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Source: Humanité et Biodiversité
D'un bout à l'autre du monde, la culture de l'huile de palme connait une expansion rapide. Les nouvelles plantations en monoculture ont pour corollaire la destruction des forêts tropicales, l'exploitation de la main d'œuvre et un accaparement brutal des terres .…
Policies promoting biofuels development through financial incentives in Europe and in the United States of America are major drivers of the ‘land rush’ in many African countries. Yet, we know that most of the first projects have not achieved their intended objectives on the ground. Amidst these…
In the face of displacement due to large-scale development projects, can innovative legal solutions be used to protect smallholders' land rights?
Land tenure is a complex and sensitive issue throughout West Africa and nowhere more so than in Niger.
In this Sahelian country, legislation that…
The piles of concrete and twisted metal in the Tobago neighbourhood beside Dakar's international airport were home to Senegalese families until bulldozers arrived last month without warning.
A line of six homes remain, given a reprieve until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Looking at…
The Guardian Sustainable Business
The palm oil company at the centre of a bitter land rights struggle in Cameroon
Victoria Schneider in Cameroon
Monday 27 July 2015 08.45 EDT
Local residents complain expansion plans by Socapalm, Cameroon’s biggest palm oil company, will take over land…
THE HERALD - ZIMBABWE
30 JULY 2015
Zimbabwe: Celebrating Pioneers of Land Reform
By Fortious Nhambura
Seventeen years ago the people of Svosve armed with hoes and axes moved into the Ruzawi commercial farming belt east of the Mashonaland East provincial capital, Marondera. The villagers…
NEW YORK TIMES
Palm Oil Company Is Accused of Exploiting Liberia's Ebola Crisis
By CLAIR MacDOUGALL
AUG. 1, 2015
Community land rights are only vaguely recognized in Liberia, with current laws granting the government powers to seize land for concessions.
Read the full article at the NY…
South African Government (Pretoria)
Via allafrica.com
6 AUGUST 2015
South Africa: Rural Development and Land Reform Approves Land for Women, Farm Workers and People Living With Disability
PRESS RELEASE
Women, farm workers and persons with disability, were among the latest land reform…
Technical experts from G7 donors (UK, US, Germany, France), AU Land Policy Initiative and FAO have compiled a due diligence framework for land related investments based on existing standards, guidance and good practice, to support responsible investments under the New Alliance for Food Security and…
Via Maliasili Inititiaves
African organizations working to improve natural resource management have made great gains, but face serious challenges that limit their efforts to grow and sustain their impact. This short video provides an overview of the challenges they face and provides recommendations…
Transparency International (TI) is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government…
Dans une correspondance adressée au délégué départemental des domaines, du cadastre et des affaires foncières du Nkam, Jacqueline Koung à Bessike exige de son collaborateur de lui faire le point sur la régularité des titres fonciers dans l’affaire Tsimi Enouga contre Etat du Cameroun, Mbango Njoh…