Author: Saw Tun Lin
Date: May 29th, 2016
Source: Karen News
Karen National Union leaders has called for respective state and regional governments to recognized land rights and policies that are already in place for decades in ethnic areas and agreed to by both ethnic communities and armed groups
By: Rina Chandran
Date: September 13th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When India's Tata Power engaged SPARC, a group focused on housing for the urban poor, to help relocate hundreds of families living under and around its distribution towers, it was
By: Edwin G. Genoway, Jr
Date: November 15th 2016
Source: Front Page Africa
Citizens of Kpanyan Statutory District in Sinoe County have given a one-month ultimatum to Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) to either meet their demands or leave the county.
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: 24 June 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
Bill Kayong, a dedicated indigenous and land rights activist in Malaysia’s Sarawak state, was killed in a drive-by shooting while waiting at a traffic light in broad daylight on Wednesday.
By: Anastasia Moloney
Date: 23 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Conflicts over land are likely to increase following a peace deal as once no-go areas open up for business and development projects, experts say
By: Sophie Chao
Date: 12 December 2016
Source: Ecologist
Supported by state and national governments, palm oil plantations are advancing over the rainforest hills of Sabah, Malaysia, writes Sophie Chao. In their way: the indigenous Murut of Bigor, whose culture, livelihood and very lives are
Dar es Salaam — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has told regional and district commissioners to address land conflicts in their areas.
The PM issued the directive yesterday in Lindi when he was speaking to the region's authorities on his arrival in Ruangwa.
"Land is a property of the government
By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Date: 4 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Agriculture is the largest sector of the Nigerian economy with studies showing 80 percent of the nation's food is produced by small-scale farmers, the majority of whom are women, and loss of land can impact
By: Erin Handley
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia’s rampant land grabs have had a devastating impact on the psychological health of women and have led to a sharp increase in the rates of domestic violence they suffer, according to a new report.
By: Tracy Barnett
Date: December 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LA YESCA, Mexico(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Audelina Villagrana has run her ranch in Mexico's Western Sierra Madre mountains on her own since the death of her husband 23 years ago, herding livestock, hiring local
By: Express News Service
Date: January 10th 2016
Source: New Indian Express
BENGALURU: The state government on Saturday was urged to set up special courts, envisaged in the Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, and bring the offenders to book without any further delay.
By: Kizito Makoye
Date: 21 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In Tanzania, land rights are enshrined in the Land Act and the Village Land Act, both of 1999, which grant women equal rights to access, own and control land as any man.
However, the reality on the ground for women is