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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… wealth of plant diversity for food and agriculture. The development of crop diversity changed profoundly with the … most hungry people in the world (over 70 per cent) live in rural areas (Esquinaz, 2011) and depend largely on … to participatory approaches to development. Books such as Rural development: Putting the last first,4 Putting people …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… agricultural practices, so as to ensure continuity in the development of crop genetic resources in the future. … resources, health care, education and living conditions in rural areas. These are all crucial factors that affect the … in countries where most of the population lives in rural areas, with livelihoods based on farming – particularly …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… JOSÉ BEZERRA DOS SANTOS, JOÃO FERNANDES DA SILVA, UNNAMED RURAL WORKER, JOSÉ ALDENÍCIO DA SILVA, SEANG NARONG, SAP … opinion against them, branding their actions as ‘anti-development’. We document the experiences of four defenders … ▶ Maria das Dores dos Santos Salvador, a Brazilian rural community leader in Amazonas, was kidnapped and …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… the extent of sharing, and the nature of the final product development. Most regulations envisage forms of direct … Development (IFAD) is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. IFAD’s Strategic … global progress towards the following overarching goal: rural people overcome poverty and achieve food security …
Defenders of the Earth
… free, prior and informed consent > Investors, including development banks, are actually fuelling the violence by … given that many murders go unreported, particularly in rural areas. Our methodology requires cases to be verified … in conflicts with settler communities over land. Meanwhile rural ‘campesino’ defenders faced threats, harassment and …
What is Agrodiversity
… crucial to household nutritional strategies. In addition, rural communities, and the urban markets with which they … In Burkina Faso, and throughout the West African Sahel, rural women carefully collect the fruit, leaves and roots of … and relatively wealthy households Source: Biodiversity in development (IUCN/DFID, No date) 1999 1997 1997 1997 0–10 15 …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… for the sake of our common environment and sustainable development. This report is dedicated to the heroic … their exclusion. The affected rights-holders often live in rural, isolated areas, with little access to government … that could support them. The very specific nature of rural communities can also aggravate their vulnerability, as …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… Diversity (CBD) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. Yet, as the Millennium Ecosystem … requires time spent away from income-producing tasks; Rural settings: increasing distance makes communication more … especially in developing countries, a large proportion of rural society is directly dependent on biodiversity. As these …
Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala
… of Guatemala is indigenous people, who mostly live in rural areas. Guatemala is rich in native agrobiodiversity and … 7 and community seed banks, was crucial for the development of the case study. Partnerships enabled ready … social, economic and productive development in the rural area of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. 8 ASOCUCH …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… “Human Rights and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development”, which is organized in three weeks and amounts … organizations, the Asia Pacific Forum helps women in rural, indigenous and urban poor communities to document … http://apwld.org/category/rural-and-indigenous-women/ …