12 May 2022
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15 April 2022
Critics of a government plantation scheme have slammed the program following revelations that only a fraction of forest reserves cleared for plantations over the past decade have actually been replanted.
An investigation by environmental news site Macaranga found that only 5% of the 77,331 hectares
22 March 2022
COLOMBO (IDN) — As land forgery continues unabated in Sri Lanka, something has to be done to prevent the prevalent rate of land fraud, with legal owners and innocent buyers unknowingly falling into these traps.
According to news sources, the Registrar General N C Withanage had said, as far back
14 March 2022
A small but determined group of activists made Nur-Sultan keep its promise.
Main photo: An oasis in the “concrete jungle.” (courtesy Bauyrzhan Sadiev)Residents of Nur-Sultan who rallied to defend a patch of designated parkland from high-rise developments have scored a victory, setting a rare
8 March 2022
PEMBA, Mozambique
The three young men looked exhausted, their jeans and t-shirts grimy and baggy from constant wear. The youngest of them was barefoot and seemed a bit embarrassed by it.
After almost a week of walking and sleeping rough, they had arrived only the day before in Nacaca, a
24 February 2022
The new law is a tool for Beijing to further expand its sovereignty into its neighbors’ domains.
A new Land Border Law, which China adopted amid heightened tensions with its neighbors, has raised concerns over its implications for border disputes.
17 February 2022
The Indonesian government’s decision to revoke permits for plantation firms to operate in forest areas could lead to lawsuits filed by the companies, environmental law experts say.
The permits were rescinded at the start of the year, not because of any environmental violations, but rather because
14 February 2022
CSEP researchers studied 714 land conflicts in India to find that beyond being ‘influenced’ or ‘sensationalised’, there are objective reasons that decide media coverage.
Photo: Land in New Delhi. (Representational Image) | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
24 January 2022
The Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency (RVO) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) in Bujumbura, ZOA, VNG International and MiPAREC for the implementation of a LAND-at-scale project in Burundi “Amahoro @ Scale - An integrated
21 January 2022
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11 December 2021
Los conflictos por distribución de tierras se han tornado más violentos y con matices políticos en los últimos años, según advirtió el director de la Fundación Tierra.
Matices políticos y una violencia en ascenso son los principales rasgos de los conflictos por la distribución de tierras en los
27 November 2021
China’s new land border law that recently grabbed headlines apparently seeks to legitimise its use of the civilian settlement to support territorial claims along its disputed boundaries with India and Bhutan.