Kuluthum Mbwana remembers the day that biofuel investors arrived in her village Vilabwa, just 70 kilometers west of Tanzania's capital. In exchange for more than 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) of land across 11 villages, including Vilabwa in Kisarawe District, she said they promised to bring much-needed jobs, schools and health clinics to her community.
The First Arab Land Conference took place in Dubai early last week, from the 26-28 February. The first of its kind, it gathered land experts from across the region and beyond, in what was a fruitful and long overdue event in the region. For those of us just returning from the three-day event, we know that there was no lack of key and empowering messages, as well as carefully thought-out and innovative ideas for the way forward. If we take a moment, however, to get down to the fundamentals and to find one take-away, it would most likely be the following: each and every one of us has a rig
Autor:jornal La Repubblica/ IHU On Line
Fonte: http://port.pravda.ru/mundo/16-09-2017/44029-lado_obscuro-0/
Quando degustamos a nossa barra de chocolate, milhares de hectares de florestas africanas já desapareceram, matando animais e ecossistemas inteiros. Árvores pertencentes a parques nacionais e zonas que deviam ser protegidas tornaram-se vítimas do desmatamento, para deixar espaço para a indústria do cacau.
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Fonte:https://www.publico.pt/2017/07/24/politica/noticia/floresta-um-negocio-p...
É comum e habitual que os acordos políticos sejam um meio para que todas as partes (leiam-se partidos políticos) se entendam por forma a atingir um bem maior, que é encontrar soluções que melhorem o mundo em que vivemos.
Na reforma da floresta esses valores, da democracia, foram totalmente invertidos.
Autor: Leonardo Fernandes
Fonte: https://www.mst.org.br/2017/05/03/superar-o-modelo-do-agronegocio-e-possivel-e-necessario.html
A educação no processo de agroecologia como auxílio aos professores no debate sobre o modelo de agricultura dentro do currículo escolar.
