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11 Outubro 2018
Este artículo forma parte de la cobertura de IPS sobre el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales, el 15 de octubre.
Por Mariela Jara
LIMA, 11 oct 2018 (IPS) - Las mujeres rurales de América Latina son determinantes en metas como un desarrollo sostenible en el campo, la seguridad…
10 Outubro 2018
ADOPTED BY THE ILC ASSEMBLY OF MEMBERS ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2018
We, Members of the International Land Coalition (ILC), on the 27th of September 2018, gath- ered in Bandung, Indonesia, for our Assembly of Members, following the Global Land Forum under the kind hosting of the Government of the…
10 Outubro 2018
The findings, published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), also show that people in low- and middle-income countries are seven times more likely to die from natural disasters than those in developed nations.
“This puts a big emphasis on the need to…make sure that we curb…
9 Outubro 2018
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — What can 19 reviews assessing 1,200 research articles spanning over 3 billion hectares of land teach us about what works in forest governance interventions to promote sustainability?
It is widely agreed that effective governance is key to building and securing…
5 Outubro 2018
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 5 2018 (IPS) - Rural women play a key role in food production, but face discrimination when it comes to access to land or are subjected to child marriage, the so-called affinity group on gender parity within the G20 concluded during a meeting in the Argentine capital.
The…
4 Outubro 2018
A Recent UN Declaration Offers Recognition of Human Rights in Rural Areas
On 28 September, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), meeting in Geneva, passed a resolution which calls for the UN General Assembly to adopt the “United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other…
2 Outubro 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – A half mile from the din of the Global Climate Action Summit and its 4,000 attendees in San Francisco, indigenous peoples from around the world came together in a small space for a kind of summit of their own.
They spoke different languages. They wore unique clothing. But…
1 Outubro 2018
World Habitat Day is meant to remind us to ensure the human right to adequate housing and land for everyone
At 5 a.m. on a cold December morning, the sound of bulldozers woke up Rukshana, a woman in her late fifties. By 6 a.m., her home in Delhi, where she had lived for 35 years, had been…
28 Setembro 2018
La declaración, impulsada por Vía campesina, es el paso previo para que la ONU apruebe en noviembre una declaración que protegerá y defenderá los derechos a la tierra, las semillas, los mercados locales y el respecto a la biodiversidad de las comunidades agrarias del planeta.
El Consejo de Derechos…
26 Setembro 2018
Global land rights group releases roadmap for agri-business investments
New digital platform provides step-by-step instructions for implementing international standards that recognize and protect land rights.
SEATTLE – The global land rights group, Landesa, with support from the Department for…
25 Setembro 2018
NAIROBI ( Landscape News) – Degradation of natural resources reduces employment opportunities for at least 11 million young Africans entering the job market every year, and soil and nutrient depletion on croplands cost the continent 3 percent of its gross domestic product. Climate change magnifies…
22 Setembro 2018
Pastoralists manage land in way that keeps carbon in soil instead of releasing climate-changing emissions, experts say
TURIN, Italy - Nomadic herders across Africa can work in tandem with farmers and produce sustainable food without damaging the land or harming the planet, experts and…