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Blog by: Alyssa Fischer, WRI
Date: October 14, 2016
Source: WRI
Next week’s Habitat III conference will see more than 45,000 leaders, decision makers and urban experts sign into force the New Urban Agenda(NUA) – the outcome declaration of the global UN summit – and set a course for 20 years of…
By Marie Becher and Jill Powis, Peace Brigades International
More land and environmental activists are being killed than ever before. We can't forget their work when planning for the future.
The phrase "leaving no one behind" is used no fewer than six times in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…
By: Katie Reytar, Peter Veit and Nicholas Tagliarino - August 09, 2016
Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, observed every year on August 9, the anniversary of the first meeting of theUN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1994. It is a good time to reflect on…
By Oumar Sylla, Director of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
On behalf of UN-Habitat, particularly the Land and the Global Land Tool Network Unit, which also serves as the GLTN Secretariat, I was pleased to present some key messages at the third Preparatory Committee Meeting of Habitat III.…
Date: 23 août 2016
Source: Presse-toi à gauche
Par Dominique Caouette
Texte publié dans le numéro d’été de la revue Relations (1). L’auteur, professeur au Département de science politique de l’Université de Montréal, est coordonnateur du Réseau d’études des dynamiques transnationales et de l’…
Date: 05 septembre 2016
Source: Reporterre
Par Vincent Le Rouzic, président de l’association Community Land Trust France
Edgard Pisani, disparu en juin dernier, avait été ministre de l’Agriculture dans les années 1960. Il était aussi un grand penseur de la question foncière. L’auteur de cette…
By George McCarthy, President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
In October, representatives from nearly 200 nations will convene in Quito, Ecuador, with the ambitious goal to steer urban development onto a sustainable path. They will adopt the New Urban Agenda, a global framework…
By Joe Studwell & Chris Jochnick
After World War II, land reform programs in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan redistributed vast swaths of land to poor tenant farmers and agricultural laborers. The efforts helped end extreme poverty and hunger — changing the course of these countries’ histories.…
By Jenna DiPaolo Colley, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Secure, legally-recognized land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities are vital to mitigating climate change, securing sustainable development, preventing conflict, and reducing poverty. It is also a core…
This is a contribution to our ongoing debate 'Open Data and Land Governance: Increased accountability and transparency as a means to overcoming poverty?'. Join in and ad your voice to the discussion!
By Kaitlin Cordes, Head of Land and Agriculture at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment…
Date: 18 septembre 2016
Source: Ouest France
Par Hervé Bertho
La finance asservit la terre et ses paysans. C'est une guerre sournoise qui va de pair avec les crises économiques et le drame des réfugiés. La terre du monde est à vendre.
L'huile de palme, le maïs, le soja, le caoutchouc, le…
Any discussion on climate change and sustainable investment in natural resources must grapple with land—a complicated yet crucial component of the search for equitable climate change solutions. In the context of resource investments, land is deeply entwined with both climate change impacts and…