A 15 de diciembre de 2017, habían sido asesinados 185 activistas medioambientales. El 2017 podría ser el más mortífero para los defensores del medio ambiente. ¿Qué está pasando?
Cada año la cifra de eventos violentos contra líderes indígenas, campesinos, periodistas o cualquier persona que…
LANDac is a partnership between several Dutch organizations and their Southern partners involved in development-related research, policy and practice with respect to land governance. The partners share a concern for the increase in land inequality and land-related conflicts. They are interested in…
En un trabajo realizado por El País, el medio recordó la lucha social que lideraron los nativos en estos 10 años por su derecho a la tierra.
Silenciar la lucha nativa es condenar el futuro del planeta. Así fue que en 2017 conmemoraron los 10 años de haber sido reconocido su derecho sobre la…
Communities are at the frontline of social change, uniting in a common cause to benefit the wider population
LONDON, Dec 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As 2017 draws to a close, the term 'resilience' has become a buzzword for many humanitarian organisations and governments who are set on…
Land acquisitions and land use restrictions can have adverse impacts on communities and individuals, including physical displacement; loss of land, income or livelihood; and/or involuntary resettlement. The World Bank addresses these negative impacts in its Draft Guidance Note for Borrowers on the…
El Comité de Coordinación Mundial del AIAF+10, impulsor de la campaña para la declaración del Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar 2014 y ahora del Decenio, está desarrollando un Plan de Acción que será propuesto a la FAO, el FIDA y los gobiernos.
La Asamblea General de las Naciones…
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is pleased to offer two to three grants of $10,000 each for innovative uses of www.OpenLandContracts.org, the world’s first searchable repository of publicly available agriculture and forestry contracts. The grants are offered to support and…
BONN, Germany — Nearly 1,000 members of the development, environment, and finance communities gathered in Germany this week for what is being hailed as a “new phase” of the Global Landscapes Forum as it breaks away from the United Nations climate conference.
Experts in the forestry, food security…
The University of Reading staged its first Land Symposium on Friday 1st December 2017, to discuss issues relating to the land struggles of the 21st century.
The event was organised by a committee of three doctoral students from the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development (SAPD) and brought…
Indigenous peoples and other local communities play a vital role when it comes to mitigating the impact of climate change. But despite inhabiting 50 per cent of the world’s land, these communities legally own just 10 per cent of it. As a result, civil society groups are calling on governments…
PRIndex will collect data from 36 countries in 2018 to help citizens secure their rights to homes and land.
After two years of rigorous testing, Land Alliance and LEGEND partner the Overseas Development Institute are expanding a first-of-its-kind global dataset and index on perceptions of property…
Offered by edX, in this course, you’ll be introduced to the basics of land management. This MOOC gives you insight into basic functionalities and tasks of land management. It will help you recognize important land correlations with other fields of interest. You’ll understand contemporary global…