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Según organizaciones internacionales los campesinos alimentan al mundo con menos de la cuarta parte de la tierra agrícola.
Saskia Chacón
Cuando se dice que los campesinos alimentan al mundo no es una exageración. De acuerdo con datos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la…
10 de los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) establecen una vinculación directa con el papel de la Agricultura Familiar para su consecución, haciendo referencia explícita en el ODS 2, que subraya la necesidad de poner fin al hambre, lograr la seguridad alimentaria y la mejora de la…
By: Shivani Chaudhry
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In order to ensure that ‘no one is left behind,’ the Habitat III outcome document must be grounded in a human rights approach.
The Third Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom 3) for Habitat III took…
By: S. Matthew English
Date: September 4th 2016
Source: The Coin Telegraph
A Blockchain-based land registry may help create new toxic assets and lead to a new financial meltdown.
Across the Third World, from Honduras to the Republic of Georgia, efforts are underway to establish land titles via…
Voice is a new innovative grant facility that supports the most marginalised and discriminated people in ten low- and lower-middle income countries in Africa and Asia. It aims to amplify and connect thus far unheard voices in efforts to leave no one behind. Voice is an initiative by the…
By: Anthony King
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: UC San Diego News Center
Researchers at University of California San Diego’s Big Pixel Initiative are using unique tools to map urban areas around the globe, potentially revolutionizing large-scale analysis of urbanization. Using Google Earth…
Date: 09 septembre 2016
Source: Radio-Canada
Les terres vierges disparaissent de la surface de la Terre à un rythme alarmant, soulignent des chercheurs dans une étude parue jeudi. Au moins 10 % des régions sauvages, soit deux fois la superficie de l'Alaska, ont été perdues au cours des deux…
Date: September 14th 2016
Source: Economy Lead
Economic growth is not enough to save those threatened daily with starvation. Governments need to tailor policies and investments to transform rural areas in developing countries if they want to eliminate poverty, according to a new global study…
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Campaigners and human rights lawyers said the move reflects increasing global recognition of the severity of environmental crime
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The International Criminal…
By: Greg Scruggs
Date: September 15th 2016
Source: Citiscope
Community groups want to show next month’s conference that answers begin at the bottom, not at the top.
This story is part of an occasional series on the General Assembly of Partners (GAP), the main vehicle for civil society to…
Date: 19 septembre 2016
Source: Observatoire des multinationales
Par Olivier Petitjean
La Cour pénale internationale vient d’ouvrir la porte à des poursuites contre des individus et des gouvernements pour des crimes relatifs aux ressources naturelles et à l’accaparement des terres. Une…
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
For more information, please contact: Neil Sorensen at +33641668648 or neil.sorensen@landportal.info
GRONINGEN (21 September, 2016) — Land has become a key issue on the global…