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Category: Rights

Two South African boys near the village of Nongidi in KwaZulu-Natal Province. Lungisani Mjaji, GLF

The meaning of “sovereignty” to an African thinker

Writer and intellectual Chika Esiobu discusses the past and present forms of sovereignty across the continent.

 

How do we achieve gender equity in value chains?

GLF Live with Constance Okollet and Patti Kristjanson

 
New research proves that participation does not always equate to power in decision-making processes. Marlon del Aguila Guerrero, CIFOR

A seat at the table isn’t enough to ensure equity and “counter power”

Multi-stakeholder platforms need critical mass of Indigenous and local people to ensure equity and counter power.

 

How can a just energy transition be achieved in Africa?

GLF Live with Hamira Kobusingye and Davina Ngei

 

“We cannot just say this can’t happen anymore.”

A lawyer speaks on the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, calling attention to the dangers of environmental defense.

 
A woman farmer in Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa. AUSAID South Africa

Context is key: how environmental change-makers are bringing equity and cultural context into the picture

GLFx Cape Town highlights equity in speakers series

 
An oyster bed in the Pacific Northwest. Toan Chu, Unsplash

Oysters were harvested sustainably for thousands of years by Indigenous peoples, study finds

Could traditional and Indigenous knowledge hold the answers for the future sustainable management of oyster fisheries?

 

Meet the women of UNCCD COP15

Hailing from across Africa, 6 women tell stories about their home landscapes

 
Women are among those who could benefit from a new land rights digital tool. Riaz Jahanpour, USAID

Long out of focus, land rights become centered in the climate change picture

Delegates to UNCCD COP15 put forth new approaches to securing tenure and land rights - an essential step to tackling land degradation.

 
As women are often the users and custodians of land, securing their tenure is said by experts to be a necessity in order to improve landscape sustainability. Ulet Ifansasti, CIFOR

Shoring up tenure security to tackle land degradation

At UNCCD COP15, scientists and community members came together in discussion to help improve land tenure security.

 
Land tenure refers to the right of people to manage the land on which they live. Ulet Ifansasti, CIFOR

Human rights protect tenure rights, as a new digital tool shows

A Q&A on the Human Rights & Land Navigator with one of its developers on the tool's potential for land tenure and climate change.

 

What is Climate Justice?

Transcript Climate change is grossly unfair. Consider this: Every year, the average American causes 16 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s about eight times as much as the average Indian, and almost 50 times as much as the average Kenyan. And yet, generally speaking, people in India and Kenya are experiencing climate change much more […]

 
Markus Spiske, Flickr

Best of Landscape News 2021: People & Rights

Our pick of this year’s top Landscape News stories on people and rights.

 
Women of a Maasai community in Kenya, where rights for women enshrined national legislation are often not recognized at the community level. Jess and Kate, Flickr

A Maasai mother on the needs of rural pastoralist women

Founder of the Sang'ida Foundation, which supports rural women in pastoralist communities, stresses need for finance and equity.

 
Young people take to the streets to rally for climate justice. Mark Dixon, Flickr

How are youth leaders influencing COP26?

Q&A with YOUNGO focal points Heeta Lakhani and Marie-Claire Graf

 

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