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.

For hundreds of years, pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lowlands have relied on strong customary land tenure systems to survive. Historically, legislation has failed to clearly define communal rights to rangelands, and the specific roles and responsibilities for both communities and local government to administer and manage these resources. This legislative deficiency prevented pastoral communities from fully exercising their constitutional rights to land (Ethiopia’s Constitution broadly recognizes pastoral communities’ right to access land and prevents their involuntary displacement).

Date: 16 novembre 2016

Source: Impact24

Par Amar Naït Messaoud

Date: 04 octobre 2016

Source: Greenpeace.org

Par: Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue, Chargée de campagne forêt, Greenpeace Afrique

Au Cameroun, une entreprise qui produit de l’huile de palme menace les forêts tropicales. Son bail expire en novembre. Nous sommes mobilisés aux côtés des paysans locaux contre le renouvellement de la concession.

Date: 16 juin 2016

Source: Greenpeace.fr

Cette semaine, un « Forest camp » a été inauguré sur les terres des Mundurukus pour démarquer leur territoire et contrecarrer le projet de méga-barrage. Voici le témoignage sur place de An Lambrechts, chargée de campagne pour le bureau belge.