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Écoles durables

Orientations conceptuelles et méthodologiques

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2024
Americas, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land governance
sustainable development
land investments
investment funds
government
Cette publication présente le travail d'une feuille de route développée pour les gouvernements et les communautés intéressés par la mise en œuvre de la méthodologie des écoles durables, développée par le gouvernement du Brésil, par le biais de l'Agence brésilienne de coopération, du Fonds national de développement de l'éducation et de la FAO.
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Droits des communautés et changement climatique: Quel avenir voulons-nous?

Rapport de synthèse pour un Dialogue sur l'avenir du climat

Reports & Research
February, 2024
Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
agroforestry systems
Le 17 septembre 2023, plus de 70 représentants des titulaires de droits et leurs alliés se sont réunis pour un dialogue mondial sur la façon dont le financement climatique peut ou doit soutenir leur vision de l’avenir dans un monde affecté par le changement climatique.
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Just Transition Open Agenda May 2022

Institutional & promotional materials
May, 2022
South Africa
Land & Investments
gender equity
sustainable development
environment
land degradation
mining
advocacy
From 24 to 26 November 2020, the three organisations comprising the Life After Coal campaign, Earthlife Africa (Johannesburg), the Centre for Environmental Rights and ground Work, met virtually to develop a shared Open Agenda on the Just Transition. We used the Open Agenda for a Just Transition - developed at the National Coal Exchange in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, in July 2019 - as a starting point.
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Scratching the surface: Tracing coloured gemstone flows from Mozambique and Malawi to Asia

Reports & Research
November, 2021
Malawi, Mozambique, Thailand, Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
sustainable development
mining
land investments
land stakeholders
This paper provides an overview of the supply chains and flows that run from the mines of northern Mozambique and Malawi, to the international trade hubs of Sri Lanka and Thailand. Analysis of the political and economic environment in which mining and trading take place gives a contextual understanding of gemstone flows both within and out of the region as well as the various actors involved.

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Respecting the human rights of communities: a legal risk primer for commercial wind and solar project deployment

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2022
Global
Land & Investments
sustainable development
land investments
land deals
land rights
This legal risk primer provides the general counsels and corporate legal teams of commercial wind and solar companies with an overview of the key legal risks that may arise from the above community-related human rights impacts. It is a companion to CCSI's business guide on the same topic.
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Support to Responsible Agricultural Investments Project in Ethiopia

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Institutional & promotional materials
February, 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
VGGT
land documentation
sustainable development
food security
land investments
land rights
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
tenure security
capacity development
youth
The Support to Responsible Agricultural Investments project (S2RAI) promotes internationally recognised principles and guidelines such as the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT), and Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) to ensure food security and secure land tenure rights for communities in the context of large-scale commercial land investment as well as strengthen the institutional frameworks and coordination structures at federal and regional levels in relations to responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia.
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Mosaic of reform: Forest Policy in Post-1978 China

January, 2004
China
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
rural areas
sustainable development
environment
forestry
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Local land grabbers evict villagers at night; foreign investors cultivate the same lands the next day

September, 2021
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land
customary tenure
sustainable development
environment
dispossession
displacement
An educational resource that debunks myths used for privatizing land around the world while providing facts on how customary tenure systems are critical to protecting livelihoods and ensuring sustainable development for the people and the planet.
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Analysis of Gaps Between National Legislation of Georgia and World Bank Environmental and Social Framework

Reports & Research
June, 2020
Georgia
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
COVID-19
development
poverty
sustainable development
land law
agricultural and rural legislation
land policies
property law
infrastructure
environment
land investments
Over the last two decades, Georgia has made impressive progress in economic growth and reforms. These advancements have also brought about an increase in investments and infrastructure as well as in service sectors, such as tourism, that provide a potential for future growth and welfare. Georgia’s leaders and society have also recognized that the pursuit of growth depends on the sustainability of its development path. Sustainability, in turn, hinges on the protection of the country’s most valuable assets –its nature, people, and cultural heritage.
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Bulletin d’information bimestriel de l’Observatoire Régional du Foncier Rural en Afrique de l’Ouest (ORFAO) #2

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2022
Western Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land governance
sustainable development
food security
sustainable land use
land rights

Ce 2ème numéro du bulletin d’information bimestriel de l’ORFAO revient sur les rubriques principales dudit bulletin allant de l’actualité foncière dans les Etats membres aux contributions faites par les acteurs du foncier.

Ce numéro met également l’accent sur les institutions du foncier rural, notamment la dynamique d’émergence d’observatoires nationaux du foncier dans les Etats membres.