What are the state-of-the-art and new approaches to land consolidation as part of integrated rural development strategies in North Africa and Near East? That was the main question around which several experts from Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey joined the FAO/ RVO roundtable discussion on land consolidation during the Second Arab Land Conference last February; a session which 110 participants attended – both in person and online.

Our sugar is made from sugarcane. And sugarcane is not planted in trees or in the air, it’s planted in the ground, in the soil, on land. It’s the bedrock of our investment.

—Illovo Land Champion

Maritza Losada moved to Puerto Guadalupe five years ago when her husband found a job with a large biomass energy company that grows sugar cane. She and her husband purchased a lot in the town’s poorest neighborhood, Barrio Nuevo. The district remains today much like it was in 1995 when the government created the housing project for future agro-laborers: no roads, no sewage, no gutters.

This July is the first time the United Nations will review the progress made towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal 15, which is about Life on Land. Each goal will be reviewed about every 4 years until 2030.

The reviews will be based on the 10 indicators countries agreed on, that assess change in each country over time. Two important developments relating to the indicator on land degradation neutrality (15.3.1) have occurred, since its adoption in 2015.

Uma entrevista com Patrícia Chaves, da organização brasileira Espaço Feminista,  explica as discrepâncias no acesso à propriedade e aos direitos de herança por mulheres no Brasil, bem como a dados que informem as mulheres nas comunidades sobre seus direitos. O texto traz também relatos poderosos de experiências pessoais das mulheres.

Autor: Eduardo Pegurier , Associação O ECO

Fonte: https://www.oeco.org.br/reportagens/os-portoes-do-desmatamento/

Autor: Caroline Nascimento Pereira e Ana Luíza Matos de Oliveira, Jornal GGN

Fonte: https://jornalggn.com.br/noticia/reforma-trabalhista-no-campo-e-suas-consequencias-para-o-trabalhador-rural-por-caroline-n-pereira-e-ana-luiza-m-de-olive

Autor: Marlen Couto e Jan Niklas, Blogs O Globo

Fonte: http://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/na-base-dos-dados/post/governo-paralisa-homologacao-de-224-terras-indigenas-no-pais.html

Autor: Movimento Mundial pelas Florestas Tropicais (WRM)

Fonte: http://www.onortao.com.br/noticias/dercy-teles-sobre-a-mobilizacao-popular-das-seringueiras-e-seringueiros-no-brasil--por-movimento-mundial-pelas-florestas-tropicais-wrm,97782.php

Autor: César André

Fonte: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/reportagem/ordenamento_das_areas_urbanas

Autor:  César André, Jornal de Angola

Fonte: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/reportagem/agricultura_e_prioridade