Goma, 23 November 2016 – UN-Habitat, in close collaboration with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has launched a USD 12 million land programme that seeks to promote peace and stability.
Goma, 23 November 2016 – UN-Habitat, in close collaboration with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has launched a USD 12 million land programme that seeks to promote peace and stability.
By: Andrew Essein
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Leadership Nigeria
The winners have been identified of a £3.65m Challenge Fund funded through DFID’s LEGEND (Land-Enhancing Governance for Economic Development) umbrella programme, to drive innovative and responsible investments in land, in particular agriculture. The fund, managed by KPMG LLP, seeks to improve the effects of land investments on communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
By: Mark M. Dahn
Date: September 14th 2016
Source: Mongabay
By: Chantal Hebberecht, European Union
Date: August 30th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
By: Clelia Daniel
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: CSR Asia
What can be done to secure poor rural people’s rights to land and water they depend on for their livelihoods, and what must be done to ensure that women’s access and tenure is secured?
By: IPS
Date: April 13th 2016
Source: Caribbean 360
SANTIAGO, Chile, Thursday April 13, 2016, IPS – Rural women in Latin America continue to face serious obstacles to land tenure, which leave them vulnerable, despite their growing importance in food production and food security.
Addressing land policy is critical for a world without hunger, for climate resilience and sustainable urbanization. Policy-makers’ awareness of the importance of land governance has grown over the last years.