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NACFP - Albania

(National Association of Communal Forest and Pastures) launches its new website to share its work on communal forestry and forest users' rights
http://www.shkpkk.org

Conveagro - Perú
Nota de prensa de CONVEAGRO por el Día del campesino> el agro sigue marginado, sostiene CONVEAGRO.
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The deep divide evident at the recent High Level Conference on Food Security in Rome between defining a future of ‘food sovereignty' based on smallholder production vs ‘food security' provided more by large-scale producers is likely will demand stakeholders – not least ILC members – to more clearly articulate how they position themselves in responding to the food crisis. IIED has just pre-released the first three chapters of a book coming out in late-2008 on Food Sovereignty.
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CONGCOOP- Guatemala
Siguen los desalojos forzados en Guatemala y la CONGCOOP-IDEAR difunde con un comunicado su repudio contra la violencia
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El Grupo ALLPA y otras organizaciones se pronuncian sobre el decreto legislativo 1015 y otras normas legaes que afectan y hasta vulneran la propiedad y la autonomía del derecho de propiedad de las comunidades campesinas.
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más en www.allpa.org.pe

Women and the Right to Food - International Law and State Practise http://www.fao.org/righttofood..This study reviews the legal background and content of the right to adequate food in the gender dimension , based on an analysis of country reports on the mplementation of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women). There is a section on access to land as interrelated to the right to food.

New IIED/ILC publication on the land rights of pastoral groups, accounting for changes brought about by climate change. It brings together the inputs made by over 120 participants in a web-based forum of the International Land Coalition organised in 2006.
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Nouvelle publication de l'IIED/ILC concernant les droits fonciers pastoraux, et axé sur les changements climatiques. Elle rassemble les contributions de plus de 120 participants à un forum électronique organisé en 2006 par l'ILC.
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Coinciding with FAO’s High Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, FAO and IIED released a timely study on the impact of agrofuel production on land rights of small farmers.
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From 3 rd – 5 th June 2008, 5,159 representatives of 181 countries, including 42 heads of state, met in Rome at the ‘High Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy'. However ensuring access to land for smallholders seemed disappointingly low on the agenda of most speakers.
See Reflections on the conference from the ILC secretariat.

Du 3 au 5 juin 2008, 5 159 représentants de 181 pays, dont 42 chefs d'Etat, se sont rencontrés à Rome à la Conférence de Haut Niveau sur la Sécurité Alimentaire Mondiale: Défis du Changement Climatique et des Bioénergies. Néanmoins, très peu a été dit sur une forme plus grave d'insécurité relative à la crise, et qui est aussi en augmentation : l'insécurité en termes d'accès à la terre pour les ménages de petits exploitants agricoles.
Regardez les réflexions du Secrétariat de l'ILC sur la Conférence de Haut Niveau

Del 3 al 5 de junio de 2008, 5,159 representantes de 181 países, incluyendo 42 jefes de estado, se reunieron en Roma en la Conferencia de Alto Nivel sobre la Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial: los Retos del Cambio Climático y la Bioenergía . Sin embargo, muy poco se dijo acerca de una forma de inseguridad más profunda relacionada con la crisis y que también está aumentando: la inseguridad en el acceso a la tierra para pequeños propietarios involucrados en actividades agrícolas.
Miran las reflexiones de la Secretaría de la Coalición acerca de la Conferencia de Alto Nivel de la FAO.

UNEP - Kenya
“Africa: Atlas of our Changing Environment” is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment. Using current and historical satellite images, the Atlas provides scientific evidence of the impact that natural and human activities have had on the continent's environment over the past several decades. For more information, go to: http://www.unep.org/dewa/Africa/AfricaAtlas/
For the UNEP podcast on the Atlas, you can subscribe using the following URL: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/rss/rss.asp..

CONVEAGRO - Perú
Se comparte la exposición realizada por Lorenzo Castillo de la Junta Nacional del Café, sobre el proyecto de Ley de Cooperativas, que está respaldado por Conveagro y sus gremios en la mirada de una propuesta integral que avanza hacia la organización de los productores agrarios.También va el anteproyecto de le Ley General de Cooperativas.
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CONVEAGRO - Perú
COMISION AGRARIA
Período Anual de Sesiones 2006 – 2007.
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Climate change, biofuels and land
The High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy begins in Rome on 3rd June. In the shadow of soaring food prices that have captured global attention this year, the conference is tackling what they suggest ‘may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century’.
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Aide et Action pour la Paix - RD Congo
Nouvelle publication de capitalisation du projet: « L'implication des communautés locales dans la production du droit et la résolution des conflits fonciers enmilieu rural : cas des territoires de Masisi et Rutshuru en RDC »
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COONGCOOP - Guatemala
Guetevison: 1pm-organizaciones Campesinas estan de acuerdo con el decreto 40-74
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SOBERANIA ALIMENTARIA Y DESARROLLO RURAL

Se inaugura un espacio de intercambio de información y reflexión sobre Soberanía Alimentaria , que enfoca temas de desarrollo rural, alimentos y sustentabilidad en América Latina.

