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GRONINGEN (11 November, 2016) — Forest tenure, gender and land rights, and indigenous and community land rights are all key thematic areas related to land governance. For this
UN's REDD scheme promises carbon offsetting will empower local communities in the developing world while conserving forests - but critics say the scheme is fuelling genocidal evictions of indigenous people from their lands.
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By: Emilio Godoy
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: IPS News
By: Daniel Aguirre
Date: February 19th 2016
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The new National Land Use Policy is a positive step, but its principles need to be enshrined in law to protect the vulnerable from land grabs and forced evictions.
By: Beh Lih Yi
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
"This research suggests that banks continue to turn a blind eye to the devastating impacts of their financial services"
JAKARTA, Sept 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Banks have financed companies responsible for
By: Cod Satrusayang
Date: October 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Thai capital on Monday calling on the junta to address land rights and housing needs in what police and organizers said was one of the biggest demonstrations since the