News stories by Alain Frechette

  1. After Gaps in UN Agreement, National Laws Must Step Up To Protect Community Land Rights

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON DC, Dec 04 (IPS) - This time last year, the forestry space was abuzz with news of the big Blue Carbon deals. The deals set a staggering amount of land in Sub-Saharan Africa – 20% of the land in Zimbabwe, 10% of Liberia and Zambia, 8% of Tanzania, and an undisclosed amount of land in Kenya – to be managed by a firm in the United Arab Emirates.

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