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Killings, evictions push minorities to point of "eradication"
By: Lin Taylor
Date: 12 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mass killings, forced evictions and conflicts over land put indigenous and minority groups at risk of being eradicated from their ancestral lands, a human rights group said on Tuesday.
“Vienen por el Agua: Las modificaciones a la Ley de Tierras Rurales”
Fecha: 5 de Julio 2016
Fuente: El Cordillerano
TRABAJO DEL CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE LA PATAGONIA -
El Centro de Estudios de la Patagonia (CEP) elaboró un informe vinculado al decreto mediante el cual el presidente Mauricio Macri modificó la Ley de Tierras. El trabajo fue desarrollado por la ex directora de Registro Nacional de Tierras Rurales, Florencia Gómez, y la coordinadora general del CEP, Celeste Ratto.
En tres años se deforestaron 25 mil hectáreas en selva de Huánuco
Fecha: 6 de Julio 2016
Fuente: Servindi
Servindi, 6 de julio, 2016.- El último informe del Proyecto Monitoreo de la Amazonía Andina (MAAP) revela que del 2013 al 2015 se deforestaron cerca de 25 mil hectáreas de bosque en la zona este de la región Huánuco. La causa sería la habilitación de áreas para el cultivo de pasto para el ganado.
Bolivia: El Senado aprueba proyecto de ley de creación de unidad territorial de Raqaypampa
Fecha: 9 Julio 2016
La Cámara de Senadores aprobó, el Proyecto de Ley de "Creación de Unidad Territorial, del Territorio Indígena Originario Campesino de Raqaypampa", provincia Mizque, del departamento de Cochabamba. La propuesta normativa fue remitida a la Cámara de Diputados para su revisión.
Poland's disappearing lakes fuel battle over coal mining
By: Claudia Ciobanu
Date: 11 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Residents ranging from fishermen and farmers to mayors and small business owners say water in the lake system of Wielkopolska region in western Poland is disappearing, drying out farmland and jeopardising the region's economic base in agriculture and tourism.
Put land in the hands of women for economic transformation – A call for policy makers
Date: 10 July 2016
Source: UNECA
Kigali, 10 July 2016 (ECA) – On the eve of the Kigali 27th African Union Summit, Land Policy Initiative (LPI) - an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), Economic Commission (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) - launched a campaign aiming at documented allocation of 30 percent of land to African Women by 2025.
Granting Women Their Land Rights Benefits Everyone
By: Melany Grout
Date: 28 June 2016
Source: News Deeply
More than 400 million women around the globe are farmers, but many have no rights to the land they till. Securing those rights is crucial if the world wants to reach its development goals, writes land tenure specialist Melany Grout.
Mozambique's widows accused of sorcery and robbed of land
By: Ray Mwareya
Date: 5 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Although the law gives men and women equal property rights, the reality is very different in eastern Mozambique, one of the country's poorest regions.
In the Chikwidzire district of Manica province, which borders Zimbabwe, deeply patriarchal cultural traditions stipulate that a woman without sons must cede her land to relatives upon her husband's death.
Land Rights Win: Alaska Native Tribes Win Right to Place Lands Into Trust, Enhance Safety
Date: 05 July 2016
Source: Indian Country
Alaska Native communities have a bit more control over their land thanks to a July 1 ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that affirms their ability to place lands into federal trust, just as other tribes can, in what Alaska tribes are calling a landmark ruling.
More than land rights, the ruling enables Alaska Native governments to regulate alcohol and take other measures to protect members’ health and safety.