Na preparação para as próximas discussões internacionais sobre o clima, os(as) agricultores(as) das regiões costeiras de Bangladesh estão enfatizando a importância de direitos à terra consistentes e bem documentados em face dos vários desastres causados pelas mudanças climáticas que afetaram negativamente suas vidas e seus meios de subsistência.

The second LAND-at-scale (LAS) exchange took place from June 26^th to June 28^th, 2023. Sixty partners came together in Utrecht, the Netherlands to exchange lessons learned and explore common challenges. As of 2023, ten country projects are currently being implemented under the LAS program, namely Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Colombia, Mali, Mozambique, the Palestinian Territories, Somalia, Rwanda and Uganda. All countries were represented and almost all implementing partners were present at the Exchange.

Challenges with regards to scaling is not unique to the land sector. Working in the context of agriculture for development, CGIAR and Wageningen University developed the Scaling Readiness approach.  This approach response to the fact that the pressure to demonstrate fast and visible results and impact at scale, has sometimes resulted in unreasonable and unrealistic expectations, and in fact stimulated simplistic and non-sustainable scaling approaches.

Chad is at the verge of an emerging land tenure crisis. As observed in many countries in Africa, formal and customary tenure systems overlap. Customary tenure systems, that generally prevail in rural areas, differ from region to region, with each its own needs and practices. Land conflicts are abundant, caused by degradation and transformation of land surfaces caused by climate change, as well as land investments by domestic investors with disputed legitimacy.

Burundi has the world’s highest hunger score and around 45 percent of the population is affected by food insecurity. The country copes with increasing scarcity of land as a result of increasing population size, returnees and IDPs and climate change. With the majority of Burundians depending on agriculture for their food and livelihoods, land scarcity makes this reliance on agriculture precarious. This pressure on land causes elevated levels of land disputes with over 55% of all court cases being related to conflicts over land.

Scaling is at the heart of both the name as well as the strategy of LAND-at-scale. Scaling and scaling potential are key in the way the program was designed and is reflected in the three pillars chosen to realize the aim of the program. The first pillar is about scaling successful initiatives and projects; the second pillar focuses on land governance innovations with scaling potential; and the third pillar covers knowledge management, with a focus on gaining a deeper understanding on the conditions required to make scaling successful.

VISÃO GERAL

Este webinário, o primeiro da série "Dimensionamento responsável", foi realizado em 28 de setembro de 2023 com o título "Dimensionamento responsável da administração de terras adequada a sua finalidade: Equilíbrio entre os desafios tecnológicos e de governança".  O webinário reuniu um pouco mais de 350 participantes e contou com a participação de painelistas, desde jovens profissionais até membros do ministério.

By Milya Samberu, Gender and Land Champion, WOLTS  Project Tanzania

Foto: CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems/Flickr

By Tuya, Gender and  Land Champion, WOLTS Project Mongolia

SINOPSE

Sob as diretrizes da série Diálogos da Terra, o terceiro webinário da série deste ano, "Mercados de carbono e terras indígenas: a importância do consentimento livre, prévio e informado", foi realizado em 14 de setembro de 2023. O evento atraiu um pouco menos de 500 participantes e contou com palestrantes que vão de líderes indígenas a acadêmicos(as). A série é organizada por um consórcio de organizações, incluindo a Fundação Land Portal, a Fundação Thomson Reuters, a Fundação Ford e a Tenure Facility.

Foto: Michael Swan/Flickr