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By: Joan Clos Date: March 14th 2016 Source: Citiscope It’s time to emphasize implementation, the head of the Habitat III conference says. On the sidelines of last week’s Habitat III thematic meeting on financing the New Urban Agenda, Habitat III Secretary-General Joan Clos sat down with…
By: Philippa de Boissière and Sian Cowman Date: March 14th 2016 Source: Foreign Policy in Focus These mega-projects expropriate land, spoil environments, and pollute democracies. Berta Cáceres gave her life resisting them. Early in the morning of March 3, Berta Cáceres was assassinated as she…
By: Paola Totaro Date: March 15th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation WASHINGTON, March 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Uganda's constitution of 1995 is known worldwide for pioneering and gender-sensitive provisions to protect women and their rights. However the reality on the ground,…
By: Devex Editor Date: March 15th 2016 Source: Devex.com This week in Washington, D.C., the World Bank is hosting its Annual Conference on Land and  Poverty, a professional meeting that has swelled considerably in the past five years. Attendee numbers have expanded to a downright packed 1,200…
By: Paola Totaro Date: March 16th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One in five people worldwide report having paid a bribe for land, with rates even higher in sub-Saharan Africa where women say they are forced to trade sex for property rights,…
By: Chris Arsenault Date: March 17th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation TORONTO, March 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women account for nearly half of the developing world's farmers, yet they own far less land than men despite growing evidence that increasing female land ownership can…
Date: 16 mars 2016 Source: Médiaterre Plus de 60 experts d'organisations, d’institutions, de gouvernements, et du secteur privé, chargés de l'application de l’Objectif 15 de développement durable (ODD) et de sa cible 15.3, lequel vise à stopper et inverser les tendances de dégradation des terres,…
•17.03.2016 • 10h59 Fonte: REDE ANGOLA. Foto: As mulheres são as principais vítimas de chantagem no acesso à terra [ Ampe Rogério/RA ] Um em cada três africanos abaixo do Sara tem de pagar para ter acesso à terra A extorsão sexual das mulheres em troca de direitos de propriedade é comum, segundo a…
By: Valentina Ieri Date: March 22nd 2016 Source: Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 2016 (IPS) - “We, indigenous women want to be considered as part of the solution for sustainable development, because we have capabilities and knowledge, ” said Tarcila Rivera, a Quechua journalist and…
By: Richard Connif Date: March 21st 2016 Source: Yale Environment 360 If the world is to have another Green Revolution to feed its soaring population, it must be far more sustainable than the first one. That means finding ways to boost yields with less fertilizer and rethinking the way food is…
Date: 21 mars 2016 Source: Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale Par Laurent Essolomwa La Banque mondiale (BM) estime à 1,3 milliard les individus qui vivent ou survivent directement grâce aux forêts par leur travail, leurs moyens de subsistance et leurs revenus. Au total, le secteur du bois…
The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is recruiting two Land and Natural Resources experts (P-4 level). The focus of this position is to support the coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country level work of the GLTN, focusing on priority countries in Africa. Required is…