(Geneva, 11 March 2012)
It's a red alert now.
The government of Saudi Arabia currently owns 1.6 million hectares (ha) of land in Sudan and Indonesia. In Madagascar around 1.3 million ha were leased, bought or transferred to private corporations of South Korea.
(Rome, 13/03/2012) Last Friday, 9th of March in the evening, the Committee on Word Food Security(CFS) completed the intergovernmental negotiations of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on theTenure of Land Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security.
Position Title: Associate Program Officer - Global Policy and Advocacy
Division Global Policy and Advocacy
Department N/A
Location Seattle
«Notre détermination à nous tenir debout et à planter nos pieds sur notre terre détermine la force avec laquelle battront les coeurs de nos enfants.» Poolly Koutchak, Unalakleet, Alaska
JUNE 12, 2012 — Dozens Maasai elders in the Kenyan highlands – who serve as symbols and enforcers of their community’s conservative cultural traditions — have vowed to uphold an entirely new tradition: equal rights for women and girls.
These elders, who normally act as guardians of age-old cultural practices and mediators in this remote area far from the nearest courthouse, unanimously wrote and adopted a new constitution to guide their own behavior last month. The document promises unprecedented protections for widows, orphans, women and girls.
The rationale for this post is that food, energy and climate crises hit the poor hardest. Growing demands for food, energy and construction materials also puts added pressure on forests. It is therefore essential to research and spread models of locally controlled tree-based enterprise that deliver more integrated and intensified production of food, energy and construction materials in ways that are climate-smart.
Key Responsibilities
The Land Policy Initiative is looking for Regional Land Expert. This position is located in the Land Policy Initiative (LPI), Food Security and Sustainable Development Division (FSSDD), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium is issuing its first annual call for competitive grant proposals to support research on emerging issues in Africa that have previously received little or no attention.
The selected topic of this year’s GAPS IN RESEARCH grant is: Foreign Direct Investment in Land (FDI), Land Markets and Land Institutions, and Development of the Agricultural Sector in Africa. Proposals can address any or all of the aspects of the main topic.
L’unité de recherche Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux recrute un/une assistant(e). Le/la titulaire du poste interviendra à la fois auprès d’une équipe, mais également d’une manière plus transversale en appui aux chefs de projets sur certains projets importants pour l’unité.
Référence à rappeler : 1981 Lieu d'affectation : Montpellier
Date de publication : 24/05/2012 Type de contrat : CDI
Date de clôture : 13/06/2012 Date de prise de fonction : Dès que possible