Sentences with phrase «land conflicts»

«We're talking almost a process of extermination of a group,» he later told a public hearing in Brasília on public policies and land conflicts concerning indigenous groups.
It is not only concern for misplaced project benefits that worries community - based organizations in Chiapas — it is concern that REDD will continue to exacerbate land conflicts and lead to ongoing evictions in the densely forested and hotly contested Lacandon jungle.
Instead, Europe's increasing demand for palm oil in food and biofuels is leading to deforestation, breaches of environmental law and land conflicts in Asia.
The rapid growth of the industry has resulted in rampant deforestation across the region that has fragmented the habitats of countless species and sparked land conflicts between plantation operators and forest - dependent and indigenous communities.
What if the ministry of justice of Uganda would do a call for tender for land conflict resolution systems?
The programs address key challenges in adherence to the rule of law in Indonesia, including judicial corruption, access to government ID, women's inheritance and property rights, forest - related land conflicts, and paralegal assistance in remote indigenous communities.
Communal Land Conflict and Food Security in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria
Clearly, forests, agriculture, and land governance must be at the center of Myanmar's forthcoming National Land Use Policy to properly address resource management and land conflicts,» said Michael Jenkins, President and CEO of Forest Trends, a Washington - based non-profit organization that released the report.
«We so often see that these land conflicts that are fueling threats to the environmentalists are being driven by foreign investors and foreign companies that are frankly taking advantage of weak judicial systems,» says Gordon.
The report, «Failing governance — Avoiding responsibilities», claims that European biofuel policies have driven reckless oil palm expansion in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan, resulting in illegal issuance of development permits and land conflicts, thereby undermining governance structures.
The deforestation, violence and land conflicts, and toxic mercury pollution it brings to local rivers, are also seriously impacting indigenous communities who for centuries have laid claim to their ancestral rainforests and waterways.
And where some years ago local authorities and relief agencies did not allow such activities for fear of people settling permanently and land conflicts, nowadays such activities are often actively supported amongst others applying «low space» technologies (like gardening in containers, hanging bags, etcetera).
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