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Climatewash: The World Bank’s Fresh Offensive on Land Rights reveals how the Bank is appropriating climate commitments made at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to justify its multibillion-dollar initiative to “formalize” land tenure across the Global South.
Carbon projects often impact lands managed by communities with insecure or informal tenure rights, especially in Africa and Asia, where carbon markets are expanding rapidly. Nearly 80% of land managed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities in these regions lacks formal recognition.
The study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa aims to consolidate and analyse the state of the evidence on how tenure arrangements – in particular collective ownership and management of forests operating in complex systems of contingent factors – impact forest con
Land tenure security is a concept that informs land governance interventions. In short, the thinking is that tenure security will lead to positive economic, environmental and social impacts and hence to improved livelihoods for the land right holders.
The Mekong Region has experienced rapid agrarian change over the past two decades, driven by public sector policies promoting agricultural commercialisation to alleviate rural poverty, provide income opportunities, and modernize agricultural production systems.
Dans les zones rurales, où l’agriculture est la principale source de subsistance, la terre est bien plus qu’une simple ressource économique ; elle est essentielle à l’identité et à la culture des communautés.
L’actualité de cet automne s’annonce exceptionnellement chargée sur les questions environnementales : les trois COP issues du Sommet de la Terre vont se réunir à quelques semaines d’intervalle, en commençant par la COP Biodiversité.
Country Forest Notes (CFNs) are a centerpiece of the World Bank Group’s Forest Action Plan (FY16–20) and Climate Change Action Plan (2016–2020).
Secure land rights for all—women and men, regardless of ethnicity or religion, or civil, economic, social, or political status—are foundational for achieving a world free of poverty, hunger, and systematic gender discrimination.