WFAL - World Forum on Access to Land 2016

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Funding organizations: Fondation de France, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes (France) (MAEE), Miniistère de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation (MAA), Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l’Homme (FPH)

Folder Contributors: Forum Mondial sur l’Accès à la Terre (FMAT), Association pour contribuer à l’Amélioration de la Gouvernance de la Terre, de l’Eau et des Ressources naturelles (AGTER), Centro de Estudios Rurales y de Agricultura Internacional (CERAI)

plenary session - WFAL 2016

The FMAT brought together 400 participants from 70 countries from 31/03 to 2/04/2016 in Valencia, Spain. Ten years after the World Forum on Agrarian Reform (WFAR) and the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD), this forum convened at the initiative of AGTER and CERAI has allowed exchanges between organizations of the civil society, researchers, elected officials, and representatives of international and national It has led to significant progress in different areas.

A. Broch et M. Cissokho. Opening Session WFAL 2016. (photo Marie Mellac)

This file brings together the main results and documents of the 2016 FMAT, which was an extraordinary moment of collective reflection. You can also consult the official website of the forum (interface in 7 languages, English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian) landaccessforum.org/en/

Table of contents

1. WFAL Documents

a. Oficial Documents

• The call for the convening of a World Forum on Access to Land and Natural Resource (WFAL 2016) (English)

• Proceedings. World Forum on Access to Land and natural resource. WFAL 2016

b. Synthesis

• Synthesis of the WFAL experience published by Coordination Sud. French NGOs’ coordination.

c. Publications

• El acceso a la tierra en América Latina. Informe continental. FMAT 2016.

• Les dernières évolutions dans l’accès au foncier en Afrique de l’Ouest. FMAT 2016.

• Land reform experiences. Some Lessons from across South Asia. WFAL 2016.

• Why should we reserve access to land to small farmers? 3-minute educational video. FMAT 2016

2.The FORUM, day after day

First day: March 31, 2016

a. Introductory session

• Opening Session of the WFAL 2016

b. Plenary Session # 1. Summary of contemporary developments 10 years after the ICARRD in Porto Alegre (2006)

• Insights by continent. Full-length videos of the speakers in French, Spanish and English.

c. The Workshops of the first day

• Workshop 1. Land grabbing and land concentration. The quantitative evaluation. The players Summary of results.

• Workshop 1. Land grabbing and land concentration. The quantitative evaluation. The players Complete videos of speakers in French, Spanish or English.

• Workshop 2. Forest Territories

• Workshop 3. Halieutic Resources

• Workshop 4. Evictions, Rural Exodus, Migrations. Consequences for Cities

• Workshop 5. The Difficulties of Women’s Access to Land and Natural Resources

d. Plenary Session # 2. Analysis of struggle and resistance to the process of land grabbing

• Analysis of struggle and resistance to the process of land grabbing Full-length videos of the speakers in French, Spanish and English.

Second day: April 1, 2016.

a. Plenary Session # 3. Family farming enterprises or large companies with employees? Economic, social, environmental and cultural consequences

• Family farming enterprises or large companies with employees? Economic, social, environmental and cultural consequences Full-length videos of the speakers in French, Spanish and English.

b. The Workshops of the second day

• Workshop 6. Production, Job Creation, Establishment of Young Farmers, Wealth Distribution

• Workshop 7. Environment, Agro-ecology, Soil, Water, Climate Change Synthesis.

• Workshop 7. Environnement, agro-écologie, sols, eau, changement climatique Vidéos des intervenants.

• Workshop 8. International trade, autonomy, food sovereignty at different geographical scales and food systems

• Workshop 9. Community Management of Natural Resources. Indigenous Management. Commun Goods

c. Plenary Session # 4. Economic, social, cultural and ecological scope of access to land and natural resources

• Economic, social, cultural and ecological scope of access to land and natural resources Full-length videos of the speakers in French, Spanish and English.

Third day: April 2, 2016

a. Plenary # 5. Access to land and natural resources. The future of humanity. What are the proposals and actions?

• Access to land and natural resources. The future of humanity. What are the proposals and actions?. Full-length videos of the speakers in French, Spanish and English.

b. The workshops of the third day

• Workshop 10. Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance or Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGs): What concret implementation on the ground?. Synthesis of the debates

• Workshop 10. Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance or Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGs): What concret implementation on the ground?. Videos of the speakers

• Workshop 11. Food Sovereignty and Food Security, Rights over Land (individual and collective, Commons

• Workshop 12. Fiscal Policies, Regulating Property Markets, Regulating the Size of Production Units

• Workshop 13. Strengthening Rural, Pastoral, Indigenous, and Fishing Organisations. Broadening Alliances across Society

c. Plenary Session # 6. Final Synthesis and Closing Session

• Synthèse des travaux du Forum Vidéos intégrales des intervenants en français, espagnol ou anglais.

• Texte de la synthèse finale du Forum Mondial sur l’Accès à la Terre

• Clôture du Forum Sélection des vidéos des intervenants en français, espagnol ou anglais.

3. Documents annexes. Organisation et soutiens

• Organisateurs et soutiens du FMAT 2016

4. Video interviews with participants (currently being published)

a. In French

• Entretien avec Harouna Abarchi, de l’Association pour la Redynamisation de l’Élevage au Niger (AREN). Niger

• Entretien avec Massa Kone (Porte-parole de la Coalition Malienne contre l’Accaparement des Terres (CMAT) au Mali

b. In English

• Interview with Parviz Koohafkan, President of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation.

• Interview with Neth Prak. Bunong Indigenous People Association. Cambodia

• Interview with Bettie Fortuin, Women on Farms Project, South Africa

• Interview with Doung Samphors, Star Kampuchea, Cambodia

c. In Spanish (or Portuguese)

• Entrevista con Alberto Broch. Presidente de la CONTAG (Brasil). (en portugais)

• Entrevista con Elena Lazos. UNAM México. Privatización de tierras y de recursos naturales en México.

• Entrevista con Pedro Arojo (Diputado de Podemos, Provincia de Zaragosa, España). Cambios radicales son necesarios para la gobernanza de los bienes comunes