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Documentary ‘Land Grabbing’: exposing the impacts of large-scale agriculture on local communities ()
By: Chris Lang / REDD Monitor
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: The Ecologist
Agriculture is big business and with the EU pumping money at the sector, the corporate profiteers are holding all the aces, writes Chris Lang. The documentary ‘Land Grabbing’ investigates what happens when well-financed…
Women account for nearly half of the world’s farmers and grow much of our food —and yet their access to and control over land in many low and middle-income countries remains highly limited.
This third issue of the LEGEND bulletin focuses on gender in land governance, presenting highlights from…
Date: February 15th 2016
Australia's big four banks are failing to do enough to lift their game on unethical lending to companies involved in land grabs overseas.
That's the verdict of Oxfam Australia's latest report - "Still banking on land grabs".
"While National Australia Bank and Westpac…
By: Salena Tramel
Date: February 18th 2016
Source: The World Post
When Hiba Al-Jibeihi stepped off her flight in Paris in early December, it was her first time outside the occupied Palestinian territories where she had lived all of her 24 years. She wasn't quite sure how she would relate to her…
Date: February 18th 2016
Source: TeleSUR
The trade agreement signed earlier in February will have a devastating effect on Indigenous people, the last guardians of our natural world.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, better known as the TPP, seriously threatens indigenous land rights, as…
By: Elaine Zuckerman
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Our study found life for women was worse, not better, after World Bank pipeline projects. A robust gender policy is vital
The fisherwomen of the Niger delta are legendary across west Africa. Fishery has been a female domain for…
By: Sean Mowbray
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Mongabay
A ten-part video series, called Territories of Life, tells the stories of indigenous groups who have challenged development on their land. It covers a range of issues, from the tactics developers use to acquire land to case studies of…
On March 2nd, more than 300 organizations and communities from around the world will launch the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights.
Up to 2.5 billion people, including 370 million Indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used or managed…
On March 2nd, more than 300 organizations and communities from around the world will launch the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights.
Up to 2.5 billion people, including 370 million Indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used or managed…
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people formally own just one-tenth of the world's land, according to research released on Wednesday as part of a campaign that aims to expand legal rights to land globally…
NGOs call on governments to act to save people and planet
Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect half the world's land, but formally own just 10 percent, according to a report released today by a global alliance of NGOs.
The report, “Common Ground: Securing Land Rights and Safeguarding…
En paralelo a la primera sesión anual del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, y aprovechando la celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer, el evento “No hay derecho a la alimentación sin derechos de las mujeres: Mujeres de todo el mundo denuncian la violación de sus derechos ”, servirá para…