Organized by the Mekong Regional Land Governance (MRLG) project and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Second Regional Land Forum will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from the 28-30 May.
Much of the world’s rural landscapes are technically managed by national governments with limited recognition of, or support for, the rights and management responsibilities of the rural poor who live in these areas. In an era of large-scale land acquisitions for global commodity production, this has led, in some cases, to governments allocating vast tracts of land and resources to companies with limited or no consultation of the people affected.
In the effort to address global sustainability challenges affecting people, prosperity, and planet, in 2015, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the global community to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). SDGs have recognized women’s land rights as opposed to its predecessor, MDGs. Of over 230 indicators, three are on women’s land rights and seven are generally on land rights.
Fernando Eguren, Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales
El 20 de diciembre de 2017, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas adoptó oficialmente el Decenio para la Agricultura Familiar 2019-2028, lo cual nos brindará excelentes oportunidades de trabajar en conjunto en el impulso a políticas públicas en favor de las familias y agricultores
Ahmed Jaradat
Miembro Vía Campesina en Palestina e investigador del Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Traducción realizada por Antonio Parrales
By Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Chairman of the Advisory Board of CCSI, University Professor at Columbia University, and Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Land in Tanzania is a scarce resource without which life cannot be sustained (FAO, 2007), and it is “increasingly recognized as an important governance issue” around the global (Palmer et al., 2009, p.1). Hundreds of millions of people including farmers, herders, forest dwellers and agro-industries all rely on land resources for their survival.
Farmers in Mali have gained critical new rights to their traditional land—and rural communities have gained much-needed economic stability—as a result of a historic new law.
This blog originally appeared on IISD
Farmers in Mali have gained critical new rights to their traditional land—and rural communities have gained much-needed economic stability—as a result of a historic new law.
Autor: Rui Daher
Fonte: https://www.cartacapital.com.br/economia/a-agricultura-familiar-esta-sob...
Caminhamos da burrice à sacanagem informativa, e os oligopólios-patrocinadores ganham força
