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Water scarcity is the “main agenda” that must be tackled in the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, according to the World Bank’s vice president for the region, to avoid increasing political instability and conflict.Ferid Belhaj’s remarks Monday came after a World Bank report branded the issue “existential” and found water systems in the MENA region are being stretched “to the brink of…

De plus en plus de régions du monde sont confrontées à la sécheresse, ce qui accélère la perte des sols fertiles au niveau global. Des solutions existent, d’après le secrétaire général de la Convention des Nations unies sur la lutte contre la désertification. Italie, Espagne, Sud de la France, Californie… De plus en plus de régions du monde sont aujourd’hui confrontées à la sécheresse, en…

These FAO–UNCCD regional webinars aim to raise awareness on the value of tenure security and its contribution to biodiversity conservation, sustainable land management, ecosystem restoration, and climate change mitigation and adaptation while improving food security and local livelihoods. The recent decisions taken by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)…

A new dawn for land rights in Liberia On April 28, Landesa organized the launch of land formalization for Togba Nyakon Clan. This marked an important step forward on a journey begun in 2018, when Liberia adopted the national Land Rights Act, granting land rights for rural communities for the first time in the history of the West African nation. Read A new dawn for land rights…

There are 2.5 billion people worldwide who rely directly on collective land tenure systems for their livelihoods, social relations and cultural identities. Collective land tenure systems are communities or groups of people who share the rights to use and manage land. In addition to group rights, in some collective tenure systems each member of the community holds specific rights to distinct…

This article was originally posted on Thomson Reuters Foundation News. “Let us wake up, humankind…Let us build societies that are able to coexist in a dignified way, in way that protects life. Let us come together and remain hopeful as we defend and care for the blood of this Earth and of its spirits.” These were the influential words of the Honduran indigenous land…