Join the discussion on desertification and land degradation through the e-forum in preparation of the international conference Desrtif'Action 2015 English, French and Spanish are available. LINE 1 : Desertification and land...
Dear all, some of you might consider the Soil Atlas of Africa as a helpful source of information. Leading soil scientists from Europe and Africa have collaborated to produce this unique document in 2012. Using state-of-the-art...
Dear all, today ILC, CIRAD and IIED have launched a report entitled Land Rights and the Land Rush: Findings of the Global Commercial Pressures on Land Research Project, based on a three-year research project to which 40 members...
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE-Land-… The following document can be downloaded from the FAO website: " Land tenure and international...
Dear all, this is to inform you on the outcomes of the VG-negotiations that took place in Rome from July 12-15. Objective and Content : The negotiations aimed at finalizing the VG document in order to adopt it at the 37. CFS...
Dear Sir or Madam, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the GTZ Sector Projects “Land Management” and “Agricultural Policy and Food Security“ have published the new study...
Following the official launch in Washington on 8 Sep, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) will host an online discussion for four weeks at...
The report looks at the extent of these deals for agrofuels and questions the impacts on local communities and the environment. It finds that although information is limited, there is growing evidence that significant levels of...
Mis)Investment in Agriculture concludes that the promotion of investor access into developing country land markets threatens local food security, displaces local populations, and therefore operates in direct violation of IFC’s...
A new updated select bibliography of reports on biofuels, land rights in Africa and global land grabbing. Over 70 organizations are cited, with the majority of reports coming from FAO, GRAIN, SCI-DEV NET, Pambazuka News, IIED, and...