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“We feel as if we’re combatting an organized criminal gang,” said Everton Barros Dias, head of forest monitoring for the Environment and Sustainability Secretariat (SEMAS) in the Amazonian state of Pará. He explained how “impotent” he feels, as his agency engages in an “unequal fight” to combat a rising wave of illegal deforestation in this key Amazonian state.
Land rights and investment strategies in agriculture
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Anna Locke - Head of Programme, Agricultural Development and Policy, ODI
Chris Penrose-Buckley - Senior Advisor, Land Policy Lead, Department for International Development (DFID)
India's 'worst water crisis in history' leaves millions thirsty
From the northern Himalayas to the sandy beaches in the south, 600 mln people in India face acute water shortages
NEW DELHI - Weak infrastructure and a national shortage have made water costly all over India, but Sushila Devi paid a higher price than most. It took the deaths of her husband and son to force authorities to supply it to the slum she calls home.
Lands Minister Jean Kapata still waiting for recommendations from the Traditional leaders on National Land Policy
Lands Minister Jean Kapata has said that her Ministry is still waiting to hear recommendations from the Traditional leaders on National Land Policy.
Ms. Kapata said that the Traditional leaders held an indaba to further analyze the draft land policy and come up with recommendations to submit to government for consideration.
She has told media that her ministry will not give traditional leaders a time frame but will wait to hear from them once they are done analyzing the draft National Land Policy.
Q&A: Why conservation must include indigenous rights
OSLO, Norway — Indigenous peoples and local communities conserve lands and forests for a quarter of the cost of public and private investments in protected areas, according to new findings released at the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum last week, yet “fortress conservation” strategies often see indigenous peoples driven from their land in an effort to protect it from human activity.
Investing in indigenous communities is most efficient way to protect forests, report finds
The best way to save forests and curb biodiversity loss is to recognize the claims of indigenous peoples to their territories, a new report urges.
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Paula Guimarães: Responsible forest management from Portugal to Mozambique
WASHINGTON (Landscapes News) – When establishing environmentally and socially responsible forestry projects in new areas, taking time to listen to the locals and understand the context really pays off, said Paula Guimarães at a discussion forum about how the public sector can support private sector investments in sustainable and productive landscapes, at the recent Global Landscapes Forum
Community Work Among Women Improves Lives in Peru’s Andes Highlands
CUSIPATA, Peru, Jun 30 2018 (IPS) - At more than 3,300 m above sea level, in the department of Cuzco, women are beating infertile soil and frost to grow organic food and revive community work practices that date back to the days of the Inca empire in Peru such as the “ayni” and “minka”.
Northern Territory 'should be test bed’ for Uluru statement proposals
As NT marks 40 years of self-government, former Labor MLA Ken Parish says the system has been problematic
The Northern Territory should become the “test bed” for reforms proposed in the Uluru statement and establish a formal Indigenous voice to parliament, a former Labor parliamentarian and political analyst says.