INAUGURACION DE LA WEB
La iniciativa ofrece una selección de informaciones y reportes desde su sitio web en www.SoberaniaAlimentaria.com

NITLAPAN - Nicaragua
Gestion de los recursos naturales en Comunidades Indigenas de la Costa Caribe
de Nicaragua
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CONGCOOP - Guatemala

Boletin trimestral
Gestión de los recursos naturales en Comunitadades indígenas de la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua La CONGCOOP comparte el segundo número de su boletín trimestral, que abarca algunas reflexiones sobre soberanía alimentaria y ;a demnada de tierras..
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CONVEAGRO - (Perú)

Cambios importantes en las instituciones que gestionan y supervisan tierras y territorios conllevan a cambios profundos en las dinámicas de la propiedad individual, colectiva, campesina y indígena. CONVEAGRO comparte algunas inquietudes sobre estos cambios en Perú

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IFAD news on land in Mauritania

The walo is a flood-prone area composed of hollows lying along the left bank of the Mauritanian portion of the Senegal River. The land is owned by a small number of large-scale landowners and it is used by villagers on the basis of traditional land tenure arrangements.

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CONGCOOP - Guatemala

CONGCOOP comparte la declaración de Lima sobre la Crisis agro-alimentaria, que firmaron 15 organizaciones de la sociedad civil ( campesinas, de mujeres, sindicatos, ecologistas, investigadores y consumidores) como miembros de la Alianza Social Continental.
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CONVEAGRO - (Perú)

La Convención Nacional del Agro Peruano CONVEAGRO, foro que agrupa a 58 gremios y organizaciones vinculadas agro en el Perú, demandó a los países de América Latina, el Caribe y Europa, que participan en la V Cumbre, llegar a conclusiones que sirvan para acortar las brechas de desigualdad y plasmarse en decisiones constructivas y ejecutivas, más allá del protocolo y los anuncios formales.
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ILC at the 16th UN Commission on Sustainable Development:
Growing insecurity - Land and Vulnerable People Towards an Action Agenda to Strengthen Poor People's Access to Land.

New and rapidly increasing trends such as accelerated agrofuel production, rising food prices and carbon-trading mechanisms are generating a global commercially-driven demand for new land, putting poor and vulnerable land users at increasing risk of loosing the land on wich their livelihood depends.
The 16th session of the UNCSD is an opportunity for creating awareness on these issues within the international community. The International Land Coalition, also by means of this issues paper draft containing problems to be addressed and possible solutions, aims at initiating a process for strengthening poor people's access to land against these new global threats.

Monitoring land rights

KENFAP as the farmers' voice in Kenya together with the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) and Kenya Land Alliance (KLA), calls for support against large scale & private land owners attempt to undermine the Draft Land Policy implementation.

The workshop on the “Organisation of Pastoralists to Defend their Land Rights” was held in Arusha, Tanzania, from the 10th – 15th of March 2008, bringing together the authors of a series of case studies and a selected groups of resource persons. The workshop had the objective to analyse the commonalities and differences of the various case studies in order to synthesize the results from the various case studies in a global report, state a set of global recommendations, develop a resource book for pastoralists organizations and intermediary organizations as well as to support the research partners in the composition of their national case studies and policy briefs.
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Boletines - CISEPA-PUCP (Perú)

