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Brazil: “2013 was the worst year ever for agrarian reform”
Some positive steps were made throughout the year in terms of the fight waged by the landless movement, with the holding of demonstrations, marches as well as the occupation of land and public buildings. But virtually nothing was done in terms of agrarian policy reform. In many cases, the government actually went backwards.
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Govt Not Recognizing Scale of Land-Grabs in Burma: Lawmakers
RANGOON — The Burmese government has acknowledged just a fraction of more than 6,000 land-grab complaints filed with a parliamentary committee, lawmakers say, with a cabinet official telling Parliament this week that total complaints numbered less than 800.
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Violating rights and threatening lives: The Camisea gas project and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation
Oxford, UK (20 January 2014) – A Forest Peoples Programme report published today reveals the severe impacts of Peru’s biggest gas project on indigenous peoples in “voluntary isolation” (isolated peoples) in th
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From farmer-pastoralist conflicts to profitable alliances
The area around Wum in the Northwest Province of Cameroon is notorious as a conflict hotspot. As pressure increases on available land, conflicts occur more frequently between sedentary family farmers and pastoral communities. Farmer-pastoralist alliances are helping to resolve the conflicts by transforming the relationships between these families.
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Rio's favela dwellers fight to stave off evictions in runup to Brazil World Cup
A steep climb leads to the top of the Santa Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro, where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is visible to the right and the ocean can be seen over the roofs of hundreds of homes below. The residents of the cluster of houses on the summit, O Pico, surely have one of the best views in Rio.
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Tanzania Struggles to End Clashes Between Farmers and Herders
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Jan 16 2014 (IPS) - Tanzanian authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with ongoing conflicts between farmers and pastoralists as they fight over limited land and water resources in this East African nation.
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U.N. feeds record 3.8 million in Syria but concerned by malnutrition
The U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) delivered rations to a record 3.8 million people in Syria in December, but civilians in eastern provinces and besieged towns near the capital remain out of reach, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Combinar adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático: Una opción provechosa
Si bien los paisajes rurales se pueden gestionar para optimizar la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático, muchos proyectos de desarrollo enfocados en el clima no aprovechan los beneficios combinados, afirma Bruno Locatelli, científico del Centro para la Investigación Foresta
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