By Milya Samberu, Gender and Land Champion, WOLTS  Project Tanzania

Au Cameroun, beaucoup de communautés rurales ne connaissent pas leurs droits, dans un contexte où elles sont de plus en plus confrontées à des investissements fonciers à grande échelle. Sandrine Kouba du RELUFA explique comment la mise en place d'un programme radio a permis d'informer les communautés autochtones sur leurs droits et de les préparer à mieux se défendre face aux investisseurs.

WHY REJECT CUSTOMARY LAND PRIVATISATION 

Most of the world’s land is still stewarded by communities under customary systems. Billions of people rely on communally managed farmland, pasture, forests and savannahs for their livelihoods. 

This collective management of resources is viewed in the colonial or capitalist economic model as an obstacle to individual wealth creation and private profit. 

This session zoomed in on the local situation and challenges faced by grassroots communities and women in some low-Income countries. It provided an overview of support provided by Civil Society organizations (and governments) facilitating communities, women in particular, to step up the efforts to strengthen their land rights and to generate resilience in face of the climate and COVID-19 challenges they are facing.

More secure land tenure provides much better opportunities to face climate and COVID-19 challenges by investing in high biodiversity local food & income systems.

Article written by Hal Brands and originally published by Bloomberg at: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-16/china-s-land-grab-in-bhutan-is-the-new-face-of-war

(Photo: Buddha at the border. Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

The Pax Americana made outright invasions too risky, so autocrats are swallowing their neighbors one piece at a time.

By Nilesh Kunwar

Originally posted by Eurasia Review at: https://www.eurasiareview.com/03052021-pakistans-biggest-land-grabber-oped/

Photo: Pakistan's General Qamar Javed Bajwa

The debate about compensation of former white farmers in Zimbabwe continues to rage. The compensation agreement signed in July agreed a total amount of US$3.5 billion to pay for ‘improvements’ to the land that was expropriated. After 20 years of discussion, this was a major step forward. However, there seem to be multiple positions on the agreement and little consensus, along with much misunderstanding. However, some things are happening, and a joint resource mobilisation committee has been established with technical support from the World Bank and others.

Date: 12/06/2020

Par: Vincent De Paul KABORE, Vice-président de WEND PUIRE Distribution

De nos jours, le BURKINA FASO fait face à une pression démographique sans pareil. Celle-ci s’exerce principalement autour des grandes villes qui subissent les affres d’un taux de natalité assez élevé, d’un exode rural aggravé par l’afflux massif des populations fuyant les zones sous emprises des attaques terroristes et d’une urbanisation forcée.

Date: 07 janvier 2020

Source: Farmlandgrab, The Conversation

Par: Christian Bouquet

Date: 30 december 2019

Source: Farmlandgrab, Museba Project

Rendez nos terres: l'histoire d'un accaparement au Cameroun

Date: 25 octobre 2019

Source: ActionAid

Une entreprise belge s'est lancée dans la monoculture d’hévéas sur leurs terres... sans leur consentement !

Les habitantes et habitants de Groumania, en Côte d'Ivoire, ont besoin de vous pour se faire entendre alors qu'une nouvelle étude d'impact est annoncée...

Date: 25 Septembre 2019

Source: Farmlandgrab, Le Courrier

Par: Catherine Morand