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COP17 | FAO launches updated Guidelines to help countries manage competing demands for land, soil and water

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COP17 | FAO launches updated Guidelines to help countries manage competing demands for land, soil and water The relationship between biodiversity loss and climate change emerged as another important negotiating issue. PHOTO/IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As pressure on land, soil and water intensifies, the updated FAO Guidelines for Integrated Land Use Planning (ILUP),…

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Africa: South Africa Is the Land of Ai Contradiction When It Comes to Jobs

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago02 mins

The local AI conversation has moved from job displacement panic towards autonomous AI agents, unmanaged ‘Shadow AI’, and emerging cybersecurity vulnerabilities that threaten corporate governance, data sovereignty and Popia compliance. There’s something happening here, and what it is may not be exactly clear. You know the stat that gets fired off often well: out of…

Land availability gives SA edge in data centre race

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South Africa’s available land could attract larger AI data centre campuses. (Image source: 123RF) South Africa is emerging as one of the markets for next-wave data centre growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with the country’s availability of land potentially giving it an advantage, as established European hubs face growing constraints….

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Africa: Announcement of New Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Foreign Nationals Involved in Race-Based Discrimination and Incitement of Imminent Violence, As Well As Uncompensated Land Seizures in South Africa

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

As stated in President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14204, “Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa,” the United States remains gravely concerned about racially motivated crime and government-sponsored discrimination occurring against the Afrikaners and other minority populations in South Africa, including race-based discriminatory legislation, threats of land expropriation without compensation, and incitement of…

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Africa: At Least 124 Land and Environmental Defenders Killed Globally in 2025

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New Global Witness figures bring the total killed and disappeared since 2012 to 2,375 Just two South American countries – Colombia and Brazil – accounted for 52% of the 2025 killings In Asia, defenders are facing a rising tide of criminalisation and intimidation Globally, more than three quarters of those killed were small-scale farmers, Indigenous…

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Africa: Land Models Sprout As Degradation Threatens Billions of Livelihoods

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

Promising efforts to restore degraded land are now in the spotlight at a time when 40 per cent of the world’s land currently faces degradation and drought, threatening the livelihoods of over three billion people, the head of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said Wednesday, announcing three winners of its World Restoration Flagships…

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Africa: COP17 – How Africa Can Unlock Billions for Land Restoration – – Official

eriinfo.com2 months ago015 mins

She said Africa needs to move land restoration from the aid column into the investment column by developing bankable landscape programmes, strengthening land tenure, deploying risk-sharing instruments and ensuring that farmers and pastoralists benefit from carbon and other emerging environmental markets. As negotiations continue at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat…

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Africa: Land Degradation Is Costing Far More Than Restoring – UN Deputy Chief

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Countries are spending too little to restore degraded land even as the economic cost of doing nothing climbs towards $1 trillion a year, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned at a major UN land conference in Mongolia. Speaking at the high-level opening of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Ms….

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Africa: COP17 – Africa Must Connect Science to Action to Tackle Land Degradation – – Expert

eriinfo.com2 months ago015 mins

The Professor argued that Africa does not primarily lack scientific knowledge to address land degradation and drought; rather, the continent faces gaps in data continuity, technology deployment, local-scale evidence and the ability to translate scientific findings into policy and action. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oluseyi…

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Africa: Can Restoring Land Create Jobs? These Young Entrepreneurs Are Proving It

eriinfo.com2 months ago014 mins

From Ecuador to Bangladesh, a new generation of entrepreneurs is turning land restoration into economic opportunity. Whether repurposing agricultural waste, building greenhouses or deploying AI-powered sensors, they are showing, with support from a United Nations-backed initiative, that restoring land can also generate income and improve livelihoods. In Senegal, Daniel Halman is working with a simple…