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Estados miembros de las Naciones Unidas y ONG participaron en la tercera sesión del Grupo de trabajo sobre los derechos de los campesinos, celebrada la semana pasada en Ginebra. Posiciones a favor y en contra de la adopción de una declaración universal
Texto: Élise Golay
Traducción: Carmen…
Fonte: UA online, Investigação
Publicação foi lançada a 25 de maio
Investigadores da UA participam no Atlas Global da Biodiversidade do Solo
27.5.2016
Investigadores da UA participam no Atlas Global da Biodiversidade do Solo
A Universidade de Aveiro (UA) foi a única instituição portuguesa a…
By: Ellen Wulfhorst
Date: June 10th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dangerously weak planning is leading to unchecked urban sprawl, leaving new city dwellers far from transportation and services, United Nations experts said.
A lack of solid urban…
By: Greg Scruggs
Date: June 10th 2016
Source: Citiscope
This week, national governments heard directly from civil society and others on what they’re hoping to see in the New Urban Agenda and beyond.
UNITED NATIONS — The opening line of the U. N. Charter reads “We the peoples”, but historically…
By: Andy White, Rights and Resources Initiative
Date: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A wave of progress in recognising local people's land rights is at risk of becoming just another blip on the radar
The struggle of indigenous peoples and local communities to own and manage their ancestral…
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The guidelines aim to ensure small farmers are consulted about land deals that affect their property
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global investors have spent more than $90 billion buying…
By: Deirdre Fulton
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Common Dreams
While 'food security-driven land grabbing' has subsided in recent years, 'plain old profit-driven agribusiness expansion is now the dominant agenda'
Big Ag's global land grab is huge, growing, and "extending its reach to new…
CALL FOR PAPERS: South Asian Water Studies Special Issue on ‘Water Justice, Gender, and Disability’ ()
Date: 21 of June 2016
Source: IWMI
South Asian Water Studies (SAWAS), an open access journal http://www.sawasjournal.org, has issued a call for papers for a special issue on ‘Water justice, Gender and Disability.’
This special issue is guest edited by Alan Nicol and Floriane Clement from IWMI, …
Date: June 17 2016
Source: IIED
Can the Sustainable Development Goals trigger a new approach to development in the world's Least Developed Countries? A dialogue event explored the potential.
Least Developed Country experts from around the world gathered in London for a dialogue event to…
Date: 18 juin 2016
Source: Afriquinfos
Par Vignikpo AKPENE
A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la lutte contre la désertification et la sécheresse, le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a appelé vendredi à remettre en état des millions d’hectares de terres dégradées et devenues…
Date: 23 June 2016
Source: iied
Seven research projects will receive funding to study how to assist vulnerable urban groups facing humanitarian crises, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has announced
IIED has announced that seven research projects in Africa,…
Date: 27 June 2016
Source: iied
IIED is inviting proposals for original research that will contribute to understanding local markets in the context of urban humanitarian crisis and response. Closing date: 21 July, 2016
Researchers have until 21 July, 2016 to submit proposals for research…