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Displaying 991 - 1000 of 1145Award-winning architect says slums should inspire
Author: Matthew Ponsford
Date: May 27th, 2016
Source: place.trust.org
Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena wants city governments worldwide to stop fighting urban migration and look to Latin America's sprawling slums as inspiration for new housing.
The winner of the 2016 Pritzker, regarded as the Nobel Prize of architecture, Aravena says the vast 'favelas' in cities such as Rio de Janeiro highlight human resilience and the instinctive capacity for home-building.
Karen people of Myanmar want government to recognize their customary land rights
Author: Saw Tun Lin
Date: May 29th, 2016
Source: Karen News
Karen National Union leaders has called for respective state and regional governments to recognized land rights and policies that are already in place for decades in ethnic areas and agreed to by both ethnic communities and armed groups.
Communal land good for pastoralists in Kenya
Author: Timothy Njagi
Source: Standard Digital
Date: May 25th, 2016
In Kenya, 67 per cent of land is under communal tenure and supports about 10 million people and 70 per cent of the livestock population. Largely, these lands are characterised by high temperatures and low rainfall and are inhabited by pastoral communities practising extensive livestock production.
EU announces new funding to support post-conflict process in Colombia
Source: European Commission
Date: May 27th, 2016
High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini was in Colombia this week, where she announced new EU support for conflict affected regions, green growth and land rights together with a series of immediate actions to support Colombia.
During an official visit to Colombia on 26-27 May, HR/VP Mogherini announced that the EU will provide an overall package of over €575 million to support Colombia's post-conflict and peace building efforts.
Lucknow, Warangal among 13 smart cities announced by Indian government
Source: The Hindu
Date: May 25, 2016
Seven more capital cities, including Bengaluru, allowed to enter the smart city competition
The Union government on Tuesday announced the names of 13 more cities that will be developed under the Centre’s “Smart City Mission.” Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh tops the list, followed by Warangal in Telangana and Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh.
Nine ways to support the rights of indigenous people
By: Holly Young @holly_young88
Source: The Guardian
Date: Friday 1 April 2016
1. Focus on the priorities
Why land means hope for India's vulnerable single women
By: Manipadma Jena
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Date: Monday, 23 May 2016
A district in the eastern state of Odisha is challenging gender inequality by giving land to vulnerable women living alone
BARIPADA, India - When her husband died seven years ago, leaving her to fend for herself, 37-year-old Kuni Majhi survived hunger, illness, drunk men hammering at the flimsy tin door of her thatched hut - and very nearly lost all hope.
GODAN Summit 2016 announced to advance open data for agriculture and nutrition
GODAN is very pleased to announce the GODAN Summit 2016.
This exciting, high-level public event will take place in New York City, New York, USA on September 15-16, 2016 to advance the agenda for open data in agriculture and nutrition.
First Mekong Region Land Forum
MRLG, GIZ and IPSARD are pleased to announce that they will organize the first Mekong Region Land Forum in Hanoi, on 21st to 23rd of June
Colombia's war-weary farmers head home amid hopes and fears
By: Anastasia Moloney @anastasiabogota
Date: May 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
More than five decades of conflict have forced 6.7 million Colombians to flee their homes, many of them poor farmers, making the country home to the second biggest internally displaced population after Syria.
The government estimates that up to 15 percent of Colombian territory has been abandoned or illegally acquired through violence, extortion and fraud.