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European Parliament Adopts Far-Reaching Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous People Worldwide
On 3 July 2018, the European Parliament adopted by 534 votes to 71, with 73 abstentions, a resolution on violations of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing, drafted by rapporteur Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Francisco Assis (S&D).
In India, making the business case for community forest rights
MONTREAL — In 2006, India’s parliament passed the Forest Rights Act, or FRA — a groundbreaking legislation that recognizes the rights of forest dwellers to protect and manage forest resources.
'This is a last hold-out': son of a murdered farmer in Colombia
Ramón Bedoya says his father, a land activist, was shot by local paramilitaries in league with agribusiness and narcos who fill the void left by Farc rebels
LAND POLICY :FARMERS CALL FOR CONSULTATION
The Mkushi Famers Association has called for wide consultation on the draft land policy.
Association Acting President Bruce Skinner says the issue of the draft land policy has created a lot of uncertainty among commercial farmers in Mkushi.
Mr. Skinner says there is need for sensitisation on what the draft land policy is all about to avoid panic among the commercial farmers in Mkushi farming block.
Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers
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'A hitman could come and kill me': the fight for indigenous land rights in Mexico
Nurse-turned activist Isela Gonzalez lives with bodyguards and constant threat in her fight against destructive economic interests
Not all land defenders fight in remote forests and coastlands. Some take the battle to the centres of power: to courtrooms, parliament buildings and corporate headquarters. The veneer of urban civility may be glossier here, but the struggle is no less dangerous. In some cases, it can be worse.
The Ingonyama Trust: Land and Power in the former homelands
King Goodwill Zwelithini recently surrounded himself with amabutho and intimated that violence or secession would follow unless threats to ‘the land of the Zulu nation’ were withdrawn. The President hurriedly assured him that his land was safe.
It is important to separate the theatre from the substance.
Stop arbitrarily arresting land rights activists, govt told
The government should promptly provide redress for past illegal confiscations of land and stop arbitrarily arresting activists, New York-headquartered Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released this afternoon. The NGO also called on Nay Pyi Taw to enact laws and regulations to safeguard the rights of farmers and other small landholders from future confiscations.
Indigenous peoples control one-quarter of world’s land surface, two-thirds of that land is ‘essentially natural’
A new study makes a significant contribution to the growing body of research showing that recognizing the land rights of and partnering with indigenous peoples can greatly benefit conservation efforts.
Marco de evaluación de la gobernanza de la tierra en el Perú LGAF 2013 (Spanish)
Marco de evaluación de la gobernanza de la tierra en el Perú LGAF 2013 (Spanish)