Sin una transformación profunda en la gobernanza y los flujos económicos, no alcanzaremos los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, ni podremos asegurar la salud del planeta ni la equidad
Por: Juan Carlos García y Cebolla es el jefe del Equipo de Derecho a la Alimentación de la FAO
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Of the many issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps the most unsettling is that it is likely to be only a beginning — that the world is threatened with future plagues brought on by factors such as environmental degradation and human encroachment on animal habitats.
The World Health…
As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Nathaniah Jacobs, Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, to hear more about the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project. The…
As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Amaelle Seigneret, Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, to hear what’s new. The Navigator is meant to help governments, civil society and businesses…
Autor : Michelle Carrere y Vanessa Romo / Mongabay Latinoamérica
Mongabay Latam rastreó en Ministerios Públicos, fiscalías, defensorías del pueblo y 11 organizaciones de derechos humanos de Colombia, México, Ecuador y Perú los casos de defensores ambientales que enfrentan hoy procesos judiciales y…
Por JESÚS GONZÁLEZ PAZOS
Debemos aumentar la presión sobre las élites para conseguir que la naturaleza sea más valorada y que los impactos del ser humano sobre este planeta sean lo suficientemente positivos como para permitirnos afrontar el futuro con éxito.
A partir del año 2000, en algunos…
Every year on April 22nd over a billion people across the world come together to observe Earth Day. First established in 1970, Earth Day was created to drive action in combatting the ongoing global environmental and climate crisis. The theme of the 2021 event is Restore Our Earth. The 2021 Earth…
The data on forest loss is still grim but we know what causes deforestation - and the policy tools and market mechanisms that can stop it
The newest data on global forest loss in 2020 is grim: the rate of deforestation sped up in a year when everything else slowed down. We lost 12.2 million…
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Sônia Guajajara, Peter Seligmann
By Sônia Guajajara (Guajajara), Executive Coordinator for the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB); Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (Kanakaney-Igorot), former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Gregorio Mirabal (Wakuenai Kurripaco), General Coordinator of Indigenous…
Today, on Earth Day I want to celebrate the efforts made by Indigenous peoples around the world to continue protecting our planet. Of the many significant experiences at the local level, I want to highlight an initiative developed in the Peruvian Amazon with the MDE Saweto Peru project…
COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated online last year, yet millions of people participated in calls to action. As we begin to look beyond the pandemic, however, it's vital to remember that we cannot go back to business-as-usual as far as our planet is…
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Land insecurity and inequality are endemic and keep families trapped in poverty for generations
Malcolm Childress is co-director of Prindex and executive director of Global Land Alliance
As…