urban Legislation, Land and Governance (ULLG) Branch of UN-Habitat, has the objective to develop, test and disseminate pro-poor and gender responsive tools and approaches regarding land, innovative residential tenures, affordable land…
6 Juillet 2018
OSLO, Norway — Indigenous peoples and local communities conserve lands and forests for a quarter of the cost of public and private investments in protected areas, according to new findings released at the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum last week, yet “fortress conservation” strategies often see…
2 Juillet 2018
The best way to save forests and curb biodiversity loss is to recognize the claims of indigenous peoples to their territories, a new report urges.
Published by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), an international NGO headquartered in Washington, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN special…
29 Juin 2018
This rapid scoping of the Food and Agricultural Organisation Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) sought the views of different organisations, individuals and activists on the usefulness of the guidelines for promoting forest tenure reform in support of secure…
28 Juin 2018
Tropical forest loss is at an all-time high, fomenting the global climate crisis. The result is rising seas, threats to global food security, and conflict across the globe. Along with this violence against the earth, there is growing violence against the people who defend it. Last year, Global…
26 Juin 2018
Climate change needs behavior change.What people eat, what they buy and what they use contributes directly to climate change. In just eight months, humans consume what the earth can sustainably produce in a single year. Nearly two-thirds of global emissions are linked to both direct and indirect…
19 Juin 2018
Experts from finance, research and policy cite land tenure as biggest perceived risk
United States - “It’s the biggest risk to look at,” said Sylvia Wisniwski, Managing Director of Finance in Motion investment advisory. “When land use conflicts arise, sometimes you can lose the entire investment…
19 Juin 2018
The world’s poorest will be hardest hit by climate change. What can be done to prepare them for the future?
Last month, a blistering heat wave killed at least 60 people in Karachi, Pakistan. Across East Africa, severe flash flooding displaced hundreds of thousands, and just days into this year’s…
18 Juin 2018
Europe - Governments around the world have pledged over 150 million hectares of forested land for restoration, but only five million have been subject to such interventions so far.
“We already know how to restore degraded landscapes at small scales, but uncertainty remains as to how to create a…
18 Juin 2018
This is a call for expressions of interest in carrying out evaluation studies aimed at helping the Land Portal Foundation assess its current progress and develop its capacity to achieve its strategic goals.
The Land Portal is looking to assess current progress against objectives and examine the…
17 Juin 2018
“AYNI” es una palabra quechua/kichua, cuyo significado es reciprocidad, igualdad y justicia desde la cosmovisión indígena. El Fondo AYNI de FIMI, es un fondo creado y dirigido por y para las Mujeres Indígenas, basado en una filantropía intercultural innovadora, cuyo objetivo es acompañar y co-…