The increasing number of salmon in the Skjern River in Denmark is a positive sign, as the Danish salmon is the only strain of wild salmon left in Danish rivers. Before the Skjern River Nature Restoration Project, the salmon had almost gone extinct owing to the state of the environment. The project area now offers ideal conditions for flora and fauna and has already acquired great natural value. In fact, it has already grown into a bird site of national importance.

I was assigned to lead the preparation of the assessments and amendments to the land consolidation legislation in 2016. That appeared to be a burdensome task. The first two land consolidation projects in North Macedonia were initiated according to the existing Land Consolidation Law and the implementation was blocked. The Law simply had no legal solutions for the identified field situations. The problems were many and each was ascending the other in its magnitude and sensitivity.

It happened on the 29th of January 2020 in Bitola in North Macedonia. More than 200 landowners from Egri village gathered in Bitola’s theatre, taking turns to vote on the Land Consolidation Plan. The serious faces of men and women, old and young, were a sign that they may have been as nervous as we were ourselves. The voting on the first majority based land consolidation ever in the country was coming to an end. And then the result was there….. 83% in favour of land consolidation! The villagers were cheering. Our team was overwhelmed by emotion.

Para refletir sobre as diferentes desigualdades nos espaços urbanos, a Land Portal Foundation inicia uma série de entrevistas realizadas com acadêmicos/acadêmicas e defensores/defensoras de direitos humanos e territoriais. As entrevistas oferecem retratos de como esta distribuição desigual impacta as populações mais vulneráveis durante a pandemia do COVID-19. 

A entrevistada de hoje é Helena Silvestre, integrante de Revista Amazonas e da Escola Feminista Abya Yala.

Foto: Ronald Woan/Flickr

Para refletir sobre as diferentes desigualdades nos espaços urbanos, a Land Portal Foundation inicia uma série de entrevistas realizadas com acadêmicos/acadêmicas e defensores/defensoras de direitos humanos e territoriais. As entrevistas oferecem retratos de como esta distribuição desigual impacta as populações mais vulneráveis durante a pandemia do COVID-19. 

Foto: Adam Reeder/flickr

Para refletir sobre as diferentes desigualdades nos espaços urbanos, a Land Portal Foundation inicia uma série de entrevistas realizadas com acadêmicos/acadêmicas e defensores/defensoras de direitos humanos e territoriais. As entrevistas oferecem retratos de como esta distribuição desigual impacta as populações mais vulneráveis durante a pandemia do COVID-19. 

Autoras: Anamaria Medeiros, Mariana Vilarim (pesquisadora) e Patricia Chaves​

By Grace Goodrich

In the second part of an exclusive with Africa Oil & Power, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s Director for Africa, Paul Akiwumi, discusses trade facilitation reforms, debt relief programs and Official Development Assistance as instruments of aid for Angola during COVID-19.

What role will trade facilitation and policy reforms play in helping reduce Angola’s dependence on fuel exports?