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Opinion: Protect indigenous, community, and women's land rights for food security and nutrition
Around 1 in 9 people in the world — 821 million — are undernourished. After a prolonged decline, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations found that world hunger is rising once again.
Landless movement leader assassinated in Brazilian Amazon
“They can kill me at any moment, but they are going to regret it forever because, after I’m dead, others will take my place.” – Alenquer
Could developing-world cities make or break the 1.5C warming goal?
With growing slums and emissions - but limited capacity to tackle the problems - these cities are where action will be crucial, experts say
BARCELONA - The future that fast-growing cities in South Asia and Africa choose - cleaner and safer, or dirtier and more dangerous - will be pivotal to efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, scientists said in a key U.N. report this week.
Latin American Rural Women Call for Recognition and Policies
LIMA, Oct 12 2018 (IPS) - Rural women in Latin America play a key role with respect to attaining goals such as sustainable development in the countryside, food security and the reduction of hunger in the region. But they remain invisible and vulnerable and require recognition and public policies to overcome this neglect.
In Germany, 50,0000 marchers celebrate unexpected win for Hambacher Forest against energy giant
An unexpected High Court ruling in the German state of North Rhein Westphalia (NRW) has blocked energy giant RWE from further destruction of the Hambacher Forest for the next couple of years. The decision has been hailed as a major victory by the newly-revitalised German environmental and climate justice movement.
Evicted Kenyans demand compensation after mining firm exits
Colombia's Indigenous Organization Under Threat by Paramilitary
“We arrived to La Guajira to defend our sovereignty from the corrupt who call themselves defenders of Mother Earth that only hinder the country’s progress."
A Colombian paramilitary group known as the ‘Aguilas Negras’ (Black Eagles) spread pamphlets in the northern Guajira department threatening human rights defenders and Indigenous organizations working in the region.
EZLN-Backed Indigenous Congress Starts Second National Assembly
“Our path continues, and the main difference with previous phases is that now we’re more original peoples walking together."
The indigenous organizations that proposed an indigenous, revolutionary woman as a candidate for the past Mexican presidential elections are holding their second national assembly to decide on their next steps in the struggle.
Disasters: UN report shows climate change causing ‘dramatic rise’ in economic losses
The findings, published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), also show that people in low- and middle-income countries are seven times more likely to die from natural disasters than those in developed nations.
“This puts a big emphasis on the need to…make sure that we curb greenhouse gas emissions,” said Ricardo Mena, UNISDR chief, in charge of implementing the Sendai Framework.
How green is my forest? There's an app to tell you
With a smartphone or tablet, the app can be used to track the status of a community rights claim in India
BANGKOK, Oct 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A web-based application that monitors the impact of successful forest-rights claims can help rural communities manage resources better and improve their livelihoods, according to analysts.