Lean el último número de COYUNTURA : Análisis Económico y Social de Actualidad es una publicación bimestral del Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas (CISEPA-PUCP). En eset número consideraciones sobre TLC, el narcotarfico relativo al cultivo de coca y...
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KLA - KNCHR ( Kenya)
Unjust Enrichment - The Making of Land Grabbing Millionaires Illegal and irregular allocations of public land were a common feature of the Moi regime and perhaps it's most pervasive corrupt practice. Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) partnered to produce a series of reports on the cost and human rights dimensions of land grabbing, exposing the beneficiaries of corruption who hold, have held or are seeking public office. This volume looks at the plunder of Kenya's state corporations and protected lands.
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Minimizing the Risks to Maximize the Opportunities - Large-scale biofuel production may increase marginalization of women -
New study on biofuel production focuses on gender 21 April 2008, Rome – Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to a new FAO study. The study notes that large-scale plantations for the production of liquid biofuels require an intensive use of resources and inputs to which small farmers, particularly women, traditionally have limited access. The growing global demand for liquid biofuels, combined with increased land requirements, could put pressure on so-called “marginal” lands, which provide key subsistence functions to the rural poor and are frequently farmed by women, the report noted. “Unless policies are adopted in developing countries to strengthen the participation of small farmers, especially women in biofuel production by increasing their access to land, capital and technology - gender inequalities are likely to become more marked and women's vulnerability to hunger and poverty further exacerbated,” said Yianna Lambrou, co-author of the paper entitled Gender and Equity Issues in Liquid Biofuels Production .
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Liz Alden Wily (Kenya)
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Powers over Property. Devolved land governance - the key to tackling the land issue in Kenya?
A contribution to the current vibrant debate on land in Kenya following recent upheavals. Argues the need for a radical restructure of the way property relations are governed because what is being contested today is not just property but power over property. Makes practical suggestions for genuinely local democratisation of land governance. Need to act on identified illegal allocation of public land; devolve, not de-concentrate, land administration and to the most local level possible; and vest radical title in real communities, not district/tribal territorial domains.
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Mr B. Moore - ILC's director - visits Bangladesh together with ILC member ALRD (Association for Land Reform and Development ) and meets the media.
Read the press statement and related media coverage:
Bangladesh Press Statement
Media Coverage

EVENTS

CONSULTATION TO ORGANIZE THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM (WSF) 2009 AMAZÔNIA
The International Council of the World Social Forum is consulting all organisations and network and popular movements about the objectives of their actions, campaigns anda social fights towards the next WSF, that will take place in Belém city, state of Pará, in the pan-amazonic region, Brazil, in january, 2009. Your attention to this consultation is very important for the construction of a real collective and democratic meeting. Please contribute to the consultation at: http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/...
For more information, go to http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/

CONSULTA PARA ORGANIZAR EL FORO SOCIAL MUNDIAL 2009 AMAZONIA
Esta es una consulta del Consejo Internacional del Foro Social Mundial dirigida a todas las organizaiones, redes y movimientos participantes, sobre los objetivos de sus acciones, campañas y luchas, con el objetivo de ayudar en la organización del próximo FSM, que se realizrá en enero de 2009, en la ciudad de Belém, Estado de Pará, Brasil, en la región Pan-Amazónica. Su respuesta a esta consulta es muy importante, pues garantiza que el FSM sea construído de forma cada vez más colectiva y democrática! Por favor, contribuyen a la consulta aqui: http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br..
Para saber más: http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/

CONSULTATION POUR ORGANISER L' INSCRIPTION DES ACTIVITES POUR LE FSM2009, A BELÉM– AMAZONIE.
Ceci est une consultation proposée par le Conseil Internation du Forum Social Mondial à toutes les organisations participant au processus de ce forum, sur les objectifs des actions, campagnes et luttes des participatns au processus, a des fins d'organisation du territoire du Forum et d'inscription des activités dans le prochain FSM qui se tiendra en janvier 2009 dans la Ville de Belem, Etat du Para, dans la région amazonienne. Veuillez donner votre contribution a la consultation ici: http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/..

Pour des informations ulterieur: http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/
» Poznañ, Poland / 1 to 12 Dec 2008

UN “Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Climate Change"
COP 14, CMP 4 and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies
» 25 Sept 2008

High-Level Event of General Assembly on MDGs
» Madrid, Spain / 3-14 Sept 2008

UN "Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Desertification,"
(COP8)

» Koulikoro (Mali), 6 au 9 juillet 2008

Forum des Peuples
Le Forum des Peuples se tiendra à Koulikoro au Mali (Afrique) du 06 au 09 juillet 2008 en contrepoint au sommet du G8 qui se tiendra au Japon. Le Forum des Peuples est un espace d'éducation populaire et d'analyse des politiques néolibérales. Il vise l'interpellation des décideurs au plan national et international en ce qui concerne leurs politiques qui ont assez souvent des conséquences désavantageuses sur la vie des populations. Le Forum des Peuples est aussi un espace de construction d'alternatives.

