Mar 15, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Negotiators in Rome have agreed on a proposed set of voluntary global guidelines on responsible governance of land tenure and access rights to land, fisheries and forest resources.The proposals will be sent to the UN’s committee on world food security for final...
Mar 13, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Usually careful to support the government’s position on Afghanistan, Senator David Johnston told the National Times he doesn’t believe ”anyone is critically analysing that civilian side of the (international) operation”.On Australia’s aid...
Mar 1, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Read our report here: http://www.aidwatch.org.au/publications/aidwatch-newsletter-1and read the verdict of the UN here: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41398&Cr=Bangladesh&Cr1 Open-pit coal mine project in Bangladesh threatens human rights...
Feb 13, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
PrefaceEvery year, millions of people around the world are forcibly displaced from their lands, homes and livelihoods to make way for large-scale development projects. Most often those who are forced to sacrifice their place on earth for both public and private...
Feb 9, 2012 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
The paper, titled Australia Afghanistan Community Resilience Scheme, proposes funding be divided among five experienced NGOs and would seek to assist the ”poorest and most marginalised people” while at the same time hoping to improve broader agricultural...
