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Transparency International looking for a consultant to develop course for journalists investigating land corruption in sub-Saharan Africa
- Application Closing Date - 04 Dec 2016
- Job Start Date - As soon as possible
- Duration - Estimated duration of this consultancy until April 2017
- Pay Scale - Budget 8,000 €
- Location - Remote
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
The Huffington Post
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
Posted: 07/29/2015 4:22 pm EDT Updated: 07/29/2015 4:59 pm EDT
SCHOLARSHIPS: SEARCA Scholarships 2012-2013 for Master and PhD in Agriculture
For Brazil's 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever
Via National Public Radio (USA)
For Brazil's 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever
AUGUST 25, 2015 4:49 AM ET
By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ICIMOD Small Grants Program
Paraguay Police Repress Displaced Campesinos Fighting for Land
Date: 3 January 2017
Source: Telesur
A land conflict continues to brew after some 200 campesino families were evicted from the Guahory community in September.
Land Rights in Poor Countries Is a Hot Cause for More Funders
We reported recently on how the land rights group Landesa won the Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which is given annually to a “a nonprofit organization doing extraordinary work to reduce human suffering.” Landesa received the latest award of $2 million in unrestricted funding.
EMPLOYMENT: Consultancy to Study the poor adoption of proven agricultural technologies and innovations in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA)
The RCEP, IPRs and the threat to traditional farming
The stringent intellectual property rules being pushed for adoption by some RCEP members will have an adverse effect on the livelihoods of small and traditional farmers in poorer member states, warns Shalini Bhutani.
What are the stakes of COP21 for human rights?
Press Release FIDH, 30 November 2015
COP21 will take place in Paris from 30 November to 11 December. The 147 heads of state and of government have the future of our planet in their hands. They must come up with a binding agreement that limits global warming and its dramatic impacts on human rights. FIDH reiterates loudly : while the stakes are indeed environmental they are first and foremost human.