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territory whose owners legitimacy is drawn from prior occupancy (founding fathers).

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Corruption Perceptions Index 2019
Reports & Research
January 2020
Global

The Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 reveals a staggering number of countries are showing little to no improvement in tackling corruption. Our analysis also suggests that reducing big money in politics and promoting inclusive political decision-making are essential to curb corruption.

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Conference Papers & Reports
January 2020
Guatemala

En 2018, Global Witness encontró que Guatemala experimentó el aumento más alto en el número de asesinatos de defensores de la tierra y el medio ambiente. Sólo el año pasado, el presidente del capítulo de la aldea del Comité de Desarrollo Campesino (CODECA), una organización nacional de movimientos sociales liderada por los indígenas que trabaja por los derechos a la

Reports & Research
December 2019
Global

In recent years, the call of civil society organizations to formalize rights of local communities and Indigenous Peoples to forests has been growing louder. They argue that formalizing local forest rights will have positive outcomes for livelihoods as well as forest conservation. In response to these calls, many governments have started forest reforms.

Global Index
Reports & Research
December 2019
Global

The Global Climate Risk Index 2020 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The most recent data available— for 2018 and from 1999 to 2018 —were taken into account. The countries and territories affected most in 2018 were Japan, the Philippines as well as  Germany.

Reports & Research
November 2019
Tunisia

Ce guide est le fruit d’une série de sessions de renforcement des capacités sur le Consentement Préalable, donné librement et en connaissance de cause (CPLCC) organisé par la FAO et l’Agence Foncière Agricole (AFA) entre mai et novembre 2018*.

CALPI
Manuals & Guidelines
November 2019
Latin America and the Caribbean
Central America
Nicaragua

Los aspesctos técnicos mencionados en este documento tienen como objetivo socializar una seria de normativas y procedimientos que tendrian que ser establecidos en territorios de poblaciones indígenas y de afrodescendientes, para discutir sobre la realización de proyectos urbanos en estas áreas de Nicaragua. El documento esta dividido en dos partes importantes:

CALPI
Manuals & Guidelines
November 2019
Latin America and the Caribbean
Central America
Nicaragua
The technical aspects mentioned in this document are intended to socialize a series of regulations and procedures that would have to be established in territories of indigenous and Afro-descendant populations, to discuss the implementation of urban projects in these areas of Nicaragua. The document is divided into two important parts:
 
Policy Papers & Briefs
September 2019
Central African Republic

Les lois de la République du Congo et de la République centrafricaine (RCA) accordent une protection limitée aux communautés locales et populations autochtones (CLPA) en matière d’accès aux ressources foncières et forestières. Il arrive souvent que des concessions forestières chevauchent les territoires des CLPA et limitent leur accès aux terres et aux ressources.

Reports & Research
September 2019
Chile

La Ley de Desarrollo Indígena de 1993 establece un estatuto especial para las tierras indígenas, que son aquellas que el mismo cuerpo legal establece. En lo fundamental, se trata de las tierras que el Estado ha reconocido o cedido a indígenas a título gratuito y que estén poseídas por personas indígenas.

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September 2019
Myanmar
Thailand

This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to recognizing and protecting customary tenure in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.