Por Simão Hossi
Moradores e aldeões estão sem a devida indemnização.
Estação de Bombagem do Cafú | Foto: Simão Hossi/Global Voices
Por Simão Hossi
Moradores e aldeões estão sem a devida indemnização.
Estação de Bombagem do Cafú | Foto: Simão Hossi/Global Voices
Por José Eustáquio Diniz Alves
Doutor em demografia
Angola está entre os 10 países com maior perda anual líquida de floresta (diferença entre floresta criada e destruída) entre 2010 e 2020, segundo a Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação, FAO.
“Deux tiers de la population mondiale n'ont pas accès à un régime foncier sûr.”Des variantes de cette statistique sont couramment citées dans le secteur foncier. Mais d'où proviennent ces données ? Comment le savons-nous ?
Regenerative agriculture, which involves special techniques to cultivate nurture-rich soils that also trap greenhouse gases, can initially be time and labour intensive. But farmers who stick with it are witnessing enormous returns.
Almost ten years ago, global donors who were focused on the role of land and property rights in promoting economic growth, mitigating food insecurity, and addressing climate change issues, came together in a United Nations (UN) body to negotiate an international agreement for voluntary guidelines to strengthen and secure land rights.
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.
In the second PhD session of the LANDac Conference 2021, three PhD researchers presented their work in progress. We learned about slums in Abuja, Nigeria, about forest rights in India, and about the relation between inequalities in soil fertility, gender, and access to subsidies. Each presentation was discussed by an expert from the LANDac network.
Key Takeaways
Landscape restoration creates opportunities for securing the land and natural resource rights of local land users as well for improving soil health, sequestering carbon, and enhancing biodiversity. In order to achieve synergies between these interrelated aims, restoration practitioners must carefully consider how projects are managed, particularly with regard to supporting equity in project design and planning—the focus of this blog.