2 February 2017
By: Nellie Peyton
Date: 1 February 2017
Source: Manitoba Co-Operator
Female-led work is vital to rural communities in Senegal — now women are organizing
to lead the fight against multinational agribusiness.
1 February 2017
By: David Hill
Date: 31 Januarty 2017
Source: The Guardian
Oil and gas concession overlaps 1.3m hectare “protected area” inhabited by indigenous peoples in “isolation”
1 February 2017
By: Inti Cartuche Vacacela
Date: 1 February 2017
Source: Open Democracy
Shuar means the people. Today, this indigenous people living in present-day Ecuador and Peru, are continuing their fight against the colonial state and the extractivist capitalism.
1 February 2017
Date: 31 January 2017
Source: World Bulletin
The country's last active group, the ELN, said meanwhile the government had begun releasing certain detainees to clear the way for peace talks with that force, too.
Colombia said FARC rebels will finish mustering in demobilization zones Tuesday to
18 April 2016
The bulk of Cambodia’s economic land concessions (ELCs) – at the centre of numerous land disputes and human rights concerns over the past two decades – generated just $5 million for state coffers last year, with critics attributing the meagre returns to a lack of collection capacity as well as
By: Karl Mathiesen
Date: April 2nd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Collusion between private sector and government exacerbating problems, says corruption official
Nearly 4,000 of more than 62,000 refugees living in camps in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu have registered to return
BANGKOK, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Sri Lankan refugees living in India are ready to return to their homeland decades after fleeing civil war,
By: Stephen Yeboah
Date: August 23rd 2016
Source: The Conversation
The interaction between artisanal (small scale) mining and agriculture in Africa still needs to be carefully considered by policy makers to ensure that people’s livelihoods and countries' export revenues aren’t threatened. It’s
By: EFE
Date: January 13, 2016
Source: Fox News Latino
Belizean Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Vanessa Retreage has officially appointed members of the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission to implement the Caribbean Court of Justice's consent order for protecting the land rights of
By: Mark M. Dahn
Date: September 14th 2016
Source: Mongabay
By: Niem Chheng
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a statement on Saturday defending its track record and denying that Germany ended its support for the ministry’s land rights program due to a lack of
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's biggest gold mining firms has pledged to improve its dispute resolution practices following an 18-month investigation into a bitter, ongoing conflict