Les axes thématiques centrales sont :

a) Mouvements sociaux / Campagnes / développement économique
b) Financement du Développement :
c) Afrique : Champ d'essai des politiques de développement :
d) Développement agricole et Industrialisation en Afrique
e) Conflits fonciers :
f) Droits Sociaux Economiques et Culturels (DESC)
g) Pauvreté, Vulnérabilité et précarité sociale et économiques
h) Genres et Pauvreté
i) Univers des femmes :
j) Espace jeunesse :
(K) Migration et Développement.

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez visiter le site du Forum au: www.forumdespeuples.org ou écrire à : forumdespeuples@gmail.com
» New York, USA / 30 June to 3 July 2008

2008 ECOSOC Substantive Session,
High-Level Segment
» San José de Álvila, Venezuela 12 June 2008

Conferencia:
"Aceso y Tenecia de la Tierra:
Un derecho de familias y comunidades campesinas"
Más información
» Rome, Italy / 3-5 June 2008

FAO Conference “Climate Change, Bioenergy, Food Security”
FAO Headquarters
» Warsaw, Poland / 31 May 2008

38th IFAP World Farmers' Congress: Working Together for Profitability, Sustainability and Development
More informations
» Bonn, Germany / 19-30 May 2008

UN “Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity” (COP 9)
» 5-15 May 2008

Commission on Sustainable Development 16 “Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa”
Review session
» 21 April to 2 May 2008

7th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: "Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges."
» April (3rd week) 2008

Preparatory meeting for 2008 ECOSOC: "Securing Land Rights for Vulnerable People" (proposed)
» Santo Domingo, República Dominicana / 17-19 Marzo 2008

Retos y Oportunidades para una mayor participación de las mujeres en los gobiernos locales en América Latina ( UN-INSTRAW)
En el marco del proyecto "Fortalecimiento de la gobernabilidad, género y participación política de las mujeres en el ámbito local en América Latina".
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http://www.un-instraw.org/es....

Within the framework of the Project:
Challenges and Opportunities for a Greater Participation of Women in Local Governments in Latin America (UN-INSTRAW)
Strengthening governance with a gender perspective and the political participation of women at the local level in Latin America

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http://www.un-instraw.org/en.....
http://www.un-instraw.org/en...
» Arusha, Tanzania / 10-14 March 2008

A workshop on the “Organisation of Pastoralists to Defend their Land Rights” was held by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism), bringing together the authors of a case studies covering countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to discuss the key issues and identify commonalities.

The case studies are the core of a knowledge management project entitled Pastoralist Organisation for Resource Rights Project that WISP is carrying out with national network partners and with support from the ILC, with the main goal of demystifying the process of securing resource rights in pastoral areas. A full workshop report by WISP is forthcoming shortly.
To read a report from ILC staff participating in the workshop, click here
» Santiago del Chile / 12-14 March 2008

Para validar la plataforma regional de comunicación de la Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra, y establecer relaciones estratégicas con el Núcleo de Capacitación en Politicas Públicas de FAO, PROCASUR y RIMISP, se llevará a cabo una reunión de coordinación en la Oficina Regional de la FAO.

Más información a: http://www.rlc.fao.org/...
» Tirana - Albania / 12-13 March 2008.

A two-day national seminar on “Improvement of the Legal Framework for Sustainable Management of Communal Forests and Pastures in Albania”.
The seminar is being organized by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Water Administration, and the Albanian National Association of Communal Forest and Pasture (NACFPA), with the support of SNV, SIDA and the World Bank.
» Tamil Nadu, India - 6-8 March 2008

Asian Rural Women's Conference (ARWC):
a portrait of solidarity throngs of women from 20 different countries and from diverse sectors and movements gathered for the first
time to share their struggles and successes and to discuss the urgent issues facing rural women.
http://www.asianruralwomen.net/
» 7 February 2008

Uncharted territory: Land, conflict and humanitarian action: report of a conference
ODI Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)
Summarises the main presentations by Alex de Waal, John Unruh, Liz Alden Wily and Chris Huggins and responses by discussants based on these broad topics: why humanitarian organisations need to tackle land issues; legal pluralisms in humanitarian approaches; land in emergency to development transitions: who does what?; land in return, reintegration and recovery processes; transitional programming; protection and legal aid.

Download the full paper from the ODI HPG website

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