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Property rights and miracle trees: Growing climate-smart agriculture in Zambia
By: Stephen Brooks
04 December 2015
Joseph Zulu never uses the term “climate-smart agriculture,” even as he proudly points out the fertilizer trees he planted between rows of crops on his field in Zambia’s eastern province. But whether he uses the term or not, Zulu is a wonderful example of how climate-smart agriculture can be incorporated into traditional farming environments.
La COP21 y las implicancias sobre los derechos humanos
Comunicado de prensa FIDH, 30 de noviembre 2015
La COP21 se celebra en París del 30 de noviembre al 11 de diciembre. Los 147 Jefes de Estado y de gobierno tienen el futuro de nuestro planeta en sus manos. Tienen el deber de encontrar un acuerdo vinculante capaz de limitar el cambio climático y su impacto dramático en los derechos humanos. La FIDH desea recordar aquí con firmeza: si el problema es ambiental, es ante todo humano.
La COP21 et les enjeux pour les droits humains
Communiqué de presse FIDH, 30 Novembre 2015
La COP21 se tient à Paris du 30 novembre au 11 décembre. Les 147 chefs d’État et de gouvernement ont l’avenir de notre planète entre leurs mains. Ils ont le devoir de trouver un accord contraignant à même de limiter le réchauffement climatique et ses impacts dramatiques sur les droits humains. La FIDH souhaite ici le rappeler avec force : si l’enjeu est écologique, il est avant tout humain.
What are the stakes of COP21 for human rights?
Press Release FIDH, 30 November 2015
COP21 will take place in Paris from 30 November to 11 December. The 147 heads of state and of government have the future of our planet in their hands. They must come up with a binding agreement that limits global warming and its dramatic impacts on human rights. FIDH reiterates loudly : while the stakes are indeed environmental they are first and foremost human.
Land conflicts distract tourism development in leading tourist parks
BY APOLINARI TAIRO, ETN TANZANIA CORRESPONDENT | DEC 01, 2015
TANZANIA (eTN) - The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change will be hosting an Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion in Paris to press for their recognition on land ownership and natural resource rights.
From Tanzania, the Maasai communities are pressing the Tanzanian government to recognize their land resources, most of which are allocated to national parks and wildlife reserves.
Possible Europe, Guyana trade deal must protect land rights - activists
BY CHRIS ARSENAULT
TORONTO, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A potential trade pact between the European Union and Guyana must contain land rights protections for local residents in order to avert the possible displacement of indigenous people, activists said on Tuesday.
Rising trade in timber stemming from such a deal could improve living standards in the South American country, according to a report released by activist groups the Forest Peoples Programme and the Amerindian Peoples Association.
Water shortage fuels conflict between herders, farmers in Laikipia
By Agencies, Citizen Digital
Published on 24 November 2015
It’s a hot, windy afternoon in Kiboya village. Dusty leaves swirl around William Ekidor, his wife Martha and their two sons as they sit under an acacia tree by the Kajunge dam, queuing with their animals for water.
Farmers bodies resolve to fight forced land acquisition
By: Press Trust of India | New Delhi
Date: November 20, 2015
Representatives of various peasant unions, farmers' organisations and people's movements, under the banner of Bhumi Adhikar Andolan, today decided on a comprehensive agenda to achieve land rights and fight forced land acquisition, agrarian crisis and fascist politics.
Peru’s lawmakers continue to block titling for Indigenous Peoples
Friday, November 20th, 2015
Indigenous communities in Peru must clear 27 bureaucratic hurdles to obtain official recognition and formal land titles, a costly process that can take more than a decade, while concessionaires face between three and seven bureaucratic steps, depending on whether they seek permits for logging or mining, and can obtain their paperwork in less than a year, according to a new study released today at an event in Paris.
Thousands march against land-grabbing in Bangladesh
Liton Das, Rajshahi
Bangladesh
November 17, 2015
Thousands of indigenous people took part in a two-day march in northern Bangladesh to press the government to establish an independent commission to end the problem of land disputes, which often impact minority communities.
The 60-kilometer march from Chapai Nawabganj to Rajshahi city Nov. 15-16 brought together about 3,000 people from dozens of indigenous groups.