HIC Addresses Habitat III PrepCom3
The “New Urban Agenda,” from its inception, is inconsistent with historic agreements, today’s global priorities and the “world we need.” Particular interests have narrowed the Habitat Agenda to urban priorities, subordinated rural areas and ignored
Published : 27 July 2016
Questioning the New Urban Agenda
SURABAYA—Prepcom 3 Habitat III is all over the city of Surabaya these days. Banners, signage and media on many streets and their corners carry the message “Toward a New Urban Agenda” and “H III” as
Published : 27 July 2016
Struggling to Chart Habitat II Implementation
Note: HIC-HLRN republishes this article from Citiscope as a report from the ““Fulfilling Habitat Commitments: Assessing the Past - Constructing a Platform for Action,” Surabaya, 24 July 2016. However, this does not suggest that HIC
Published : 26 July 2016
H3-PrepCom3: What Papua New Guinea Said
The Habitat III PrepCom3 state intervention that should turn our heads came from Papua New Guinea. Download it here.
Published : 26 July 2016
Struggling to Chart Habitat II Implementation
Note: HIC-HLRN republishes this article from Citiscope as a report from the ““Fulfilling Habitat Commitments: Assessing the Past - Constructing a Platform for Action,” Surabaya, 24 July 2016. However, this does not suggest that HIC
Published : 26 July 2016
DRC: World Bank Suspends Inga-3 Financing
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the support of the World Bank proposes to develop the Inga 3 project, which includes a dam and a 4,800MW hydroelectric plant at Inga Falls on the mighty
Published : 25 July 2016
To Farm or Not to Farm? This Is the Question
The dilemma is critical: on the one hand, there is an absolute need to produce more food for the world’s steadily growing population; on the other, there is pressing urgency to halt -and further revert-
Published : 19 July 2016
UN: Agriculture and Forestry can improve Food Security
Agriculture and forestry can improve food security, according to a new United Nations report released today, at the start of World Forest Week. Farming is globally the most significant driver of deforestation, but promoting a more
Published : 18 July 2016
Property Rights Still Wretchedly Insecure in Africa
COSMAS MURUNGA was always proud to show off his mud-walled home, set in a clearing on the wooded slopes of Mount Elgon; to explain how his people coexisted with, and cared for, the forest and
Published : 16 July 2016
