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APN

Arab Group for the Protection of Nature

Member since: 2025

Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure equitable land distribution and public investment that supports small-scale farming systems, including through redistributive agrarian reforms that counter excessive land concentration, provide for secure and equitable use and control of land, and allocate appropriate land to landless rural producers and urban residents, whilst supporting smallholders as investors and producers, such as through cooperative and partnership business models.
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Strong Small-Scale Farming Systems

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them. This requires the empowerment of those who otherwise would face limitations in representing their interests, particularly through support to land users' and other civil society organizations that are best able to inform, mobilize and legitimately represent marginalized land users, and their participation in multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.
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Inclusive decision-making

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Mission

APN seeks to enhance the capacity of Arab peoples, including those living under occupation and armed conflicts, to protect, sustain, and establish sovereignty over their natural resources and food, while strengthening the advocacy efforts of civil society organizations on regional and global environmental issues

Objectives

• Contribute to the rehabilitation and resilience of environmental, agricultural and food systems in Arab regions affected by war and conflict.
• Influence the formulation and implementation of global environmental, agricultural and food policies within effective institutional partnerships.
• Mobilize individual and collective civil society efforts to advance environmental protection and food sovereignty.
• Build the capacity of APN to achieve its mission with professionalism, efficacy, and institutional sustainability.

Constituencies

APN is an independent people’s organization concerned with the protection of the environment and the natural resources of Arab countries against all hazards, including the destructive impacts of wars and foreign occupations.

  • Contact: Mariam Al Jaaja
  • Address: 32 Prince Shaker Bin Zaid Street, Shmeisani, 11194, Amman, Jordan
  • Phone: +962 (06) 567 3331
  • Email: info@apnature.org
  • Web: www.apnature.org/ar
  • Members:
    APN