Martín Gómez is a small, slim man. He walks with confidence and you can see that he has planted corn and grain all his life. Continue reading Honduras: Land of corn and hydro-electric dams
Tag Archives: land conflicts
Guatemala: the forgotten women
Land tenure in Guatemala, characterised by serious imbalances, inequalities and injustices, has been and continues to be a key and unresolved factor in the life and history of Guatemala. Continue reading Guatemala: the forgotten women
Kenya: the Forest Guardians´ Struggle
Ngai Mutuoboro was born in Chuka, Kenya, in around 1939, “when the colonisers had already arrived,”[1] that is to say, during the period of British colonisation. Continue reading Kenya: the Forest Guardians´ Struggle
For the love of land
More than twenty years ago, a small-farming community who found themselves in the middle of a terrible war decided to organise and resist in their territory. Continue reading For the love of land
Beautiful Mother Earth
There are two rivers in the small village of Alto Guayabal, the smallest is turquoise in colour and is called Jancadía and the largest is amber-green in colour and is called Jiguamiandó which means river that brings fever in the Emberá indigenous language. Continue reading Beautiful Mother Earth