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Colonización adquirió 10.000 hectáreas de tierras en el 2017
El organismo adjudicó durante el año pasado 13.000 hectáreas a colonos
El Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC) adquirió 10 mil hectáreas de tierras en 2017 para "cumplir con la política de tierras destinadas a los asalariados rurales y productores de nivel familiar". Para ello invirtió una cifra aproximada a US$ 33 millones, informó a El Observador la presidenta del organismo, Jacqueline Gómez.
Nativos en el mundo recordaron su derecho a la tierra
En un trabajo realizado por El País, el medio recordó la lucha social que lideraron los nativos en estos 10 años por su derecho a la tierra.
Silenciar la lucha nativa es condenar el futuro del planeta. Así fue que en 2017 conmemoraron los 10 años de haber sido reconocido su derecho sobre la tierra.
Esa lucha, según El País ha sido una batalla por defender al territorio que involucra a todos.
'It's a perverse system': how Colombia's farmers are reforesting their logged land
In the wake of Colombia’s peace deal, the rush to clear Amazon jungle for cattle ranches and coca caused deforestation to soar. A new scheme hopes to enable farmers to make a sustainable living from the forest
Barbuda fears land rights loss in bid to spread tourism from Antigua
As the tiny island destroyed by a hurricane tries to rebuild, the PM of neighboring Antigua aims to revoke centuries-old rights
Nearly four months after Hurricane Irma devastated the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda, residents fear the central government on neighbouring Antigua is poised to revoke a centuries-old system of communal land rights in what activists have described as “disaster capitalism” at work.
Five communities looking after their own future
Communities are at the frontline of social change, uniting in a common cause to benefit the wider population
LONDON, Dec 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As 2017 draws to a close, the term 'resilience' has become a buzzword for many humanitarian organisations and governments who are set on preparing for major disasters so any recovery is much easier.
Resilience covers broad disasters ranging from climate change induced floods and droughts to economic shocks and health epidemics.
Economics of Climate Change: Challenges Facing Latin America
Central America and the Caribbean are considerably vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Political analyst Geovanny Vicente Romero investigates.
Plantation on forest dwellers' land not allowed, says MoTA, but MoEFCC differs
NEW DELHI: Government's plantation projects under the compensatory afforestation fund scheme cannot be taken up on forest land where forest dwellers' rights have already been recognized, the tribal affairs ministry (MoTA) has said.
Global Landscapes Forum enters new phase
BONN, Germany — Nearly 1,000 members of the development, environment, and finance communities gathered in Germany this week for what is being hailed as a “new phase” of the Global Landscapes Forum as it breaks away from the United Nations climate conference.
Female farmers draw attention of ECOWAS leaders to land rights
Female farmers in Nigeria and Africa at the weekend called on leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to help them address issues of land rights.
Chairperson, Pan African Rural Women Assembly, an umbrella body for rural farmers in Africa, Nnenna Ejim, called on the leaders to recognize the crucial roles women play in agriculture.
FAO: “Hay que acabar con la inequidad estructural de las zonas rurales de América Latina”
Buenos Aires, 13 dic (elmundo.cr) – La persistente desigualdad continúa actuando como un freno poderoso al desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe en general, y de sus áreas rurales en particular, señaló hoy el Representante Regional de la FAO, Julio Berdegué, en el Simposio sobre Comercio y Desarrollo Sostenible.
El simposio se desarrolla al margen de la 11a Conferencia Ministerial de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, en Buenos Aires, Argentina.