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By Monica de Souza Louw, Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC), University of Cape Town
* This piece was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa
By Sean Johnson, land administration specialist at COWI, Swaziland
* This piece was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa
By Phillan Zamchiya, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
* This article was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa
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The global environmental crisis is intertwined with the crisis of social and economic inequality. From coal plants to palm oil plantations, economic activities that threaten the planet are concentrated in communities with less power and wealth. “You can’t have climate change without sacrifice zones,” writes Hop Hopkins, “and you can’t have sacrifice zones without disposable people.”1
Pesca no lago Kaptai, em Chittagong (Bangladesh). No pior dos cenários, em que não se consiga conter o aquecimento global, o estudo adverte que o nível de emissões atual conduziria a um aumento de até cinco graus nas montanhas e uma perda de dois terços de suas geleiras até 2100.ALEX TREADWAY / ICIMOD
Por Jamil Chade
Por Vilma Almendra – pueblosencamino.org
Nota de edição – colombianas Nathália Hernandez e Adriana Villareal (Revista Amazonas), Tradução – brasileira Helena Silvestre (Revista Amazonas)
Revisão da tradução – nicaraguense Amanda Martinez (Revista Amazonas)
There is some irony in that many of the terms – ‘thesaurus’, ‘taxonomy’, ‘controlled vocabulary’ ‘ontology’ – that are intended to bring order and clarity to our use of language in professional settings are themselves subject to diverse interpretations and application. This is in large part because they are used by a range of people working in different contexts with different purposes.
The Maasai community of Musul have lived on the same land in Laikipia county for generations. It is their source of food and water, the heart of their culture and beliefs, and their ancestral home. But until recently, their legal rights to govern it were tenuous.
Blog originalmente publicado no IGTNews No. 32
Por Berta Marson
Edição de texto: Helena Silvestre.
A luta de Susana Marley Cunningham, como a de milhares de mulheres e homens do povo Miskitu da Nicarágua, é uma luta ancestral. Nascida em Waspán, no Caribe Norte da Nicarágua, ela é uma liderança Miskitu que começou seu trabalho em comunidades próximas ao Rio Coco, nessa mesma região, através da Fundação Civil para a Unidade e Reconstrução da Costa Atlântica (FURCA). Ela dedicou sua vida à defesa dos direitos de seu povo e de seu território localizado na Moskitia.