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Nicaragua: Indigenous People Vow To Preserve Their Lands
Guatemala: The War Over Land - By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 12, 2011 (IPS) - The violent eviction of 91 rural families in northern Guatemala was the latest incident in the ageold conflict over land in a country where the army is frequently called in to force peasant farmers off their land.
Mainstreaming Gender Consideration in REDD - By Mavis Otinkorang
Sep 12, 2011 (Public Agenda/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- So far, debates around Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) have almost neglected gender issues and the role women can play. Despite the fact gender equality is currently appreciated among many professions, professional foresters have not embraced the idea. Mrs.
Coalition Paysanne de Madagascar
CPM’s mission is to raise awareness among peasants to get socially and economically organized to promote agriculture, livestock, fisheries and handicrafts. CPM acts as a spokesman of the peasants and defends their interests in social dialogue. Overall, the CPM aims to be "a real hub of proposals, an effective and a dynamic agent of development.
Fiantso Madagascar
Fiantso est une association qui promeut les valeurs démocratiques et les pratiques de bonne gouvernance. Cette raison d'être devrait se traduire par le tissage de rélations entre citoyens et décideurs publics pour améliorer la cohérence des politiques avec besoins du développement local.
Land-grabbing in Madagascar: un’iniziativa popolare salva piccole porzioni di terra
Peru leads the way for Latin America's indigenous communities - Mattia Cabitza, The Guardian
[From The Guardian] In February, after a legal battle lasting nearly two decades, little-known indigenous communities in Ecuador's Amazon region won a multi-billion dollar landmark ruling against the oil giant Chevron. The company was accused of polluting a large part of the Amazon basin by dumping billions of litres of chemical-laden materials, which campaigners said destroyed crops, killed livestock and increased cancer rates among the local population.
Nueva Serie de Publicaciones Marcos Legales de Acceso a la Tierra en América Latina de la International Land Coalition
Success at Halting Largest Foreign Land Deal in South Sudan
The combined force of the U.S. based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.