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10 Octobre 2017
La Unión Europea (UE) y la Organización de la ONU para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) defendieron hoy el derecho a la tenencia de la tierra de las comunidades locales para erradicar el hambre y la pobreza en los países en desarrollo.
Hace cinco años que el Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria…
9 Octobre 2017
On September 18th, a successful and informative webinar to discuss land-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), co-hosted by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Development (CCSI), the Land Portal Foundation, UN SDSN’s Thematic Network on Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources, the…
8 Octobre 2017
A new $100 million initiative will help indigenous peoples and local communities in rural areas secure rights to their traditional lands.
The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, formally launched launched week, was conceived by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
The Tenure…
4 Octobre 2017
STOCKHOLM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people under threat from companies seeking to develop their land for agriculture, mining and energy projects will be supported with money and practical help through a major global partnership backed by philanthropic and government funding.
The…
4 Octobre 2017
How can food companies stop contributing to deforestation? A panel of experts discussed solutions at a roundtable in New York
Half of the world’s rainforests have been felled in a century. If deforestation carries on at the same rate, they may be gone in 100 years. Food companies are a big part…
29 Septembre 2017
Corporations globally have made hundreds of commitments on deforestation. But what do these pledges really mean and why do scandals keep happening?
Whether it’s the destruction of rainforest shared by elephants and orangutans in Sumatra to produce palm oil; reports linking fast food giants to the…
27 Septembre 2017
The app will provide weekly satellite deforestation data in 17 tropical countries including Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A mobile app launched on Tuesday will allow indigenous people, forest managers and law enforcement officials in remote areas to monitor…
21 Septembre 2017
Date : 14 septembre 2017
Source : Foncier & Développement
L’objectif de ce colloque est de remettre sur l’établi quelques objets centraux des sciences sociales du politique (participation politique, militantisme, politiques publiques) à la lumière des mondes ruraux et dans une démarche…
20 Septembre 2017
Land Portal Foundation and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launch thematic portfolio on Land & Food Security
Approximately 40 percent of the world’s land is used for crop production and pasture, but 800 million people remain food insecure and as many as 2 billion are…
19 Septembre 2017
Deadline: 01/10/2017
“Protecting our land for a prosperous future”
Demand for recognition and protection of indigenous and community land rights is at an all-time high. Around the world, ILC members are mobilizing to help communities claim and defend their customary land rights. To build on and…
13 Septembre 2017
More precious than gold: 10 years of indigenous land rights under the UN Declaration
en years ago today, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
After personally witnessing decades of injustice for the world’s Indigenous Peoples, I welcomed this global…
12 Septembre 2017
As land becomes less productive and people are forced to migrate to cities or abroad, there is greater likelihood of conflict over dwindling resources
ROME, Sept 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 1.3 billion people live on agricultural land that is deteriorating, putting them at risk of…