5 April 2017
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz [official website] called [press release] Friday for the US to adopt a consistent approach to indigenous land rights in pipeline projects.
4 April 2017
The model of urbanization over the past two decades has been far from “smart” and sustainable. This is the major conclusion of Habitat III, the third United Nations’ Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development that took place in Quito, Ecuador, in 2016. Our cities are growing very
13 March 2017
A major task of Zimbabwe’s new Land Commission will be to undertake periodic audits of land and its use nationwide. This is a tricky technical and political challenge.
A major task of Zimbabwe’s new Land Commission will be to undertake periodic audits of land and its use nationwide. This is a
2 March 2017
Date: 2 March 2017
Source: Jamaica Observer
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says informal settlements or squatting cannot be used as a means for securing land tenure in Jamaica.
He added that it is the orderly settlement of land which is led by the Government that will ensure Jamaicans own land
20 February 2017
Date: 19 February 2017
Source:News Ghana
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu has reiterated government’s commitment to address holistically the menace of illegal mining.
Speaking during a courtesy call on him by members of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr Amewu called for
8 February 2017
By: Jennifer Bond, Kennedy Mkutu
Date: 7 February 2017
Source: The Conversation
5 February 2017
By: Ahmed Elbenni
Date: 4 February 2017
Source: The Yale Politic
And so began a new chapter in the tug-of-war between one president’s legacy and another’s plan, part of the ongoing struggle for Native rights despite government-induced marginalization.
30 January 2017
By: DANIEL CERQUEIRA and ERIKA YAMADA
Date: 30 January 2017
Source: Democracia Abierta
19 June 2016
THE DESIGNATION by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte of Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano as his secretary of agrarian reform is welcome news for the Filipino peasantry, farmworkers and the rural poor. Mariano, born into a poor peasant family in Nueva Ecija, is chair of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
12 December 2014
Source: iied
By Eric Yeboah
Land rights play a crucial role in agricultural development and inclusive growth, but in many countries in Africa, women lose out from patriarchal legal and cultural traditions. How can these practices be changed to benefit everyone?
By: Herbert Moyo
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
PLANS by government to shift focus of the proposed US$35 million land audit to assessing levels of utilisation instead of naming and shaming multiple farm owners have evoked a sense of déjà vu as government sacrifices national