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Patagonia, Black Diamond take on Utah officials over public land rights

Americas

By: Mary Catherine O'Connor

Date: 14 January 2017

Source: The Guardian

Landmark agreement gives Indigenous 'forgotten people' power to self-govern

4 July 2019

Americas

Canada

Three agreements laid groundwork for possible future land claims, reparations and centuries-long grievances for Métis nations

Growing up as member of Alberta’s Métis community, Audrey Poitras was always acutely aware of the unique struggle her people faced.

Using maps as a weapon to resist extractive industries on Indigenous territories

22 April 2019

Americas

For Indigenous peoples across the Americas, urgent threats imposed by the industrial extraction of natural resources has characterized the 21st century. The expansion of industry has threatened Indigenous territories, cultures and sovereignty.

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New threats to resource rights and food security: COVID-19 impact and response

20 May 2020

Authors:

Dr. David Betge

Africa

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Asia

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The ongoing pandemic and the formal and informal responses to its spread have very direct impacts on the food and nutrition security of people in all parts of the world. Strong concerns have been voiced that the global health crisis could turn into a global food crisis.

Is Our Planet Dying?

12 October 2018

Authors:

Miss Anna Kuci

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Heat waves, floods, hurricanes, starvation these are the ‘rewards’ Mother Earth has for years of neglect, overuse, misuse, and abuse. The earth’s natural resources support life. Trees, soil, natural gas, coal, fresh water, and oil- life wouldn’t exist without oxygen, without food, medicine, and power. However, if natural catastrophes are anything to go by, we have gone way past the red natural these resources, creating a life-sucking ecological debt.

What will be our fate if natural resources run dry?

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Events

VI Conference and Assembly of the Inter-American Network on Cadastre and Property Registre

1 December 2020 to 4 December 2020

Americas

Perú 2020

Understanding Phenology with Remote Sensing

30 June 2020 to 14 July 2020

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Birds and Bioenergy within the Americas: A Cross-National, Social–Ecological Study of Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs

Peer-reviewed publication

March 2021

Argentina

Brazil

Mexico

United States of America

Americas

Although renewable energy holds great promise in mitigating climate change, there are socioeconomic and ecological tradeoffs related to each form of renewable energy. Forest-related bioenergy is especially controversial, because tree plantations often replace land that could be used to grow food crops and can have negative impacts on biodiversity.

Spatial aspect of fit-for-purpose land administration for emerging land administration systems: a conceptual framework for evaluation approach

Peer-reviewed publication

February 2021

Africa

Americas

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Antarctica

Fit-for-purpose land administration (FFPLA) concept is widely applied in the emerging land administration systems (LASs). This paper aims to contribute to the development of evaluation of the spatial aspect of FFPLA.

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Inter-réseaux Développement rural (Inter-réseaux )

Organization of American States (OAS)

The Organization of American States is the world’s oldest regional organization, dating back to the First International Conference of American States, held in Washington, D.C., from October 1889 to April 1890. That meeting approved the establishment of the International Union of American Republics, and the stage was set for the weaving of a web of provisions and institutions that came to be known as the inter-American system, the oldest international institutional system.

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