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Sonoma Land Trust Completes Purchase of Land With Highest Peak on Sonoma Coast
Pole Mountain area. Photo by Stephen Joseph Photography/Courtesy of Sonoma Land Trust on Facebook.
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Sonoma Land Trust has completed the $2.35 million purchase of Pole Mountain Preserve, which includes the highest peak along the Sonoma Coast.
The Preserve's 238 acres connects the Jenner Headlands and the Sonoma Land Trust's Little Black Mountain Preserve near Cazadero.
Landesa’s Annual Report Released – 2.2 Million Lives Impacted
More than 2.2 million lives changed – 50,000 of those in a single week. Learn more about Landesa’s impact over the past year, from India and China to Rwanda, in Landesa’s new annual report.
View the online annual report
Download the PDF
Job Opportunity: Chief of Advocacy and Communications
Position Title: Chief of Advocacy and Communications
Status: Regular, Full Time
Location: Washington, DC
Classification: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime Pay)
Date: July 2016
Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility. Call for proposals.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is inviting indigenous peoples’ organizations and communities, and organizations that work with them, to apply for grants that fund projects and partnerships to promote the development of indigenous peoples and their unique cultural identity.
Grants ranging from US$20,000 to US$50,000 will be awarded to applicants from IFAD’s developing Member States through the Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility (IPAF).
Malawi: 'New Land Laws to Empower Chiefs, People '
By: Malawi News Agency
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Malawi News Agency
The recent budget sitting passed land administration related bills which have raised controversy and at times outright misinformation. The Minister of Information, Communications Technology and Civic Education, PATRICIA KALIATI, provides some insights into the pieces of legislation and other related matters.
Excerpts:
How Egyptian farmers are adapting to water scarcity up and down a canal
If you wander up and down one of the many irrigation canals in Egypt’s Nile Delta, you’ll see a wide range of crops being grown. Fields of swelling water melons sit alongside leafy greens. Twirling grape vines back on to rows of cucumbers. But why have the farmers chosen to grow one crop rather than another? Is it simply because they have differing access to water? A new study undertaken by IWMI and partners* sought to better understand the reasons for crop choice, and has come up with some surprising conclusions.
LEGEND first land policy bulletin now out
The DFID is delighted to launch the first Land Policy Bulletin, which introduces a new land and responsible investment programme - Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND).
The Land Policy Bulletin is available for download here.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: first International Conference on Water and Environment- WATEIC-2011
Integrated management of water resources and protection of the environment have become a global priority for sustainable development. Several countries around the world are suffering from many problems related to water scarcity, unsustainable management of water resources, vulnerability to climate change, pollution and lack of sanitation infrastructure and suitable treatment technology. These problems are often worsened by lack of governance and development supporting legislative tools.