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El alcalde de Valencia, Joan Ribó, asegura en la inauguración que “hay recursos suficientes” y demanda “invertir en la mejora del reparto”
Francisco Mora, rector de la UPV, incide en la posición de vanguardia internacional de la universidad que dirige en investigación centrada en el desarrollo…
Date: 9 avril 2016
Source: Médiaterre
La 17e Conférence annuelle de la Banque mondiale « Land and Poverty » s'est déroulée sous le thème « Scaling up Responsible Land Governance » (mettre en place la gouvernance responsable des terres) du 14 au 18 mars 2016, au siège de la Banque mondiale à…
We are pleased to announce that Namati and the Global Legal Empowerment Network are among the recipients of the 2016 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
According to the Skoll Foundation, the award is presented to leaders or organizations that are disrupting the status quo, driving large-…
Video of the WFAL 2016 closing ceremony, Valencia (Spain)
Photos taken during the three day global assembly. A big thank you to everyone involved in the WFAL 2016 (volunteers, participants, logistics, organization, and communication teams...!)
Final Report from the World Forum on Access…
Date: April 12th 2016
Source: UN News Centre
12 April 2016 – Welcoming Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the world needs a new vision for urbanization – a “New Urban Agenda” – to help protect the environment and limit climate change…
By: Astrid Zweynert
Date: April 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
OXFORD, England, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Laws giving men and women equal rights to land are not enough to ensure equality if they are not accompanied by efforts to empower and educate women, said the head…
In 15 seconds, Kofi Annan captures the importance of land rights in lifting the world's poor out of poverty.
By: Sebastien Malo
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With world leaders converging in New York to sign a landmark climate deal, activists along with actor Alec Baldwin called on Thursday for a halt to deforestation, a contributor to…
Date: 22 avril 2016
Source: RTL
Par Eléanor Douet
Ce 22 avril correspond à la Journée de la Terre et Google a décidé de rendre hommage à cette journée avec son célèbre Doodle. On célèbre cette année la 46e édition de cette journée , jour où sera signé l'Accord de Paris sur les changements…
Date: 21 avril 2016
Source: undp.org
New York - Améliorer les droits fonciers des peuples autochtones peut jouer un rôle clé dans la protection des forêts tropicales et ralentir le changement climatique, selon des scientifiques, chercheurs et défenseurs de l'environnement.
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By: Rebecca Myles
Date: April 22nd 2016
Source: RT
Representatives from 155 countries are in New York to sign a climate-change agreement to limit the rise in global temperatures. Forest-dwelling indigenous peoples claim the pact ignores them and that they face assaults when trying to protect…
By: Alex Kirby
Date: April 26th 2016
Source: Climate Change News
Researchers highlight importance of carbon-sucking forests alongside New York climate deal signing ceremony
The world’s tropical forests are a key part of slowing climate change, and ensuring indigenous peoples have land rights is…