Videos
Supporting smallholder farmers access land through leasing
11 Jul 2022
Facilitating land access to smallholders While leasing farming land is a common practice in rural Kenya, existing legal provisions for leasing land are unclear to many community members. The community sees the official process as very costly, serving well-off people who lease large and/or high-value land. Community-led land lease guidelines, on the contrary, are […]
Cultivating equality in Burkina Faso
11 Jul 2022
The challenge: the gender gap in land policy implementation Burkina Faso’s legal framework for land governance recognizes equal rights for men and women. By law, women, just like men, can obtain formal land possession certificates and inherit the land. However, due to weak land governance institutions, the land law has so far only been […]
Guardiões da natureza: Juventude indígena recuperando seu espaço
4 Jul 2022
Sobre a LAC Week De 27 de junho a 2 de julho de 2022, a Semana da Juventude da América Latina e Caribe da GLF 2022 explorou como os jovens de toda a região estão tomando as rédeas da situação, protestando contra as injustiças ambientais e sociais, desafiando o status quo, criando espaços […]
Guardianes de la naturaleza, la juventud indígena recupera su espacio
4 Jul 2022
LAC Week Del 27 de junio al 2 de julio de 2022, la Semana de la Juventud de América Latina y el Caribe del GLF 2022 exploró cómo los jóvenes de toda la región están tomando el asunto en sus propias manos al protestar contra las injusticias ambientales y sociales, desafiar el status quo, […]
El impacto de la minería en paisajes de América Latina y el Caribe
4 Jul 2022
Acerca de LAC Week Del 27 de junio al 2 de julio de 2022, la Semana de la Juventud de América Latina y el Caribe del GLF 2022 exploró cómo los jóvenes de toda la región están tomando el asunto en sus propias manos al protestar contra las injusticias ambientales y sociales, desafiar el […]
How restoration is a tool to empower youth
27 May 2022
Rio Conventions Pavilion at UNCCD COP15 The Rio Conventions Pavilion, supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), carried out a series of events that aimed to increase ambition to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change, to restore and maintain healthy landscapes with a focus on addressing the interlinked challenges of […]
Why are land rights important to stop drought?
16 May 2022
UNCCD COP15 COP15 brings together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land. The land is crucial for a healthy, productive society, and COP15 explores links between land and key sustainability issues such as climate change. These […]
Why tenure security is important to combat land degradation?
14 May 2022
UNCCD COP15 COP15 brings together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land. The land is crucial for a healthy, productive society, and COP15 explores links between land and key sustainability issues such as climate change. These issues are discussed during high-level roundtables […]
How safeguarding tenure rights can save millions of people
14 May 2022
UNCCD COP15 COP15 brings together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land. The land is crucial for a healthy, productive society, and COP15 explores links between land and key sustainability issues such as climate change. These issues are discussed during high-level roundtables […]
Climate Talk with Martha Rojas Urrego and Pavan Sukhdev
11 May 2022
About GLF Climate 2021 From 5–7 November 2021, on the sidelines of the 26th session of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26), GLF Climate: Forests, Food, Finance – Frontiers of Change sparked a global discussion on exactly this question. The message is clear: the health of people and the planet requires collective […]
