February 2017: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam have produced a guide and animated film that offer “strategic guidance and inspiration” for the responsible governance of tenure of…
Governing tenure rights to commons responsibly: 12 strategies and illustrative cases from practice
New Guide and Animation Film offers strategic guidance and inspiration on how to secure tenure rights to commons based on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests Did you know that millions of…
#LandRightsNow through Responsible Land Governance
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…
Towards Responsible Land Governance- Strategies for the Implementation of the Tenure Guidelines
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…
Sustainable Development Goals Must Recognise the Importance of Soils
This article by Jes Weigelt first appeared in GAIA 3/2015.
Towards an inclusive Post- 2015 Development Agenda: IASS and partners publish recommendations for the Zero Draft to strengthen land, rights and management of natural resources
Recommendations for improvement of the Zero Draft Outcome Document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda was made by a coalition of organizations, including the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, active on the issues of food security,…
“The commons need active support. Otherwise, we will lose them to investors.”
Tenure rights to ‘commons’ — communally shared lands, forests and water — are increasingly contested due to a rising demand for natural resources from growing populations and ineffective governance. Last week, African countries invited researchers and civil-society representatives to take…