Join us for the launch of World Resources Inst new Land & Carbon Lab! Learn how WRI is addressing the global #LandSqueeze for climate, biodiversity and people.
October 26 at 11am EDT
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Land is vital but finite. To hold #GlobalWarming under 1.5º C we must protect remaining forests, wetlands, & grasslands and restore what has been lost.
Learn more about the global #LandSqueeze 🌍⬇️
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Don't miss out on this timely and critical discussion, happening tomorrow 28 May 2024, Online. Registration details below👇👇
#LandSqueeze
🌱Farmers & rural communities are the foundation of our agri-food systems. The @IPES report flags green grabs, financial speculation, & industrial agri pressuring farmland worldwide.
✊Read more on how we can reverse #LandSqueeze & return land to our stewards!⬇️
#AccessToLand
🚨Global land concentration:
The world's farmland is owned by the few! 1% largest farms control 70% of farmland worldwide. In Latin America it's worse.
Extreme land inequality obstructs sustainable #foodsystems .
Data from our new #LandSqueeze report
➡️ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…
📈Land prices have doubled globally since 2008. In Central-Eastern Europe, they’ve tripled. Who’s benefiting? Not farmers!
It’s time to stop green grabs and financial speculation on farmland and prioritize farmers’ access to land.
More 👉 bit.ly/3JZXVR6
#LandSqueeze
Die globale Landknappheit nimmt zu, mit schlimmen Folgen für marginalisierte Gruppen und Ökosysteme. Hier ein aktueller Bericht des IPBES. #landsqueeze
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Check out the latest blog on Land & Carbon Lab that highlights a few important land cover changes we have seen in the past 20 years! #LandSqueeze #LandCover #GEE
🌱The #LandSqueeze is putting food production at risk. As farmland prices double & demand for land escalates, small & medium-scale farmers & Indigenous peoples are losing their livelihoods.
Time to prioritize land access for sustainable food production!
ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…
📈Land prices have doubled globally since 2008. In Central-East Europe, they’ve tripled. Who's benefiting? Not farmers!
Time to halt the #landsqueeze , hit pause on green grabs & financial speculation on farmland, & prioritize farmers' access to land
👉ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…
Takeaways from new @ipesfood #LandSqueeze report:
🚨We need to talk about land: foundation of #foodsystems
📈Prices doubled since 2008
🌍Land grabs are back – for carbon schemes & speculation
🧑🏾🌾Farmers & food security at risk
✅Land access is crucial
👉 ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…
This new report by IPES-Food explores what is driving unprecedented pressure on farmland and identifies transformative actions needed to reverse the #LandSqueeze and achieve meaningful and equitable access to land: ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…
#FoodSovereignty
Our panel experts are hard at work in Brussels for our annual meeting.
We’re fine tuning our strategy, debating new ideas on trade, and planning our upcoming work on #landsqueeze , labour abuse, #foodsecurity , and #fossilfree food systems!