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landportal.info launched

Submitted by lmeggiolaro on Tue, 19/04/2011 - 3:19pm

Washington D.C., 19 April 2011 — The Land Portal, an online platform to find, share, and collaborate on land information, was launched today at the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

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Albania - land tenure

Submitted by giorgi on Thu, 14/07/2011 - 3:18pm
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Transparency in Albanian and Romanian Land Administration

Submitted by giorgi on Thu, 14/07/2011 - 3:12pm
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FAO release five new country profiles in the Gender and Land Rights Database

Submitted by Chris Flower on Thu, 05/07/2012 - 2:33pm

The Gender and Land Rights Database was launched by FAO in 2010 to highlight the major social, economic, political and cultural factors that influence the enforcement of women’s land rights across countries, in all regions.

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'I also decide!' Increasing women's participation in forest decision making in Albania

Submitted by Chris Flower on Tue, 03/07/2012 - 2:48pm

[from the National Federation of Communal Forests and Pastures of Albania (NFCFPA)]  […] Albania has already entered the path to acquiring the status of candidate country for the EU membership and for this it should meet certain criteria. Among them is taking concrete steps to strengthen the protection of human rights, especially for women.

Stolen Land Stolen Future: An APRODEV report on land grabbing in Cambodia

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“Investment in large-scale plantations and concessions frequently increases food insecurity for the poor and violates their rights. This report documents how affected communities in Cambodia have lost their livelihoods because of land grabbing.

Tirana Declaration - Declaración de Tirana - Déclaration de Tirana

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The International Land Coalition’s (ILC) biennial International Conference and Assembly of Members (AoM) in Tirana, Albania concluded on May 27th 2011.
Key outcomes from this year’s conference included the approval of the Tirana Declaration.

Biofuelling Injustice? Europe’s responsibility to counter climate change without provoking land grabbing and compounding food insecurity in Africa

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“The present report builds on the findings presented in the 2009-2010 EuropAfrica study on land-grabbing prepared by FIAN International (the “Monitoring” report ”)1 and on documentation of new cases and relevant reports on issues of commercial investments in land in Africa and the role of biofuels released since.

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Lanzado www.landportal.info

Submitted by lmeggiolaro on Thu, 28/04/2011 - 11:17am

Washington D.C., 19 de abril del 2011-   El Land Portal (Portal de la Tierra), una plataforma en línea para encontrar, compartir y colaborar en torno a información sobre la tierra, se lanzó el día de hoy en la conferencia anual del Banco Mundial sobre la tierra y la pobreza.

VIDEO "One cent per square metre: Dutch TV programme finds out the cost of Brazil’s rainforest"

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“Keuringsdienst van Waarde is a Dutch TV consumer programme. In a recent two episode series, they looked into offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions caused by viewers of their programme for one year. Their plan was to offset the emissions by buying up a plot of Brazilian rainforest. The results are fascinating, in turns shocking and funny.

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