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The Guardian: Coca-Cola vows to axe suppliers guilty of land grabbing
As seen on The Guardian Drinks firm announces zero-tolerance policy and encourages other companies to follow UN's responsible governance rules By Mark Tran | theguardian.com, Friday 8 November 2013 00.00 EST Coca-Cola has said it will cut off suppliers that do…
Yale Environment 360: People or Parks: The Human Factor in Protecting Wildlife
As seen on Yale Environment 360 Recent studies in Asia and Australia found that community-managed areas can sometimes do better than traditional parks at preserving habitat and biodiversity. When it comes to conservation, maybe local people are not the problem,…
Live Science: Conservation Is About Caring for Nature and People (Op-Ed)
As seen on Live Science As conservationists, we are fortunate to work in some of the last wild places on the planet — those few amazing spaces where intact assemblages of native species still fulfill their ecological roles, and for…
Land Portal: Making Rangelands Secure – Quarterly Bulletin No.4 2013
As seen on Land Portal's Quarterly Bulletin Over the last four months an external voluntary review of the learning initiative: Making Rangelands Secure has been taking place. The review highlighted many positive achievements of the initiative including improving understanding of rangeland tenure issues, facilitating interactive learning opportunities and…
Anne-Sophie Gindroz (French): Ce que cache la disparition d’un militant des droits de l’homme au Laos
Comme on le voit sur Le Temps En décembre 2012, Sombath Somphone suivait sa femme au volant de sa voiture pour rentrer chez eux à Vientiane, la capitale du Laos. Sur l’avenue de Thadeua, il fut tiré hors de son…
Mongabay: With training, local communities can accurately and cost-effectively measure forest carbon
As seen on Mongabay Provided two to three days of training, forest communities can accurately and cost-effectively measure biomass and other data needed to assess REDD+ projects, finds a new study published in the journal Ecology and Society. The research was…
The Economist: The future of Laos: A bleak landscape
As seen on the Economist THE Airbus A320 was ordered by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, but somehow ended up as the prized possession of Lao Airlines. From a window seat flying above Laos a visitor gets a sense of the state’s weaknesses.…
See what happens when all those with an interest in land and resources work together (5 minute video)
Our latest video highlighting the outcomes of our Conference.
Capacity4Dev: Indonesia and the EU sign a Voluntary Partnership Agreement
As seen on Capacity4Dev On 30 September 2013, representatives from the Government of Indonesia and the European Union (EU) marked their mutual commitment to ensuring that timber entering the EU is produced legally. They signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)…
IIED: Land grabbing: is conservation part of the problem or the solution?
Excerpts from IIED's September 2013 Brief Large-scale land acquisitions are increasing in pace and scale, in particular across parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Weak governance and poor land use planning mean that commercial ‘land grabs’ often damage biodiversity as well as…
The Guardian: What Africa can learn from Tanzania’s remarkable Masai lands rights victory
As seen on the Guardian Mobilisation by women, online activism, media coverage, use of land laws and elected officials all helped bring Loliondo success Struggles over land rights have emerged as one of the foremost social and environmental challenges across much…
Université de Liège : Les premières forêts communautaires au Gabon
As seen on the University of Liege Depuis près de 15 ans, le Laboratoire de foresterie tropicale et subtropicale de Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, dirigé par le Pr Jean-Louis Doucet, est impliqué dans la promotion de la gestion participative des massifs forestiers…
