"Earlier this month Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano Papel e Celulose gained approval for the world’s most advanced trial of genetically modified (GM) trees to meet the global demands of...
Carbon Trade
Research papers, 05/2012,
Research papers, 04/2012,
"A new Handbook on Community Engagement, published by the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS), for the first time provides communities, companies, and government institutions involved with land deals in...
Multimedia, FERN, 1 May 2012,
The Story of REDD: a real solution to deforestation?
"REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, is one of the most controversial issues in the climate change debate. The...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"Across the world, ‘green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. In recent years there has been a...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"On March 27th 2012, several thousand people marched into the Guatemalan capital in solidarity with the struggles of the indigenous farmers and landless workers who had made the 214-kilometre, nine...
Research papers, 04/2012,
Since 2008, the rush for land in developing countries has rapidly intensified but the sector remains largely unregulated and land deals are frequently agreed in secret between governments and...
Events, 11/06/2012 (All day), International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 20 May 2012
"By June 2012, there will two journal special issues that will be available, namely, ‘Green grabbing: a new appropriation of nature’ (Journal of Peasant...
Research papers, 03/2012,
"The Norwegian government keeps increasing its investments in industries widely known to be key forces behind rainforest destruction. At the same time as spending an annual 500 million USD and huge...
Events, 01/05/2012 (All day), Utrecht University
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 1 May 2012
The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students learn...
Multimedia, Global Justice Ecology, 20 January 2012
"Mientras las políticas y programas para Reducir las Emisiones producidas por la Deforestación y Degradación (REDD) y para aumentar la captación de carbono en los bosques (REDD+) están promovidos...
Research papers,
Comunicado de prensa en adjunto – Communiqué de presse en pièce jointe
On the 26th of April in Washington, during the Land and Poverty Conference organised by the World Bank, the Land Matrix...
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