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Uganda issues first ever Certificates of Customary Ownership in urban areas
On 2 December 2021 the mayor of Mbale City, Cassim Namugali, issued 511 Certificates of Customary Ownership in a colourful ceremony. The event took place at Wanale Division Hall in Mbale City. These are the first ever such certificates to be issued in an urban area in Uganda. Several hundred Mbale residents took part in the ceremony.
Toward a land policy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: National validation workshop, Kinshasa 15-17 November 2021
A national validation workshop discussed the draft National Land Policy Document of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kinshasa on 15–17 November 2021.
The workshop was part of a process that began in November 2018 at the Bukavu interprovincial forum to formulate a new national land policy. The Bukavu forum identified strategic options that were turned into a draft policy document in December 2018. This first draft was submitted to a series of consultations in all 26 provinces in the country with a wide range of stakeholders.
Nuevo impulso a la titulación de tierras
Por Pedro Castillo Castañeda, Responsable del Programa de acceso a recursos naturales del Cepes.
El 16 de noviembre se dieron a conocer los cinco lineamientos de la Segunda Reforma Agraria (SRA), con el objetivo de incrementar de manera sostenible los ingresos y calidad de vida de los productores de la agricultura familiar, cooperativa, comunera y empresarial (D.S N° 022-2021-Midagri). Estos buscan promover acciones articuladas de distintos niveles de gobierno, con enfoque territorial y multisectorial, en el marco de la Política General del Gobierno 2021-2026.
Construcción de carreteras en países amazónicos podría deforestar millones de hectáreas
Se cree que la infraestructura es directamente responsable de entre el 9% y 17% de la deforestación en los países tropicales y subtropicales. Y también hay un efecto indirecto.
Los proyectos viales en la Amazonía podrían impulsar la deforestación de millones de hectáreas durante los próximos 20 años, dijeron investigadores ambientales en un informe.
Presidente Castillo launches new land reform in Peru
His administration will establish the "Agrarian Civil Service," a program through which thousands of young university students will technically support the farmers.
On Sunday, Peru’s President Pedro Castillo launched the "second agrarian reform", which is a national policy for the development of agriculture through the incorporation of technology, the provision of technical advice, and the construction of productive infrastructure.
“¿Acaso el Estado está esperando que nos maten?”: amenazan de muerte a defensores de comunidad kichwa Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu
La comunidad nativa kichwa Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu, ubicada en la zona del Bajo Huallaga, (distrito de Huimbayoc, región de San Martín) viene siendo amenazada por grupos de madereros ilegales, quienes deforestan el bosque de la comunidad sembrando amenazas y violencia. Desde hace años, la comunidad viene denunciando estas violaciones permanentes a su territorio y contra la vida de las personas defensoras. “¿Acaso el Estado está esperando que nos maten?!
Perú: Se crea reserva indígena Kakataibo Norte y Sur, con casi 150 mil hectáreas de bosques a favor de pueblo en aislamiento
A través del DS N° 015-2021-MC se establece categorización que permitirá establecer mecanismos de protección territorial en el ámbito de la reserva ubicada en las regiones de Loreto, Ucayali y Huánuco
Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
Increased investment in agriculture and food systems—from both the private and public sectors—is critical to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt to climate change. To generate sustainable benefits, this investment must be responsible. What role should investment incentives play in encouraging such investment? This Guide helps to answer that question.
Creating an enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Reform
This fact sheet describes the course that provides guidance on driving reforms that strengthen policy, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks for responsible agricultural investment (RAI). Specifically, the course provides support to design the reform strategy, establish multi-stakeholder consultation processes for decision-making and enhance the role of regulatory processes in creating an enabling environment for responsible agricultural investment.
By the Numbers: Indigenous and Community Land Rights
When more than 1,200 land rights experts converge on the World Bank’s Washington, DC headquarters today for the 18th Annual Land and Poverty Conference, participants from government, civil society groups, private sector and donor agencies will focus on how they can use data and other evidence to reform land policies, identify strategies for expansion and find ways to monitor progress.