Neil Sorensen joined the Land Portal as its Communications Specialist in October 2015. He has extensive experience leading communications for international organizations and developing relationships with civil society, donors, intergovernmental agencies, the media and the private sector. Previously, Neil worked for the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) as a Governing Bodies Officer and Strategic Adviser to the Secretary of IFAD. He has also led communications for three international organizations, including the International Land Coalition, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). He holds a Master’s degree in Global Diplomacy from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as well as a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in German and Sociology from St. Cloud State University.
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The LANDac International Conference 2015 (the Conference) was held 8-10 July 2015 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The Conference was hosted by LANDac, the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development and organized on the occasion of LANDac’s first lustrum.
Tanzania: Address Land Conflicts Now, Premier Urges
Dar es Salaam — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has told regional and district commissioners to address land conflicts in their areas.
The PM issued the directive yesterday in Lindi when he was speaking to the region's authorities on his arrival in Ruangwa.
"Land is a property of the government, but areas which are being used for various activities of development should not be used as a source of conflicts among the people we lead," he said.
Honduras: Asesinato del Sr. Javier Vásquez Benítez, integrante del Movimiento Indígena Independiente Lenca de la Paz - Honduras (MILPAH)
El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), solicita su intervención urgente ante la siguiente situación en Honduras.
Descripción de la situación:
Macri se reúne con indígenas que demandan tierras
Entre los miembros de la delegación, de más de 30 comunidades indígenas, se encontraba el líder de la comunidad Qom, Félix Díaz, reconocido por haber encabezado un campamento de más de 10 meses en pleno centro de Buenos Aires por un conflicto territorial.
El 3 de noviembre pasado, unas semanas antes de ganar la segunda vuelta de los comicios presidenciales, Macri se había reunido con Díaz y se había comprometido en atender sus demandas si llegaba a la Casa Rosada.
Habitat III Regional Meeting for Africa
Habitat III is the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016.
Gobierno peruano no cumple con proteger tierras y recursos naturales de campesinos e indígenas
En taller nacional, situación de campesinos de Huaral, Moquegua y Ayacucho fueron ejemplo de acaparamiento y explotación en Perú.
Directrices de la Tierra sirvieron para evaluar accionar del Estado sobre cumplimiento y respeto de derechos humanos y al territorio.
Régina a vendu 2 hectares de champs pour 130€: les multinationales menacent les fermiers du Mozambique
Si le nord du Mozambique et ses immenses réserves de gaz et charbon font l'objet de toutes les attentions ces dernières années, son potentiel agricole est aussi convoité par les investisseurs étrangers. Au grand dam de petits exploitants, expropriés pour laisser la place à de méga projets agricoles.
Pour le rachat de sa maison et de ses champs de deux hectares, Régina Macomba, une paysanne quinquagénaire de Mutuali (nord), a touché 6.500 meticals, soit l'équivalent d'environ 130 euros ou deux mois de salaire minimum.
Egypt plans to raise crops in sub-Saharan Africa
CAIRO — Amid Egypt’s water scarcity, which threatens to worsen the country’s food shortage, Cairo is working to form agricultural alliances outside its borders. The efforts — which have been in place as limited experiments since the 1980s under Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak — include sending Egyptian farmers to cultivate land in Sudan and Congo, transfer their expertise to those countries and take advantage of the available water to cover the food needs of the Egyptian people.
Inside Indonesia’s highest-profile land conflict
Masrani stood at the confluence of two rivers in Indonesian Borneo as his father recited the most dreadful oath. The extreme form of sumpah adat, a ritualistic nuclear option for Indonesia’s Dayak indigenous peoples, was reserved for dealing with crises nothing else could solve. The forest chattered to the post-daybreak sounds of hornbills and proboscis monkeys as the two-dozen men assembled for the rite.
One by one, they beseeched the ancestors to punish those who had shifted their borders and robbed them of their territory.