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Displaying 1141 - 1150 of 1156Land-Rights Group Landesa Wins $2-Million Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced that its distinguished panel of independent international jurors has selected Landesa, a Seattle-based land rights organization, as the recipient of the largest humanitarian prize in the world – the Hilton Humanitarian Prize. As the 2015 Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient, Landesa will receive $2 million in unrestricted funding and join the Hilton Prize Coalition, which was established in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Hilton Prize and is comprised of all 20 Hilton Prize Laureate organizations.
Women, Land and Food Panel
On October 27, 2015, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM, USAID, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Landesa will host a panel event to discuss the intersection of women's empowerment, land rights and food security at IFPRI's headquarters at 2033 K St NW, Washington, DC. The panel event is open to the public and will be streamed live online.
Deadline 18 October: Consultant for Conceptual Modelling on Land Corruption in Africa
Transparency International (TI) is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.
Costa Rica struggles with indigenous land rights
An indigenous rights issue has put Costa Rica’s much-vaunted human rights record to the test as the country struggles to protect members of the Bribrí and Teribe indigenous communities from non-indigenous people who have forcibly, and at times violently, removed them from indigenous ancestral lands.
6th GLTN Partners' Meeting
The 2015 GLTN Partners’ Meeting happens at a strategic time in the life of the GLTN Network. The implementation of the GLTN Phase 2 project, running from 2012 to 2017, has reached its mid-term, country level engagement is well underway, global negotiations are ongoing for the sustainable Development Goals, and preparation for Habitat III including defining the New Urban Agenda are ongoing.
Ordinary Zambians grapple with land grabbing
Forced evictions of ordinary Zambians from their land have become rampant to pave way for development. Rights activists want to intervene and protect local people from land grabbers.
Land grabbing is on the increase
International Course on Governance of Landscapes, Forests and People: Deadline for Scholarships 20 October
Forested landscapes worldwide are increasingly integrated in global processes of trade, market development, resource exploitation and climate change. Site-based or community level approaches can no longer cope with these issues which exceed the local sphere of influence. Although landscapes are usually considered to be appropriate levels to negotiate land use options, they are rarely recognised as units of political- administrative decision making, hence do not have any formal place in decentralised structures of states.
Linked Open Data and the Global Call to Action on Indigenous & Community Land Rights
At the end of September, the global land community met in Bern, Switzerland for the 2nd International Conference on Community Land Rights, to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing those who rely on access to community lands for their livelihoods. Discussions at the conference focused on the perpetual divide between indigenous peoples and governments with regard to land ownership.
Cameroun : Conflit Foncier Entre Le Nkam et le Wouri
Dans une correspondance adressée au délégué départemental des domaines, du cadastre et des affaires foncières du Nkam, Jacqueline Koung à Bessike exige de son collaborateur de lui faire le point sur la régularité des titres fonciers dans l’affaire Tsimi Enouga contre Etat du Cameroun, Mbango Njoh Jérémie et Sci Fok.