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9 September 2024
Nicholas Parkinson
En el corazón de la historia oral de la comunidad de Santo Madero está la leyenda de un árbol milagroso que se cayó después de una violenta tormenta y reapareció varios días después, erguido y verde. El evento, que refleja el realismo mágico por el que Colombia es famosa, se ha vuelto una pieza…
14 October 2021
Ellen Hagerman
Comprendre les inégalités femmes-hommes dans un secteur donné et concevoir des programmes soucieux d’y remédier est essentiel à la réussite des projets de développement international. Alors que l’on célèbre demain, vendredi 15 octobre, la Journée internationale de la femme rurale, Ellen Hagerman,…
5 August 2021
Submission Deadline: All manuscripts should be submitted for consideration by December 31, 2021. The global environmental crisis is intertwined with the crisis of social and economic inequality. From coal plants to palm oil plantations, economic activities that threaten the planet are concentrated…
7 May 2021
Nicholas Parkinson
A Colombian Mayor surprises her constituents with land titles and uses live video and social media to spread civic messages about formalizing land tenure   Fuentedeoro’s Mayor, Patricia Mancera, took the world on a digital tour of her town. On Monday last week, Mancera’s team went live on Facebook…
10 September 2020
Por Erin Blakemore   Era para ser um estado governado por nativos americanos nos Estados Unidos, até que políticos transferiram as terras indígenas ao estado de Oklahoma – uma decisão que até hoje afeta a vida na região.   O nome é derivado de uma palavra na língua choctaw que significa “…
12 October 2018
Annakuci
Heat waves, floods, hurricanes, starvation these are the ‘rewards’ Mother Earth has for years of neglect, overuse, misuse, and abuse. The earth’s natural resources support life. Trees, soil, natural gas, coal, fresh water, and oil- life wouldn’t exist without oxygen, without food, medicine, and…
Por Emilio Godoy/Inter Press Service   Autoridades de todo el Continente se niegan a respetar el derecho de los pueblos indígenas a la consulta previa; por ello, pueblos originarios unen sus luchas. En Estados Unidos y México, pelean contra tres oleoductos privados que los despojarán de sus…