https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Nakuru County has adopted an agroecology policy to boost climate-resilient, sustainable agriculture. Blog Uganda moves toward a Bamboo Policy to boost environmental conservation and green growth. Agroecological farming: EAC Bill moves to Parliament to establish a regional legal framework to protect and promote sustainable farming and food systems. Communities file second complaint against World Bank-funded project over failed redress in Tanzania. African women are rising for climate justice and reparations on the inaugural continental day of action. DR Congo crisis: Washington’s brokered peace agreement is rendered useless as fighting, forced land displacement, and mineral exploitation persist… U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? Breaking: Land-related cases increase by 67% in Uganda – Police report reveals. CSOs push for reforms at the KFW Accountability Mechanism after experts discovered that it has weak remedies in addressing grievous harms caused by its investments. Small-scale fishers and coastal communities are pushing to testify before a human rights commission investigating the causes of food inequality in South Africa. More than 1.1 billion people worldwide face a risk of land eviction – Global report USA, Israel, and Iran War effects: Why the world cannot afford to delay the renewable energy transition? The Kenyan government insists on maintaining provisions of the Seed Act that the court nullified: farmers and legal experts question the motive. Oil-affected residents and civil society organizations reject TotalEnergies’ Tilenga Progress Report, citing unfairness in their operations. 13 years after the refugee host community was forcefully evicted to expand a refugee settlement, thousands remain unsettled. Home Global Peasant Movement calls for action against escalating land grabs and repression. Witness Radio and Seed Savers Network are partnering to produce radio content to save indigenous seeds in Africa. Evicted from their land to host Refugees: A case of Uganda’s Kyangwali refugee settlement expansion, which left host communities landless. The Witness Radio and Seed Savers Network Joint Radio program boosts Farmers’ knowledge of seed and food sovereignty. Close to six years on, Pangero Chiefdom subjects still linger in pain after the government army’s forceful takeover of their ancestral land. Eyes On A Just Energy Transition Indigenous communities’ complaint against World Bank-linked Nepal Cable Car Project declared eligible for investigation. Indigenous communities in Eastern Nepal accuse the World Bank’s Linked Cable Car Project of rights violations. Women environmental rights defenders in Africa are at the most significant risk of threats and attacks – ALLIED New report Decades of land loss and chronic poverty: Salala Rubber Plantation prioritizes profit over the well-being of local Liberian communities. Podcast Show Eyes on just energy transition Program Elementor Floating Element #180 Agafa Mukitundu kyo World Connect Program Eyes on a Just Energy Transition Know Your Land Rights and Environmental Protection Program The Dawn At Witness Radio Land tenure security as an electoral issue: Museveni warns Kayunga land grabbers, reaffirms protection of sitting tenants. Four hundred fifty victim families of the Oil Palm project in Buvuma are to receive compensation by this Friday – Witness Radio. Hidden iceberg: A new report identifies large scale industrial agriculture, livestock, and mining sectors as leading sources of attacks against land and environmental defenders worldwide. Women’s groups demand equality in land tenure security to boost food production. Tension as Project-Affected Persons demand to meet Uganda’s President over Oil Palm growing on their grabbed land. Experts push for a National Bamboo Policy to strengthen climate mitigation efforts. Using agroecology as a climate adaptation strategy and fighting extreme weather: A case of a retired teacher farming on a rocky terrain in Mukono, Uganda. Breaking Alert! A community fighting forced eviction during COVID-19 lockdown, Witness Radio-Uganda together with Accountability Counsel file a complaint before the World Bank’s Inspection Panel… The Carbon Mirage in Uganda: How reforestation initiatives are turning into sources of displacement and poverty? A Global Report reveals that Development Banks’ Accountability Systems are failing communities. Signs of harmful projects with financing from development institutions are spotted in Uganda… Breaking: over 350,000 acres of land were grabbed during Witness Radio – Uganda’s seven months ban. More women are going to be sexually abused and forced to lose their land to the rich/investors as Uganda goes into a semi lockdown of 42 days Apple Unveils iPhone 17 with Groundbreaking AI Features and Battery Life