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Toolkit on the Inter-American human rights system for indigenous women

Central America

Available in Spanish

Nueva publicación sobre Concentración de Tierras y Seguridad Alimentaria en Centroamérica

Central America

Source: International Land Coalition
14 de noviembre de 2014.

En Centroamérica tierra significa poder: su tenencia y uso siguen siendo decisivos para el desarrollo social, económico y político de la región. La agricultura es la principal actividad económica y la población rural representa cerca de la mitad de los habitantes, proporción mayor al resto de la región latinoamericana.

Palm oil industry expansion spurs Guatemala indigenous migration

7 February 2019

Central America

Guatemala

Death of Jakelin Caal in US custody highlights how land conflicts and displacement fuel flight from indigenous villages.

San Antonio Secortez & Guatemala City - The plantations' outer edges begin fewer than 20km from where seven-year-old Jakelin Caal is buried. The deep green rows of oil palm stretch along rural roads in the Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala.

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Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples Protect their Forests Even Without Government Support

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FOOD CRISIS AS FACTOR OF FUTURE VALUE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LAND

Peer-reviewed publication

August 2017

Ukraine

Africa

Central America

Asia

South America

At the present stage of human development, food is one of the most acute problems. Over the past 30-40 years, the growth rate of population in many countries of the world is ahead of the growth rate of agricultural production, which leads to acute shortage of food. This is especially true of developing countries, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of the population of the planet that is under-eating and starving. According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), in the world now about half a billion people are constantly hungry and twice asleep.

Nutrient enrichment effect on macroinvertebrates in a lowland stream of Argentina

Journal Articles & Books

May 2017

Argentina

Central America

South America

The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2012) predicts increases in the frequency of heavy precipitation in the 21st century over many areas of the globe. Thus, climate change will increase flood and drought frequencies, alter stream geomorphology and habitat availability, as well as increase water temperature, sediments, and nutrient concentration (Sabater & Tockner, 2010).

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Environment for Development (EfD)

Network

University or Research Institution

The Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative is a capacity building program in environmental economics focusing on research, policy interaction, and academic programs. The overall objective of EfD is to support poverty alleviation and sustainable development by building environmental economics capacity in policy making processes.

iDe

Private sector

iDE is a global effort that spans offices in 14 countries, encompassing 4 social enterprises, employing nearly 1,000 people directly, and indirectly enabling many more through our market-based approaches in agriculture; water, sanitation, and health; and finance.

Our beliefs are best summarized in a series of simple statements that guide our daily actions.

Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Nitlapan (Nitlapan)

Civil Society Organization

Misión

Promover, a nivel territorial, nacional y centroamericano, modelos incluyentes de desarrollo con enfoque de género, mediante servicios no financieros e intervenciones en cadena de valor, mejor gobernanza de la tierra y los recursos naturales, combinando para ello experimentación de procesos novedosos, generación de métodos, investigaciones, formación académica y profesional, e incidencia en políticas públicas.

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Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)

University or Research Institution

La Universidad Centroamericana es un centro de educación superior de Nicaragua, de capital privado sin fines de lucro, también conocida como UCA.

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