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Displaying 941 - 950 of 1156If you want to tackle carbon emissions let indigenous people control their land
Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage
In my native Colombia, the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been described as holding the most important concentration of threatened wildlife on Earth. These forests are also the ancestral home of the Koguis, an indigenous group now numbering around 10,000 individuals.
FIG Working Week 2017
FIG Working Week, 29 May - 2 June 2017, Helsinki, Finland, is an exciting week-long conference that brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to experience a mix of interesting plenary and technical sessions and workshops, a trade exhibition and a variety of side events and social functions.
International symposium on land consolidation and land readjustment
IGAD Advances Implementation of AU Declaration on Land
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Land Policy Initiative (IGAD LPI) Project, in collaboration with the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) of the African Union and with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), this morning opened a one-day validation workshop on the Mapping of Research and Training Institutions and Country Profiles on the Status of Land Governance in IGAD Member States in Nairobi.
Webinar Wednesday: Land Tenure in Kosovo
Join USAID to learn more about land tenure and property rights country by country, starting with Kosovo.
IIED webinar: Using community by-laws to secure customary land rights in Kenya
Join us for a webinar on 16 November to discuss how communities can use by-laws to secure their land rights.
Indigenous and rural communities that use customary land tenure systems are among the least likely populations to have legal recognition of their rights to their lands and natural resources.
Learning Route: "Mechanisms and innovative tools to promote inclusive agricultural value chains: experiences of Senegal"
Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human rights
Lorenzo Cotula discusses highlights from his latest acedemic piece, in which he explores whether investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals, and how these impact the land rights of rural people.
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy discusses developments in international investment law. This is the branch of international law that governs foreign investment flows, including more than 3,000 bilateral and regional investment promotion treaties.
