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13 Dezembro 2018
We cannot restore tropical forests without restoring the rights of their traditional owners.
Implementing a coordinated global response to curb demand for energy and eliminate further deforestation would reduce the need to deploy artificial carbon dioxide removal technologies, according to a…
7 Dezembro 2018
Networks provide an increasingly popular organizational structure for collective action on land rights in Africa and elsewhere around the world, but sustaining networks’ impact, engagement, and resourcing can be challenging.
There is widespread recognition that collective action amongst a…
5 Dezembro 2018
As Resource Equity turns four, we are reflecting on what motivated us to begin, and why we continue: ensuring women’s rights to land and natural resources are at the center of our work.
We founded Resource Equity four years ago in order to center women in our work, and to ensure that women’s…
4 Dezembro 2018
Rural women and girls are far from the public or media spotlight, but their struggles deserve urgent attention
The 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), held in March 2018, focused on the empowerment of women and girls in rural areas, signifying international commitment to fight some of…
4 Dezembro 2018
After decades of being the elephant in the room of global development, only now are we seeing increased recognition of land rights
Fred Nelson is executive director of Maliasili and Michael Taylor is director of International Land Coalition
Land rights have finally been invited to the party -…
28 Novembro 2018
por María Alejandra Aguilar/Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad
Con el objetivo es reconocer la necesidad de fortalecer los derechos de los campesinos y hacer un llamado a los estados miembros para que adopten medidas urgentes fue firmada la Declaración sobre los Derechos Humanos para los…
13 Novembro 2018
Por Uriel Ortiz
Sea esta la oportunidad para que el actual Gobierno subsane una serie de inconvenientes que se están presentando con la legalización y tenencia de tierras, puesto que, con la entrada en vigor de la Declaración de Derechos de los Campesinos, aprobada por la ONU, son muchas las dudas…
13 Novembro 2018
Date: 13 novembre 2018
Source: Grain.org
Depuis une dizaine d’années, l’argent des fonds de pension alimente un énorme investissement dans les terres agricoles. Le nombre de fonds de pension investissant dans les terres agricoles et les sommes d’argent déployées à cette fin sont en augmentation…
12 Novembro 2018
Droughts, floods, hurricanes, and other disasters displaced over 24 million people in 2016. When people leave their homes behind, land records offer critical protection of their property rights. This is crucial, as land and homes are usually the main assets that people have. Land and geospatial…
Curbing deforestation and securing land rights to create new responsible investment opportunities ()
5 Novembro 2018
Commercial agriculture has driven land use changes and not only affected millions of hectares of forested land, but also farmers’ and local people’s land rights. Efforts to combat deforestation are at the forefront of the international aid agenda, and clarifying and securing land rights is…
26 Outubro 2018
By focusing on four critical aspects of land rights, businesses can not only manage risks, but also do a great deal of global good while strengthening their bottom lines.
In 2004, the Newmont Mining Corporation hired me to investigate human rights accusations facing its gold mine operation in…
25 Outubro 2018
With the inclusion of several land-related indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), land data collection and monitoring has reached an unprecedented momentum. There is a palpable positive drive within both global and local civil society to contribute to the official process through…