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Written by: Holly
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, Kabir Bavikatte, Namati, Sustainable Development
- SDI and Namati Release New Guide to Assist Liberian Communities Obtain Title to Their Lands
- The government of Liberia is currently drafting new land laws that give communities ownership rights over their lands. To help communities take advantage of these new laws, the Sustainable... Read more – ‘SDI and Namati Release New Guide to Assist Liberian Communities Obtain Title to Their Lands’.
Written by: Holly
Posted in: access and benefit sharing, African Union Commission, biocultural community protocols, Fellows Blogs, Indigenous Information Network, Kabir Bavikatte, Nagoya Protocol, Our Work
- Learning about intellectual property, community protocols and ABS
- A training for indigenous peoples and local communities in Africa on intellectual property, biocultural community protocols (BCPs) and access and benefit sharing (ABS) is taking place in Addis Ababa,... Read more – ‘Learning about intellectual property, community protocols and ABS’.
Written by: Holly
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, Kabir Bavikatte
- Global Capital, Local Concessions: A Data-Driven Examination of Land Tenure Risk and Industrial Concessions in Emerging Market Economies
- Using geospatial data from 12 emerging market economies (EMEs), this analysis by The Munden Project attempts to guide investors in emerging markets by shedding light on a difficult problem:... Read more – ‘Global Capital, Local Concessions: A Data-Driven Examination of Land Tenure Risk and Industrial Concessions in Emerging Market Economies’.
Written by: Holly
Posted in: Community Land Rights, Fellows Blogs, Kabir Bavikatte, Our Work
- Scaling-up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights
- From the 19th to the 20th of September, Gino Cocchiaro (Natural Justice) is attending the International Conference on Scaling-up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights in Interlaken,... Read more – ‘Scaling-up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights’.
Written by: Holly
Posted in: Community Land Rights, Extractive Industries, Fellows Blogs, Human Rights Council, Kabir Bavikatte, resource curse, Special Rapporteur
- James Anaya on the “resource curse” in the global south
- Professor James Anaya (United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) has written an opinion article for Al Jazeera entitled "Is natural resource development a blessing,... Read more – ‘James Anaya on the “resource curse” in the global south’.