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Displaying 1761 - 1770 of 2403UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) on Self-Determination
Information leaflet on the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) on Self-Determination.
Indigenous Peoples. Climate Change and REDD
Informatic poster about Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change and the REDD program.
Kenya: Land Commission boss Swazuri orders State to stop eviction of forest dwellers
By: Macharia Mwangi
Date: August 12th 2016
Source: Daily Nation
Dr Swazuri told State agencies to stop eviction of Sengwer people from Embobut Forest.
National Land Commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri on Friday ordered State agencies to stop evicting indigenous people living in their ancestral and forest lands.
Ethiopia's battle for land reforms could lead to civil war: opposition leader
By: Sally Hayden
Date: August 11th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mass street protests that saw dozens of people shot by Ethiopian security forces over the weekend could spill into civil war if the government fails to reform land use policies, a veteran Ethiopian opposition politician has warned.
Cambodia: Smallholder farmers to face land shortage, study finds
By: Jack Davies
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
Smallholder farmers have a crucial role to play in tempering the growing pains of Cambodia’s transition to an industrialised economy, but unless something is done, they will face a land shortage in the coming years, according to the authors of a new report.
They Will Need Land
In Cambodia, the majority of the population is still composed of smallholder family farmers. 54% of the total labour force is employed in agriculture. They have access to 3.6 million ha of land, representing 19% of the country’s total land. The rest is divided between large scale economic land concessions (12%), public forests and protected areas, unclassified areas and some infrastructure.
India: Model law liberalizing farmland leasing gains traction among states
By: Sayantan Bera
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Live Mint
New Delhi: Several states, including Gujarat, Odisha and Punjab, are adopting a model law that is aimed at encouraging owners of agricultural land to lease out their land for farming.
BMA moves to help utilise Bangkok land
By: Kanana Katharangsiporn
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
Bangkok's City Planning Department will allow the transfer of development rights and give additional construction space to buildings that remove fences for public use. The move is aimed at encouraging land utilisation and improving the city's liveability.
Uganda: "Tilting land laws: Minister Amongi’s poisoned chalice"
By: Norbert Mao
Date: August 14th 2016
Source: Daily Monitor
OPINION
The long term effect of this pivotal legal amendment will be underdevelopment, not development.
Once again the contentious issue of compulsory land acquisitions is back on our agenda.
'Scotland must end absurdly outdated land ownership system'
By: Karin Goodwin
Date: August 14th 2016
Source: Herald Scotland
THE SCOTTISH Government must stop giving “carte blanche” to rich industrialists who are buying up vast swathes of Scotland’s countryside and instead bring about more radical land reform that benefits local communities, according to campaigners.