By: AGN Editor
Date: September 20th 2016
Source: All Ghana News
Accra, Sept. 20, GNA - The 2016 International Land Conference has started in Accra to enable participating countries deliberate on land policies and reforms and their impact on food security and poverty reduction in Africa.
By: Nicky Milne
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BUKALEBA FOREST RESERVE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep within a pine and eucalyptus forest on the shores of Lake Victoria in southern Uganda, a parcel of land is pitting a Norwegian timber company against
By:Anastasia Moloney
Date: November 28, 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BOGOTA, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Water shortages caused by Bolivia's worst drought in 25 years have been exacerbated by booming population growth in cities, poor infrastructure and the impact of
Does international law favor companies over people?
A new article by Lorenzo Cotula explores this question by examining human rights and land rights in the context of international investment law. The article, “Property in a shrinking planet: fault lines in international human rights and
Question: Dr. Quisumbing, tell us about yourself; what is your professional background?
Answer: I am an economist by training, and have worked on intrahousehold and gender issues, land and property rights for 20 years at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). I came to IFPRI
By: Jeff Abbott
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: Upsidedown World
By: Press Trust of India
Date: February 17th 2016
Source: Business Standard
After the implementation of the decision, decks would be cleared for regularisation of encroachments on land.
By: TNN
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: Times of India
BALASORE: The Mayurbhanj district administration has handed over land pattas - documents of legal rights - to 1,938 single landless women. The women received legal rights to homestead land at a ceremony on Saturday.
By: Sek Odom and George Wright
Date: March 23rd 2016
Source: The Cambodia Daily
With the threat of eviction hanging over businesses on Sihanoukville’s O’Chheuteal and O’Tres beaches, land rights advocates congregated in Phnom Penh this week to give voice to thousands of families locked in land
By: Edward Loure and Fred Nelson
Date: April 27th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Customary land users care for roughly 50% of the earth’s land, but only about 10% is officially recognised as belonging to these communities
Date: 05 July 2016
Source: Indian Country
Alaska Native communities have a bit more control over their land thanks to a July 1 ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that affirms their ability to place lands into federal trust, just as other tribes can, in what Alaska tribes
By: Shihab Sarkar
Date: August 11th 2016
Source: The Financial Express