The time to act is now: Implementing the highly ambitious 2030 Agenda has to start without further delay at all levels. It offers a unique opportunity to transform development into sustainable development for all countries and all people. This video…
9 August. Contributing to the UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the #LandRightsNow mobilization week, the IASS Global Soil Forum releases a short film with experiences from civil society, government and scientists on the implementation status of…
Securing Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ land rights is an urgent matter – especially in light of increasing resource demands and related conflicts. The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines) provide…
Millions of people worldwide depend on commons – the land, fisheries and forests which they use collectively as commons.
Piloting exchange and contributions towards a Global Thematic Review on Land and Soil in support of the High-Level Political Forum Global thematic reviews … … to support an integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda Achieving sustainable development according to the 2030…
IASS Global Soil Forum discusses inclusive and participatory follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda at the European Development Days (EDD 2016)
11 May 2016
By Fanny Saß I made my trip to Kenya in the middle of November 2015, not too sure what to expect of Kenyan culture. Flying into Kisumu, a city located on the shores of Lake Victoria, you can’t help but…
Early March is the end of one of two dry seasons in western Kenya. Farmers get up early to beat the heat to prepare the hard and dry soils for the coming rains and the next planting season. This region…
Fertile soil forms the foundation of our modern societies. Although we should be doing everything we can to sustain it, when we look around us, we see a very different story. Both political initiatives and local actions are necessary to…