The International Land Coalition (ILC) believes that a fair and effective monitoring of ongoing conversion and fragmentation of rangeland ecosystems is needed in order to provide a thorough understanding of the trends and their implications – and also to enhance informed and participatory decision making on land use and investments in ran
La Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra (ILC) estima necesario un sistema de monitoreo eficaz y justo sobre la conversión y fragmentación de los ecosistemas de pastizales, para un mejor conocimiento de las tendencias y de sus impli
La Coalition Internationale sur les Terres (ILC) pense qu’un suivi raisonnable et efficace des conversions et de la fragmentation en cours des ecosystèmes de parcours est indispensable pour permettre une compréhension approfondie des tendances actuelles et de leurs implications, et également pour promouvoir
The Ethiopian government has committed egregious human rights abuses to make way for agricultural land investments, in direct violation of international law, said the Oakland Institute in a new briefing paper released in New Delhi today.
GRAIN
The G8 countries are implementing a New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in six African countries that will facilitate the transfer of control over African agriculture from peasants to foreign agribusiness.
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Friends of the Earth, Europe
Based on newly available data this report sheds lights on Europe’s role as a major user of global land resources.
Europe’s high consumption levels, and insatiable appetite for meat, dairy, textiles and other products that require large areas of land, mean Europe’s 'land footprint' remains one of the largest in the world.
Rights and Resources Initiative
Communities of Grand Cape Mount, Liberia
March 25th, 2013
Oxfam International