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These messages were developed based on the field experience in fragile and crisis affected contexts of UN-Habitat and the partners of the Global Land Tool Network and the HLP Area of Responsibility of the Global Protection Cluster. They are a quick reference on how to empower
Describes the efforts of Zambian traditional leaders to promote gender equality in the management of land and natural resources at the national level.
Argues that the role of the European Union in landgrabbing is manifold. EU actors are involved in the financing of large-scale land deals worldwide through forms of private finance;public finance and a combination of both.
In June 2018;the President of Burkina Faso enacted a new agriculture investment code;aiming at promoting productive investments in livestock;fisheries;forestry and fauna management. It establishes an enabling environment and creates incentives to boost investment in the targeted sectors.
In 2008;the world food crisis shifted agricultural investment to countries with productive land and cheap labour. The Nacala Corridor;one of the most fertile and populated areas of Mozambique;was heavily affected.
Highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa. Documents 9 cases involving 8 of the European DFIs in Cameroon, DR Congo, Sao Tome, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
In Mozambique, changes in land access and use are shaping new landscapes, often at the expense of the poor.
La Reserva Nacional de Flora y Fauna Tariquía fue creada a demanda de grupos ecologistas de la ciudad de Tarija junto a los pobladores del lugar, en vista de la preocupación por la excesiva extracción de madera y sus consecuencias.
En Puerto Esperanza, capital de Purús, pobladores locales crearon en 2006 la Asociación Manejo de Bosques Sin Fronteras – Río La Novia MABOSINFRON, con el objetivo de conservar un bosque primario cercano a sus cultivos agrícolas en un sector en peligro por la tala ilegal y el uso inadecuado de su