Este texto de Matilde Mera Anchio, que le valió la mención en el Concurso Alimentos y pensamientos, siempre en agenda,versión 2015 del Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS).
Hace apenas unos meses Ecuador y su proceso político estaban en las primeras planas de la agenda periodística. Como suele ocurrir, el silencio y el desinterés sustituyen a la cobertura del hecho noticioso puntual. En el IPDRS, sin embargo, creemos que hay procesos, como el de las promesas de los gobiernos recientes, por ejemplo, que deben merecer mayor seguimiento, ya que éste forma parte del tan mentado control social.
Los avances tecnológicos del mundo contemporáneo suelen hacernos olvidar que previamente, durante milenios, la humanidad siempre encontró modos eficaces para comunicarse, producir y prosperar. Los caminos del intercambio y la reciprocidad son ejemplo de ello, tal como se describe en el presente artículo, versión número 87 del boletín quincenal Apuntes. Este trabajo mereció, por otra parte, el PRIMER PREMIO de la categoría artículos del concurso Alimentos y pensamientos, siempre en agenda, promovido por el IPDRS en alianza con ICCO y Oxfam.
Pedro Pachaguaya y Samuel Flores, antropólogo y líder originario, proponen un documento que pone en cuestión la forma en que el Estado Plurinacional gestiona la identidad cultural de la población.
A method of consensus building for management of wetlands and fisheries using a systematic approach to participatory planning and initially developed in Bangladesh is now being applied in both Bangladesh and the Mekong delta. The method recognizes diversity in livelihoods and works through a structured learning and planning process that focuses on common interests. It works with each category of stakeholder separately to prioritize the natural resource problems that their livelihoods are largely dependent on, they then share and agree common priorities in plenary.
Soybean agriculture has expanded to become one of the leading export products in several countries, providing high economic benefits but with strong social and environmental impacts. Eduardo Gudynas argues that soybean agriculture represents the forefront of a great transformation in rural life as agrobusiness oriented to global markets expands and takes over traditional farming.
Ponencia sobre Multiculturalidad y lenguas en los pueblos indígenas del Chaco Paraguayo ante la Comisión Nacional de Bilinguismo.
Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Despite equivocation by governments, a critical mass of influential investors and companies now recognize the market rationale for respecting community land rights.
In many Asian, African, and South American nations, indigenous people are being driven from their homes: Government authorities are leasing hundreds of thousands of hectares of land belonging to indigenous people who only in the rarest of cases possess deeds to the land that are recognised by the authorities. Although in many cases their ancestors have lived on the land for centuries, these rights were never recorded in the land registries. The way of life and the livelihood of many indigenous peoples are severely threatened by their land being sold off.
The « Environment and Natural Resources Code of Cambodia » (Sixth Draft – – 20 November 2016) is a very extensive proposed law (535 pages !) which will have, if adopted, major impacts on many aspects of Cambodian development (Mines, Energy, Urban planning, etc..) but is particularly important for the management of Protected Areas and of Forests and Fisheries. The code has been elaborated by a panel of experts and several working groups led by Vishnu Law Group. A public national consultation has been organized by MOE in Dec 2016.