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Community benefits key to landscape restoration, CIFOR forest governance researcher says
NAIROBI (Landscape News) – Almost a third of Africa’s land mass is degraded due to human activities – including farming and resource extraction – which damage the environment and put food security and livelihoods at risk.
Landscape restoration can reverse damage and lead to improvements for communities, but how are obstacles overcome and changes implemented?
After 17 Years, Favela Wins Land Titles Through 1st Collective Adverse Possession Victory in Rio
On the rainy night of Friday, August 3, the community of Chácara do Catumbi had much to celebrate: after 17 years of struggle, 17 of the community’s 22 families were the first in Rio de Janeiro history to receive land titles through the legal instrument of collective adverse possession.
Indonesian tribals slam govt 'inaction' over land rights
Indigenous alliance accuses Jakarta of dragging its feet in coming up with measures to ensure ancestral lands are protected
Indonesia's indigenous people have condemned the government for failing to protect them from "greedy" corporations that they say continue to encroach on their ancestral lands without fear of legal reprisals.
Indigenous people fighting for land rights
There are more than 100 "uncontacted" tribes in Brazil's Amazon rainforest - the highest anywhere on the planet
RIO DE JANEIRO - Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up more than half of all land globally, but they legally own just 10 percent.
The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions including the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was endorsed by hundreds of countries in 2007.
Helping Indigenous Peoples Live Equal Lives
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 2018 (IPS) - Although indigenous peoples are being increasingly recognised by both rights activists and governmental organisations, they are still being neglected in legal documents and declarations. Indigenous peoples are only mentioned in two of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and only seen in two of the 230 SDG indicators, says indigenous rights expert Chris Chapman.
Colombians Protect Peace Accords As Duque Sworn In
Thousands of Colombians take to the streets Aug. 7 to demand President Ivan Duque uphold the 2016 peace accords he has promised to amend.
On the day that newly elected president Ivan Duque is sworn in, activists across Colombia are demanding that he continue to implement the country’s 2016 peace accords to protect social rights activists and take up new talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN).
Protecting livelihoods and safeguarding food security in conflict contexts
Over the past ten years, the number of violent conflicts around the world has increased significantly, having a negative impact on food production and availability.
Since 2000, almost half of all civil conflicts around the world have taken place in Africa, where land issues have played a significant role in 90 percent of the 30 interstate conflicts.
Competition over land and water can trigger conflict, threatening the welfare and the food security of the most vulnerable.
Liberia: CSO-OPWG Alarms for the Land Rights Act Passage amid GVL Withdrawal from RSPO
In a letter dated July 20, 2018, GVL withdrew from the RSPO based on what the company termed as ‘time and space’ to implement its sustainable plan other than the RSPO recommendation.
Water scarcity stirs debate over who owns Brazil's rivers
Acute water shortages have sparked a dispute between transport and energy companies over who has more right to exploit Brazil’s waterways
PEDERNEIRAS, Brazil - "Tiete river, I count on you for a lifetime" - stirring words from the anthem of Pederneiras city that show the near-sacred status of a waterway that helps power Brazil's entire economy.
Panama’s indigenous groups take land fight to the international stage
Indigenous communities occupying four territories in eastern Panama are taking their nearly five-year land-titling battle with the government to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C. Their move comes despite recent gains in the Panamanian process.