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International Meeting "Gardarem the Land and the Sea" around the issue of natural resource grabbing

Jesse Rafert — 2011-07-07T14:09:48Z

30 years after winning the fight against the expansion of the military camp in the Larzac, taking action against land and natural resource grabbing has become crucial to the future of the entire world.
AGTER invites you to the Larzac, to participate in an event that is highly symbolic because of the local population's history of engaging in agrarian and global justice battles. Come to meetings highlighting the experience of individuals from a variety of different countries, and explore (…)

- Past activities (some archives)

Why AGTER signed the Dakar Appeal against the land grabs?

2011-03-28T09:42:10Z

Following the last meeting of the Committee on Food Security (CFS) in Rome, October 2010, La Via Campesina and ROPPA, FIAN International, Friends of the Earth International, CCFD - Terre Solidaire, Peuples Solidaires have decided to organize an assembly for convergence at the World Social Forum of Dakar (February 2011) with all groups interested in launching an appeal against land grabs (see this article).
Participants of this have adopted the call and insisted that he should serve as a (…)

- Quelques interventions d'AGTER sur le thème de l'accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles

AGTER participates in consultation with civil society organizations from Europe, Middle East and Central Asia on the Voluntary Guidelines for Land and Natural Resource Tenure. Rome, July 2010. CIP, FAO.

Michel Merlet — 2010-08-29T08:27:47Z

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- FAO has initiated a process of discussion which should lead to the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines for Land and Natural Resource Tenure. The attached text gives a quick overview of this process along with its objectives and structure.
It is within this context that the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty has convened and hosted the regional meeting of Civil Society Organisations from Europe, the Middle East (…)

- Quelques interventions d'AGTER sur le thème de l'accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles

WEST AFRICA. Production of educational materials on the land tenure.

2010-03-19T06:04:00Z

Access to summary and relevant information on land issues is very difficult. There are many documents in different languages, but their exploration is mostly beyond the reach of key stakeholders.
The heads of peasant and women organizations, NGO leaders, technicians, policy makers and donors working on rural development in Africa need food for thought to guide their actions. Serious texts, but short, attractive and easy to understand by the users are necessary.
The initiative to produce (…)

- Past activities (some archives)

AGTER's participation in the side event Landtenure.info. Rome. FAO. 3/11/2006.

Michel Merlet — 2007-01-17T09:07:00Z

The side event “Sharing knowledge and experiences to promote a more equitable women's access to land” took place on the 3rd of November 2006, during the Committee on World Food Security, at the FAO Headquarters.
It aimed at the promotion of the landtenure.info database as an important tool for spreading knowledge about land issues. It focused on the gender dimension in two countries: Mozambique and Guatemala.
The purpose of landtenure.info database is to spread information on land to a (…)

- Past activities (some archives)