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By Oumar Sylla, Director of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
On behalf of UN-Habitat, particularly the Land and the Global Land Tool Network Unit, which also serves as the GLTN Secretariat, I was pleased to present some key messages at the third Preparatory Committee Meeting of Habitat III.…
Date: 23 août 2016
Source: Presse-toi à gauche
Par Dominique Caouette
Texte publié dans le numéro d’été de la revue Relations (1). L’auteur, professeur au Département de science politique de l’Université de Montréal, est coordonnateur du Réseau d’études des dynamiques transnationales et de l’…
Date: 05 septembre 2016
Source: Reporterre
Par Vincent Le Rouzic, président de l’association Community Land Trust France
Edgard Pisani, disparu en juin dernier, avait été ministre de l’Agriculture dans les années 1960. Il était aussi un grand penseur de la question foncière. L’auteur de cette…
By George McCarthy, President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
In October, representatives from nearly 200 nations will convene in Quito, Ecuador, with the ambitious goal to steer urban development onto a sustainable path. They will adopt the New Urban Agenda, a global framework…
By Joe Studwell & Chris Jochnick
After World War II, land reform programs in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan redistributed vast swaths of land to poor tenant farmers and agricultural laborers. The efforts helped end extreme poverty and hunger — changing the course of these countries’ histories.…
By Jenna DiPaolo Colley, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Secure, legally-recognized land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities are vital to mitigating climate change, securing sustainable development, preventing conflict, and reducing poverty. It is also a core…
This is a contribution to our ongoing debate 'Open Data and Land Governance: Increased accountability and transparency as a means to overcoming poverty?'. Join in and ad your voice to the discussion!
By Kaitlin Cordes, Head of Land and Agriculture at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment…
Date: 18 septembre 2016
Source: Ouest France
Par Hervé Bertho
La finance asservit la terre et ses paysans. C'est une guerre sournoise qui va de pair avec les crises économiques et le drame des réfugiés. La terre du monde est à vendre.
L'huile de palme, le maïs, le soja, le caoutchouc, le…
Any discussion on climate change and sustainable investment in natural resources must grapple with land—a complicated yet crucial component of the search for equitable climate change solutions. In the context of resource investments, land is deeply entwined with both climate change impacts and…
By Michael Taylor, Director of the International Land Coalition (ILC)
When world leaders adopted the SDGs in September 2015, they took a bold step in recognising the reality that ‘sustainable development’ is complex and multifaceted. While many criticised the explosion of targets and indicators…
By the Center for International Forestry Research Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Peru - The indigenous community of Tres Islas in southeastern Peru seems to have it all—good fishing; a vast forest of timber, Brazil nut, palm and other trees; and natural beauty any…
By Kaitlin Cordes and Jesse Coleman, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)
As food systems become increasingly globalized, and commodity markets more complex, policymakers face the ever more difficult task of identifying and addressing multiple risks to food security. One…