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Daniel Hayward (UK) worked around Europe for 15 years as a dancer, choreographer and dance writer. Following retraining in sustainable development, he now works as an international development researcher, focused on land relations, agricultural value chains, gender, and migration. As well as working for Land Portal, Daniel is the project coordinator of the Mekong Land Research Forum at Chiang Mai University, and consultant for a variety of local and international NGOs and research institutes.
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Respecter le consentement préalable, donné librement et en connaissance de cause en Tunisie
Ce guide est le fruit d’une série de sessions de renforcement des capacités sur le Consentement Préalable, donné librement et en connaissance de cause (CPLCC) organisé par la FAO et l’Agence Foncière Agricole (AFA) entre mai et novembre 2018*.
Guide pour l’amélioration de la gouvernance des régimes fonciers pastoraux en Mauritanie
Ce guide en image est le fruit d’un processus participatif et inclusif de renforcement des capacités des Comités régionaux de transhumance qui ont réuni plus de 90 participants (pasteurs/éleveurs, administration territoriales, conseils régionaux, structures techniques déconcentrées et décentralisées des différents départements ministériels clefs, les organisations de la société civile, ainsi que les représentants de projets et les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) au niveau des Willayas pastorales).
Le code foncier et domanial du Togo et les directives volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers. Guide et images à l'usage des zones rurales.
Ce guide en images sur les Directives Volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers et le Code Foncier et Domanial du Togo est un outil de renforcement des capacités des formateurs nationaux pour améliorer la gouvernance foncière au niveau des villages du Togo.
Guide pour l’amélioration de la gouvernance des régimes fonciers pastoraux au Mali
Ce guide en image est le fruit d’un travail de contextualisation du guide technique intitulé «Améliorer la gouvernance des terres pastoralies» mené par les deux partenaires Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes (CNOP) et le Centre sahélien de prestations, d’études, d’écodéveloppement et de démocratie appliquée (CSPEDDA) ainsi que leurs partenaires selon un processus participatif.
We Belong to the Land
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines), we, organizations of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, urban communities and civil society, underline the critical importance of land, fisheries and forests for achieving social, environmental, gender and intergenerational justice, and demand that States, the FAO and the entire UN system comply with their obligations to realize the right to land.
SUSTAINING LAND GOVERNANCE REFORMS Lessons from the European Union Land Governance Programme
By means of a Transversal Project, co-funded by the EU and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) coordinates, supports and consolidates the implementation of the EU Land Governance Programme.
Little Progress in Practice
Despite the progress made in terms of global and national land policy frameworks, effective changes in practices remain limited. This is particularly the case with regard to large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), as highlighted through this assessment of the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGTs) in the framework of LSLAs in Africa.
Key results for Africa include:
New Shifts in Georgian Geography
Can historical and political circumstances change the meaning of such a solid and immutable phenomenon as a country’s geographical location? We mean, of course, “change” in terms of a country’s favourable or unfavourable place in the international economic and political system that surrounds it. Georgia is a small country of 69,700 square kilometres; it is located in the middle of the northern hemisphere, on the edge of moderate and subtropical climatic belts. In terms of its physicalgeographical situation, Georgia is favourably located.
Geoinformation Technologies in Land Management and Beyond: Case of Georgia
Introduction of geoinformation technologies for building up a modern land management system in Georgia goes back to mid-1990s. This has been stimulated by start of land reform resulting in privatization of over 3 million agricultural land plots in whole in the entire country. These new properties were to be properly surveyed, registered and recorded in a newly established cadastral system with the aim of launching free market transactions.
Overview of land degradation neutrality (LDN) in Europe and Central Asia
Land degradation neutrality (LDN) has been defined by the Parties to the Convention as: A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems. The present report is an overview of the status of land degradation neutrality (LDN) in the region including a national overview for the 17 programme countries.