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Displaying 1011 - 1020 of 1156Colombia's war-weary farmers head home amid hopes and fears
By: Anastasia Moloney @anastasiabogota
Date: May 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
More than five decades of conflict have forced 6.7 million Colombians to flee their homes, many of them poor farmers, making the country home to the second biggest internally displaced population after Syria.
The government estimates that up to 15 percent of Colombian territory has been abandoned or illegally acquired through violence, extortion and fraud.
5th GRI Global Conference 2016
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Land Tenure Rights: The need for greater transparency among companies worldwide
This publication is designed to help companies understand the need for enhanced transparency around land-related impacts and the importance of respecting the land tenure rights of local communities. It offers insights into what land-related sustainability information stakeholders are interested.
Global Reporting Initiative
Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Place to put land and property rights on global news agenda
The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charity arm of the world’s largest news and information provider, today launched Place (Property, Land, Access, Connections, Empowerment), an innovative platform to boost coverage of land and property rights, one of the most under-reported issues worldwide. The new platform has been developed with support from Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar.
Call for Papers: AgLaw COLLOQUIUM
The Institute of Law, Politics and Development is pleased to announce the 2016 AgLaw Colloquium which will be held on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 October, 2016.
The AgLaw Colloquium is intended to be an opportunity for early-career researchers (Ph.D. candidates and post-docs) to present and discuss their results and methodological approaches in a supportive environment. It is inspired by the wish to share on-going analysis, questions and exploration fields in agricultural law from a global perspective.
Donor Land Group’s Position on Taking Stock of VGGT Implementation
On May 9, 2012, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adopted a landmark document laying out principles and internationally accepted standards on land governance and tenure security - the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT). Members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL) actively supported both technically and financially the inception of the VGGT and their formulation.
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 38 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financing institutions, intergovernmental organisations and development agencies.
Members share a common vision that agriculture and rural development is central to poverty reduction, and a conviction that sustainable and efficient development requires a coordinated global approach.
Land Use Accountability Manager
Program: WRI Indonesia
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Position Type: Regular full-time
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