Africa-Press – Angola. The general director of the Institute for Citizenship – Mosaiko, Júlio Candeeiro, defended this Monday, in Luanda, the need to consult the local community in the process of granting and managing land with a focus on the environmental approach.
Speaking during a round table under the motto “Access to land as a human right”, within the framework of World Earth Day, which is celebrated (22 April), he said that it is important to continue reflecting on this issue, ensuring the everyone’s awareness of the relationship that is being built with the land in the face of environmental risks.
He considered two major challenges in this process, being the approach, in his view, very economistic, exploitative of resources and the use of management of the public domain of State lands, especially when expropriations occur for public purposes.
“Sometimes, the risk we run is to look at the financial gains and not always calculate the environmental costs and the risks of community survival”, he said, adding that the issue of life must be safeguarded.
According to Júlio Candeeiro, there must be this articulation so that the public interest is effectively one that includes everyone and, above all, involves listening to the local community.
The round table was attended by members of civil society, government institutions, environmental activists and lawyers, who reflected on the challenges in access to land and solutions that guarantee sustainability and the economic, social and cultural rights of communities.
The approach included, among other matters, the legal perspective on access and management of land, land and human rights, as well as sharing experiences on community land.
World Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22nd and aims to recognize the importance of the planet and raise awareness of the need to preserve the world’s natural resources, with this year’s theme being “Planet versus plastics”.
The anniversary is celebrated in more than 190 countries, demonstrating its commitment to the protection and preservation of these resources, the environment and the sustainability of the earth.
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