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Displaying 2011 - 2020 of 2403Why is Honduras the world's deadliest country for environmentalists?
By: Autumn Spanne
Date: April 7th 2016
Source: The Guardian
The environment is the new battleground for human rights, and activists are getting caught in the crossfire – particularly in Honduras, where two were killed last month
Sri Lanka: Fisheries ministry to provide land rights and houses to fishermen in Mullaithivu
Date: April 8th 2016
Source: Times Online
Fisheries minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that he will take action to provide houses and rights to the lands of fishing families in two villages called Nayaru & Kokilai in Mullaitivu District in which Sinhala families have been occupying for more than fifty years.
Malaysia: Committee formed to look into land rights of indigenous people
By: Bernama
Date: April 8th 2016
Source: Borneo Post Online
PUTRAJAYA: A working committee has been set up to ensure the 50 recommendations by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) after an inquiry process into the land rights of indigenous peoples of Malaysia are carried out within the recommended time frame.
Bahamas: 21% Of Households Can’T Afford Homes
By: Neil Hartnell
Date: April 7th 2016
Source: Tribune 242
The Government has known for 15 years that land and construction costs would outpace salary/income levels, making home ownership increasingly unaffordable for a growing number of Bahamian households.
Ghana: Large scale land acquisition to be modernized
By: Hannah Awadzi, GNA
Date: April 6th 2016
Source: News Ghana
Stakeholders in land administration, on Wednesday discussed details of a project that aims at ensuring socially responsible land-based investments.
The Responsible Investments in Property and Land (RIPL) project seeks to develop country specific guidelines for responsible large scale land acquisitions and investments.
World Bank Gives Rwanda U$95 Million To Support Inclusive Urbanization
By: Mugabo Ignatius
Date: April 6th 2016
Source: News of Rwanda
The World Bank has extended a credit financing worth U$95 million to Rwanda the development of the country’s six secondary cities that are under the urbanization strategy.
According to the agreement penned on Wednesday, the funds will go towards supporting the development of infrastructure and local economic activities in the six secondary cities.
India: Issues of land and landlessness echo in Adivasi hamlets in Kerala as elections draw near
By: TA Ameerudheen
Date: April 6th 2016
Source: Scroll in
Advasis, one of the most marginalised communities in the state, feel successive governments have failed to keep their promises on the redistribution of land.
Land Grabbing Is Killing Honduras' Indigenous Peoples
By: Andrea Reyes Blanco and Tim Shenk
Date: April 5th 2016
Source: TeleSUR
OPINION & ANALYSIS
Berta Caceres' killing was a symptom, not an isolated incident.
Sami Indigenous People Face Unprecedented Land Grab in Finland
Date: April 3rd 2016
Source: TeleSUR
Finland's new Forestry Act is poised to rob Sami people of decision-making control over their homelands.