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By means of a Transversal Project, co-funded by the EU and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) coordinates, supports and consolidates the implementation of the EU Land Governance Programme. The European Union Land Governance Programme funds 18 individual country-level projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, all of which address tenure issues, and are implemented alongside various partners, among which are government agencies, civil society organizations, bilateral and multilateral organizations and private contractors. All project activities are carried out within the framework of the VGGT and, in the African context, the African Union Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa (AU Declaration) and its Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa (F&G).

Year of publication: 2020
Organization: منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة 
Topic: نوع الملكية
Language: English
Type of document: تقني
Geographical coverage: جنوب آسيا

This checklist seeks to provide companies with operational guidance on how to ensure due diligence when operating in areas where projects may affect indigenous peoples. Based on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention No. 169, this Checklist aligns the principles and rights in these two instruments with the human rights due diligence approach set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It outlines key questions business should consider in engagement with indigenous peoples and their communities.

Year of publication: 2019
Organization: كتاب مستقلون 
Topic: الشعوب الأصلية
Language: English
Type of document: تقني
Geographical coverage: مناطق العالم

Over 50 institutions and individuals endorsed “The Cancun Statement” calling for the promotion of sustainable pastoralism and livestock production for the conservation of biodiversity in grasslands and rangelands.

The statement was presented on the sidelines of the 13th meeting of the Coalition of Parties (COP13) on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cancun, Mexico.

Year of publication: 2016
Organization: كتاب مستقلون 
Topic: الخدمات البيئية, الإدراك الفطري, مرونة
Language: English
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: مناطق العالم

Pastoralist organizations from Eastern and Southern Africa urge policy makers and international organizations to listen to pastoralists’ voices better and to take action in favour of pastoralism. This declaration expresses their needs, priorities and recommendations. This document was prepared at the pastoralist gathering in January 2016 in Lukenya, Kenya. 

Year of publication: 2016
Organization: كتاب مستقلون 
Topic: مشاركة
Language: English
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: شرق أفريقيا, جنوب أفريقيا

إعلان الحمامات الذي تم تحضيره في اجتماع ممثلي الرعويين من شمال أفريقيا وغرب آسيا يدعو الحكومات والمنظمات الدولية لتبني وتنفيذ سياسات تروج لبيئة محفزة لتنمية الثروة الحيوانية والرعي في شمال أفريقيا وغرب آسيا.

Year of publication: 2016
Organization: كتاب مستقلون 
Topic: مشاركة
Language: العربية, Français
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: الشرق الاوسط, شمال أفريقيا

Les quatre plus grands réseaux d'éleveurs de bétail en Afrique de l'Ouest, APESS, CORET, ROPPA et RBM, invitent dans la Déclaration de Bamako les gouvernements, les partenaires techniques et financiers à élaborer des politiques et à promouvoir le dialogue entre les parties prenantes pour créer un environnement favorable au pastoralisme. 

Year of publication: 2016
Organization: كتاب مستقلون 
Topic: مشاركة
Language: Français
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: غربية افريقيا, أفريقيا الوسطى

This declaration, prepared at the meeting of Central Asian pastoralists in July 2015, calls on national governments, international organizations, the United Nations and civil society organizations to consult and include the Central Asian pastoralist network in workshops, conferences, policy processes and programmes that may affect pastoralism in Central Asia.

Year of publication: 2015
Organization: اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا 
Topic: مشاركة
Language: English, Русский
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: آسيا الوسطى

December 9th to 15th 2013: 120 pastoralist leaders representing communities in 48 countries worldwide gathered in Kiserian, Kenya, to share experiences and concerns about the Global Transition to a Green Economy. Pastoralism—the extensive production of livestock in rangeland ecosystems—is one of the most environmental friendly food systems on earth, but its potential to provide meat, milk and fibre as well as environmental services, such as climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and protection of water sheds, is continuously eroded by poorly conceived policies and investments, by neglectof basic human rights, and by disruption to appropriate rangeland management practices, including mobility. 

Year of publication: 2013
Organization: الاتحاد الدولي لحفظ الطبيعة, برنامج الأمم المتحدة للبيئة, اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا 
Topic: مشاركة
Language: English, Français, Español
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: مناطق العالم