The latest issue of Farming Matters on a topic that is central to all small-scale farmers: land. Competition for land and power, and particularly the global increase of large scale land acquisitions, cause contestations about which land is rightfully owned and used by whom.
En el escenario 1, el CEPES calcula que, con una población aproximada de 33 millones de habitantes, en 2021 necesitaremos 1.3 millones de ha. nuevas destinadas exclusivamente al consumo nacional. El escenario 2 considera un incremento del rendimiento de producción al ritmo de la década pasada, con lo que estas se reducirían a aproximadamente la mitad. El tercer –y más riesgoso– escenario, sería...
Papers presented at a colloquium held on 22 September 2010 in Delft, the Netherlands
It is now well recognized that population growth and the related global change, including climate change, have a significant impact on the water cycle. In recent years water managers worldwide have taken initiatives to adapt to climate change while at the same time attempting to address other stresses induced by global change.
This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 Land Tenure and Forest Carbon Management Workshop hosted by the University of Wisconsin/Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geography Dept (www.rmportal.net/landtenureforestsworkshop).
Water governance reforms are underway in many parts of the developing world. They address the principles, institutions, and legal and administrative practices through which decisions are made on the development, allocation, and conditions of use of water resources at all levels of society. As such, water governance—and efforts to reform it—is shaped by and helps to shape the way in which...
With the recent expansion of extractive industries in Latin America, contestations with theaffected communities have increased in number and intensity. Therein, the indigenous right
How European banks and private finance profit from food speculation and land grabs
Brussels, January 12, 2012 – European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty by speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a new report released today (January 12) by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1]
ILC’s Director, Madiodio Niasse was featured in the December issue of ILEIA’s Farming Matters magazine on a topic that is central to all small-scale farmers: land. Competition for land and power, and particularly the global increase of large scale land acquisitions, cause contestations about which land is rightfully owned and used by whom. The magazine, is read and appreciated by academics...
La disponibilidad de tierras y agua para satisfacer la demanda nacional y mundial de la producción agrícola y alimentaria se ha puesto de relieve tras la reciente subida de los precios de los productos básicos (y la volatilidad conexa), así como el aumento de la adquisición de tierras a gran escala. Las repercusiones sociales de la rápida inflación de los precios de los alimentos han afectado más...
Sostenibilidad y Equidad: Un mejor futuro para todos
El Informe de este año se concentra en el desafío de conseguir progreso sostenible y equitativo.Una doble perspectiva muestra de qué manera la degradación ambiental intensifica la desigualdad mediante su impacto adverso en las personas de menores recursos y la forma en que las desigualdades en desarrollo humano profundizan el deterioro ambiental.El desarrollo humano, que implica expandir las...
