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6 Janeiro 2021
Hit hard by the pandemic, Asia's indigenous and local communities face fresh government-led efforts to exploit their land and resources
In addition to its devastating toll on public health, COVID-19 has exacerbated global food insecurity and economic crises. These costs have been particularly…
9 Dezembro 2020
Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, and corrupt practices in the context of land administration and land management have come to be known as ‘land corruption.’ Unfortunately, land corruption is all too common, with one in every five people across the globe paying bribes to…
4 Dezembro 2020
For centuries, people around the world in the continents of Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America have been living off the forests and other natural resources to sustain their livelihoods, their cultural practices and sometimes even religious rituals. This “normality” continued even after the…
19 Novembro 2020
Earlier in the year Prindex – the first ever global measure of land and property rights – released its full 140-country dataset. The results are sobering. Almost 1 billion people around the world feel it is likely or very likely that they will lose their land or home within the next five years.
As…
29 Setembro 2020
Escrito por L. Vatolina
A Palestina é um país agrário. É fraco seu desenvolvimento industrial. Aproximadamente 67% de sua população (1.912.000 habitantes, dos quais 1.143.000 Árabes e 600.000 Judeus)(1) ocupam-se na agricultura. Entretanto, a superfície de suas terras de cultura é muito restrita…
11 Setembro 2020
The global conservation community now faces the added challenge of Covid-19 on top of a longstanding set of complex conservation, sustainability, and development challenges. In the wake of this pandemic, return to business as usual is not a viable option. The existing systems and structures upon…
20 Maio 2020
The ongoing pandemic and the formal and informal responses to its spread have very direct impacts on the food and nutrition security of people in all parts of the world. Strong concerns have been voiced that the global health crisis could turn into a global food crisis. Not only are food chains…
22 Abril 2020
By Catherine Benson Wahlén, Thematic Expert for Human Development, Human Settlements and Sustainable Development (US)
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has released its annual SDG progress report, finding that the region’s performance is “poor” on most…
19 Março 2020
Por Érico Hiller
Populações tradicionais assistem ao esvaziamento e à contaminação de seus recursos hídricos por grandes aquíferos, projetos agroindustriais e aumento das temperaturas. Fotógrafo brasileiro viaja o mundo para documentar o problema da falta d’água.
Mal podia acreditar…
23 Fevereiro 2020
As florestas naturais capturam muito mais CO2 do que as artificiais. Um novo estudo não apenas confirma isso, mas demonstra que as florestas naturais (e por isso mesmo bem mais ricas em biodiversidade) funcionam melhor do que as monoculturas e as plantações dominadas por uma única espécie.
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30 Janeiro 2020
I write this blog as our project team embarks on a fifth year of work on women’s land tenure security (WOLTS) with pastoral communities in mining-affected areas of Mongolia and Tanzania. Just before Christmas 2019, we were in Mundarara village in northern Tanzania. Exceptionally heavy rains made…
5 Novembro 2019
Last week the World Cocoa Foundation, a membership organization of more than 100 cocoa companies, held its annual partnership meeting in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the meeting is for governments, cocoa companies and farmers to identify and tackle the sector’s largest sustainability challenges. A…