By: Karl Mathiesen
Date: April 2nd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Collusion between private sector and government exacerbating problems, says corruption official
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - International land deals, often for giant agriculture projects, now cover an area the size of Germany and a growing share are getting up and running, fuelling fears that
By: Lizabeth Paulat
Date: April 27th 2016
Source: Voice of America News
KAMPALA, UGANDA—Uganda has just finalized a deal to build a pipeline to Tanzania’s Tanga port, a deal that brings the country a step closer to exploiting its vast oil reserves. But gaps in land governance law could stand in
By: Jatindra Dash
Date: October 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BHUBANESWAR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Villagers in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand vowed to continue their protest against a coal mine after four people were killed when police opened fire during clashes
By: Babatunde Akinsola
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Naija247 News
Lake Victoria farmers cite Bidco land-grabbing, environmental destruction and human rights violations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
By: Apoorva Joshi
Date: May 5th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
Meanwhile, dozens of NGOs urge removal of its parent company, United Cacao, from the London Stock Exchange amid legality issues.
Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been
By: Alisa Tang
Date: November 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Land conflicts in Myanmar have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land, and new laws failing to protect farmers, a rights watchdog said
By: Joe Torres and Mark Saludes
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: UCA News
Study also shows worsened health conditions of residents due to nickel mine
A fact-finding mission launched by church and environmental groups in late February discovered "police brutality and land grabbing" were
By: Ron Corben & Bryan Lynn
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: VOA
An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land quickly, forcefully and often illegally.
By: Liz Hampton
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Energy Transfer Partners LP on Tuesday said it was not slowing down construction of its Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, a project contested by environmentalists and Native Americans groups.
By: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Date: March 14th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
By: Jennifer Duncan and Jaron Vogelsang
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Civil society groups say failure to pass land reform could plunge the country into violence