Entre el 6 y el 10 de agosto del presente año, 2018, se realizó la visita de una misión internacional a Guatemala integrada por miembros de la Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra (ILC, por sus siglas en inglés), de la Alianza Mundial por la Participación Ciudadana (Civicus), de Frontline Defenders y por un reportero del periódico británico The Guardian. Asimismo, la Pastoral de la Tierra Nacional de la Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala, y la Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos Guatemala (Udefegua) acompañaron a la misión.

El Panorama de la Pobreza Rural en América Latina y el Caribe 2018 de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) informa sobre los importantes desafíos que mantiene la región con el desarrollo de sus territorios rurales para lograr las metas de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible al 2030, particularmente el ODS 1 de poner fin a la pobreza en todas sus formas en todo el mundo.

El documento ofrece un panorama de las agresiones contra los defensores y las defensoras de los derechos humanos y los líderes y las lideresas sociales, específicamente de quienes se dedican a la defensa de los territorios en los departamentos de la región Caribe, cometidas en el período comprendido entre el 25 de noviembre de 2016 y el 30 de junio de 2018.

Burma is resource rich, and principal among these resources is timber. This report, based on research and fieldwork carried out by Global Witness in Burma, Thailand and China, examines the roots of the civil war and how conflict and an authoritarian regime (the State Peace and Development Council - SPDC) have been sustained through the exploitation of Burma’s natural resources.The paper argues that Burma is the epitome of unrealised potential - a poor country rich in natural resources and social capital.

A comunidade quilombola do Forte Príncipe da Beira fica no município de Costa Marques, Estado de Rondônia/Brasil. Abrange a extensão de 20.108,8709 hectares em plena região amazônica. Forma parte desses territórios chamados de “Negros do Guaporé” constituídos a partir de distintos processos de territorialização, desde o século XVIII na linha de fronteira entre Brasil e Bolívia...

Discordia y ambigüedad, son las dos palabras que describen la relación entre la minería a gran escala y el desarrollo. “Discordia” porque para la mayoría la minería frecuentemente ha producido efectos sociales, medio ambientales y económicos adversos y, para muy pocos ganancias significativas. Ambigüedad porque entre las poblaciones locales, así como a nivel de los profesionales del desarrollo, existe el sentimiento de que la minería podría contribuir mucho más. Los conflictos sociales y medioambientales producidos por el impacto de la minería surgen dentro de esa ambigüedad y conflicto.

Land degradation has been a major political issue in Java for decades. Its causes have generally been framed by narratives focussing on farmers’ unsustainable cultivation practices. This paper causally links land degradation with struggles over natural resources in Central Java. It presents a case study that was part of a research project combining remote sensing and political ecology to explore land use/cover change and its drivers in the catchment of the Segara Anakan lagoon.

Indonesia comprises more mangroves than any other country, but also exhibits some of the highest mangrove loss rates worldwide. Most of these mangrove losses are caused by aquaculture development. Monetary valuation of the numerous ecosystem services of mangroves may contribute to their conservation.

Mailo is a unique tenure system in central Uganda. It is divided into three parts: Kabaka’s Mailo, Official Mailo and Private Mailo. Private Mailo belongs to an individual, so-called landowner and it can be sold, subdivided or transmitted. Conflicts on private Mailo can occur between landowners & tenants, tenants & tenants, and landowners & landowners. A key challenge is that there is a lack of knowledge and transparency on land rights on both sides.

Mailo is a unique tenure system in central Uganda. It is divided into three parts: Kabaka’s Mailo, Official Mailo and Private Mailo. Private Mailo belongs to an individual, so-called landowner and it can be sold, subdivided or transmitted. Conflicts on private Mailo can occur between landowners & tenants, tenants & tenants, and landowners & landowners. A key challenge is that there is a lack of knowledge and transparency on land rights on both sides.

Globally, increased investor interest in land is confronting various types of political mobilisations from communities at the grassroots level. This paper examines the case study of a land occupation movement called Chengara struggle in the largest corporate plantation in southern India. The movement is led by the historically dispossessed scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities. The objective of the study is to understand the type of institutional transformation of property rights that the movement is calibrating.

The stated objective of land policy in India has shifted from redistribution through land reform to ownership through land acquisition in the period between 1950 and 2014. Sub-national governments that dealt with land policy had the option to exercise a mix of redistribution and acquisition based on historical factors, social demands and political convictions. This paper makes two related arguments by tracing the path of land reforms in the states of India. The first is that there are four types of property regimes that emerged out of India at the sub-national level.