Recursos naturales

A fully operational Article 6 offers countries a powerful tool to scale up mitigation efforts to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). If implemented right, Article 6 will help channel much-needed climate finance – both public and private - to developing countries, enabling meaningful investments in mitigation activities.  That said, the process does not end here.

Carbon projects often impact lands managed by communities with insecure or informal tenure rights, especially in Africa and Asia, where carbon markets are expanding rapidly. Nearly 80% of land managed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities in these regions lacks formal recognition.

•  Clarity on who owns emissions reductions (ERs), including who is entitled to benefit from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), is paramount to access different sources of forest climate finance.
•  As most countries’ legislation does no

As the world races to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the role of carbon markets remains deeply contested. Yet the nuances of ‘carbon rights’ — which generally refer to the rights “to benefit from sequestered carbon and/ or reduced greenhouse gas emissions”1 — remain underexamined.

El programa LAND-at-scale (LaS), del Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Cooperación al Desarrollo de los Países Bajos, busca fortalecer la gobernanza de la tierra, permitiéndoles a mujeres, hombres y jóvenes contribuir a un cambio estructural, justo, sostenible e inclusivo a gran escala en 12 países en el mundo: Colombia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ruanda, Burundi, Somalia, Chad, Ir

El programa LAND-at-scale (LaS), del Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Cooperación al Desarrollo de los Países Bajos, busca fortalecer la gobernanza de la tierra, permitiéndoles a mujeres, hombres y jóvenes contribuir a un cambio estructural, justo, sostenible e inclusivo a gran escala en 12 países en el mundo: Colombia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ruanda, Burundi, Somalia, Chad, Ir

In Congo-Brazzaville, tree planting projects intended for carbon markets have proliferated over the past four years. This concerns large-scale developments of monocultures initiated by oil companies under the seductive term of carbon neutrality and promises of job creation for communities.

Ce numéro de Regards sur le foncier a été produit dans le cadre d’une initiative d’expertise collective accompagnée par l’Iram et l’IRD, dont l’objectif était de mettre en lumière la question du devenir des communs pastoraux en Méditerranée à partir de la création d’un cadre de dialogue politique entre acteurs de trois territoires : la région du Drâa-Tafilalet au Maroc, les gouvernorats de Méde

Centro Terra Viva (CTV) has extensive experience in actions aimed at promoting the defence of communities' rights to land and other natural resources, namely monitoring environmental licensing processes for land-based investments (extractive industry), accompanying resettlement processes, public and community consultations, research and studies in the context of biodiversity protection and cons

Centro Terra Viva (CTV) has extensive experience in actions aimed at promoting the defence of communities' rights to land and other natural resources, namely monitoring environmental licensing processes for land-based investments (extractive industry), accompanying resettlement processes, public and community consultations, research and studies in the context of biodiversity protection and cons