Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago: Narratives on Agrarian Conflicts, Transitions, and Transformation
Focus is pleased to release online its newest publication Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago?...
Read MorePosted by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | Philippines, Publications, The Commons
Focus is pleased to release online its newest publication Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago?...
Read MorePosted by admin | Apr 18, 2018 | Publications, The Commons
This paper summarizes the discussions that took place in a meeting of representatives from...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Jun 22, 2017 | Laos, The Commons
“Enclosures have appropriately been called a revolution of the rich against the poor.” Karl...
Read MorePosted by Mary Ann Manahan | Apr 17, 2017 | Philippines, The Commons
by Mary Ann Manahan I have deep connection with the land. My maternal grandfather was a farmer of...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Apr 13, 2015 | The Commons
As the 7th World Water Forum kicks off in Daegu, South Korea, civil society organizations and...
Read MorePosted by admin | Oct 23, 2014 | Publications, The Commons
Land Struggles III: Keeping Land Local Announcing “Keeping Land Local: Reclaiming Governance...
Read MorePosted by admin | Nov 15, 2013 | Philippines, The Commons
By: Mary Ann Manahan During this year’s observance of the International Day of Rural Women, the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 25, 2013 | The Commons
If we are thinking about water in the context of a ‘green economy’, then, like other ‘resources’...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 11, 2013 | Publications, The Commons
The Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA), a network of national farmers’ organizations, rural...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | The Commons, Women
By Mary Ann ManahanA critical issue for many land rights activists and rural social movements are...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Philippines, The Commons
By Mary Ann B. Manahan Access to and control of land was the motivating force for many of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 1, 2013 | The Commons
by Mary Ann Manahanoriginaly posted on The Broker OnlineSince the Rio+20 Summit, the ‘green...
Read MorePosted by admin | Aug 4, 2012 | Climate & Environment, The Commons
By: Mary Ann Manahan, Buenaventura Dargantes, and Cheryl Batistel* The Asian people’s access to supplied water has improved dramatically since the 1990’s, with an 84 percent increase in access being noted in from 1990 to 2006,...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 19, 2012 | The Commons
by Mary Ann ManahanThe “green economy” sets the stage for the creation of markets where water and its ecosystem functions (e.g. water purification by pristine watersheds or carbon sequestration of forests and oceans) can be...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 19, 2012 | The Commons
by Mary Ann ManahanIn the “green economy” (GE) water is treated as a natural capital, an economic asset which fundamentally puts a price on all the dimensions, services and functions of water. The GE proposes that the...
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