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3rd International Conference on Natural Resource Management for Food and Rural Livelihoods
10 Feb 2015 - 13 Feb 2015
The Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi (established in 1951 and have more than 2900 professionals as life members) is going to organize its 3rd International Conference on Natural Resource Management for Food and Rural Livelihoods from 10-13 February 2015 at New Delhi, India.
Secure and equitable land rights in the Post-2015 Agenda. A key issue in the future we want
Source: OXFAM International
This technical briefing authored by a number of international organizations working on food security, natural resources management and poverty eradication and endorsed by many local civil society organizations around the world strongly encourages governments to keep the profile of land and natural resources high in the document on sustainable development goals to be endorsed in September 2015.
How pastoralists innovate: stories from the highlands of China
Source: Future Agricultures
Written by:Nathan Oxley
For several years Future Agricultures has worked on pastoralism within African settings. For comparison, this post looks at a case from theTibetan Plateau, where pastoralists are facing similar challenges to those investigated by our Pastoralism theme.
International Seminar, "REDD+ Finance Mechanism and Its Optimum Use - How to incentivize forest conservation"
Background and Objectives
Multiple funds and finance mechanisms have contributed in promoting forest-related activities in developing countries. Designing an effective finance scheme is one of the key elements to enhance effective and efficient forest conservation and sustainable forest management in developing countries.
Remise en cause des lois foncières et semencières : qui tire les ficelles des changements en Afrique ?
Source:GRAIN
Le lobby qui cherche à industrialiser la production alimentaire en Afrique modifie aussi la législation semencière et foncière pour qu'elle serve les intérêts de l'industrie agroalimentaire. L'objectif final est de transformer ce qui a longtemps été considéré comme un bien commun en Afrique en une marchandise commercialisable que le secteur privé peut contrôler et dont il peut retirer des profits, au détriment des petits agriculteurs et des communautés.
New Perspectives Paper: Coordinating Land and Water Governance
Source: Global Water Partnership
A new GWP perspectives paper outlines that the governance of land and water needs to be coordinated in order to feed the world’s growing population. The aim of the paper is to galvanise a discussion within the GWP network and the larger water, land, and development community.
Source: Global Water Partnership
ONU propone a países en desarrollo invertir 1% del PIB en agua y saneamiento
Fuente: Mundo, Agua y Saneamiento.net
ZARAGOZA, España.-El acceso y el saneamiento del agua, uno de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible fijado por Naciones Unidas, puede alcanzarse en 2030 si los países en vías de desarrollo invierten en infraestructuras hídricas al menos un uno por ciento de su Producto Interior Bruto (PIB).
Expo Milano 2015 - Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life
Expo Milano 2015 is a non-commercial Universal Exposition with some very unique and innovative features. Not only is it an exhibition but also a process, one of active participation among a large number of players around the theme of Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. It is sustainable, technological, thematic and focused on its visitors.