By: CET

Date: March 30th 2016

Source: Euronews

All signs pointed to the European Union’s sanctions on Russia being a positive move for the country’s small domestic farmers.

By: John C. Cannon

Date: March 30th 2016

Source: Mongabay

Palm oil production is intensifying in Cameroon, leaving many worried about the country’s forests — and the wildlife and communities that depend on them.

• Industrial palm oil production is spreading out from Southeast Asia, with several African countries experiencing plantation booms in recent years.

By: Kelvin Matandiko
Date: March 30th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Citizen

OPINION

Kilombero — Curbing land conflicts is high on the agenda of the fifth phase government's leader, President John Magufuli.

No wonder he cautioned new regional commissioners he recently appointed that they would be measured by how much each of them addresses the ever growing challenge in his area of jurisdiction.

By: Manuel Mogato and Enrico dela Cruz

Date: April 1st 2016

Source: Reuters

MANILA, April 1 (Reuters) - Philippine police opened fire as a protest by thousands of rice farmers who lost their crops turned violent on Friday, killing one and wounding about a dozen, a leader of a farming group said.

The Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) is looking for a full-time Information Platform Coordinator to lead the Mekong Land Information Knowledge and Engagement Platform (M-LIKE). 

The Mekong Land Information Knowledge and Engagement Platform (M-LIKE) is dedicated to bringing together communities, private sector, government officials and civil society organizations to dialogue around new knowledge and solutions so as to ensure the secure land tenure of small holders in Lao, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Myanmar. 

By: Johnston Keti
Date: March 28th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation

Residents of Kirimon in Samburu Central Sub-County have demonstrated over what they say is illegal grabbing of 10,000 acres of public land meant to benefit their community.

The angry residents accused the Samburu County government of taking too long to handover Kelele holding ground land to the Kirimon group ranch after approval by the defunct county council.

By: Rhett Butler

Date: March 28th 2016

Source: Mongabay

• The controversial Baram dam has been officially canceled after years of opposition from local indigenous people.

By: Daudi Migereko (Uganda’s Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development and Member of Parliament)

Date: March 24th 2016

Source: New Vision

Land is one of the most essential pillars of human existence and economic development. In Uganda, land is the most invaluable asset for citizens. 

Date: March 21st 2016

Source: Odisha Samachar

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 disputes with powerful firms turning swaths of coastline into tourism destinations.

By: Michael Peel
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Financial Times

Michael Peel reports from Myanmar where the end of dictatorship has unleashed a struggle over land.

1. THE LOST FIELDS

Hla Ohn May still weeps when she takes the road past the twisted white piping of the gas terminal near the western Myanmar town of Kyaukphyu. The 46-year-old farmer and mother of five once owned land on this green strip perched above the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal.

By: Valentina Ieri

Date: March 22nd 2016

Source: Inter Press Service