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By Yuta Masuda and Brian E. Robinson
I’m sitting in a Mongolian yurt, listening to and trying to emulate Bataa’s* songs about love for the grasslands and the wide, treeless plains of the Mongolian Plateau. Our host sings with consuming passion. I might have brushed his enthusiasm off as a…
By Liz Alden Wily and Fabrice Dubertret, Members of the LandMark Operations Team.
Do community-held lands thrive today in Europe? If so, what can communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America learn from their long experiences? This was the topic of a Practitioner Lab hosted by LandMark : the…
By Jamal Browne
Since the adoption of the global indicator framework by the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) back in March 2016, significant progress has been made on a set of tenure-related indicators – familiarly referred to as the ‘land indicators’ – primarily through the efforts of the…
By Luca Chinotti, Global Policy Advisor, International Land Coalition (ILC)
Without People-Centred Land Governance, governments will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In fact, if we fail to secure and protect land rights, for those who live on and from the land…
By Elisa Mandelli and Andrea Wyers, with contributions from Everlyne Nairesiae (GLII-GLTN)
From 8 to 9 July Elisa Mandelli, representing IFAD, was in New York to participate in the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Securing Women's Land Rights in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (…
Texto: Patricia Dopazo GallegoFotografía de apertura: Álvaro Hurtado
El asesinato de la líder campesina e indígena hondureña Berta Cáceres no es un caso aislado. Miles de mujeres luchan a diario por los derechos de la tierra y de quienes viven de ella.
En marzo del año pasado el…
Por Gustavo Duch
Crónica desde la VII Conferencia Internacional de La Vía Campesina – y 3
Ayer fue mi último día en la VII Conferencia Internacional de La Vía Campesina y llegué unos minutos tarde al salón de actos. Al entrar me pareció que se había transformado, ya no era una sala con 800…
By Dr. Jamal Browne
The successes of the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) to date are worth celebrating. Today, we recognize the efforts of partners from every corner of the world, who through their perpetual optimism, have brought us many steps closer to making data collection and…
Date: 7 septembre 2017
Source: AGTER
Par: Jacques Loyat
Ce livre appelle à une révolution qui est à construire, celle de la gestion d’un commun, l’écosphère.
Robert Levesque plante le décor pour une nouvelle ère, l’Ecolocène, qui sera « la prochaine ère géologique où l’humanité vivra en…
By Kaitlin Cordes and Jesse Coleman, CCSI
Large-scale agricultural investments raise a number of challenges: negative environmental and social impacts, often borne primarily by local communities and land users, as well as operational and reputational risks, which have pained many an investor.…
By Liam Kelley-St. Clair
Contracts between governments and private investors for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects often play a critical role in the governance of these projects. Yet, despite their significance, such contracts are often kept hidden from the public eye.…
The development community has experienced various “revolutions” over the years – from microfinance to women’s rights, from the green revolution to sustainable development. Each of these awakenings has improved our understanding of the challenges we face; each has transformed the development…