By: Richard Hackett
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: The Independent.ie
Normally at this time of year, while the harvest is still being wrapped up, thoughts rapidly turn to the next cropping season.
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: September 22nd 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
By: Nandini Velho, Aparajita Datta, Anirban Datta-Roy, Mihin Dollo
Date: November 9th 2016
Source: The Arunachal Times
The recent articles by Umesh Srinivasan and Idar Nyori have brought the promise and pitfalls of oil palm expansion in Arunachal Pradesh to the fore.
By: Kota Sriraj
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: The Pioneer
Fast desertification of lands must be stopped. The ‘Green Wall of China Project’ can be a guiding line for the Indian Government to halt desertification across the country. For this, prompt legislative measures should be initiated
By Desta Gebrehiwot
Date: November 15th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Ethiopian Herald
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) stressed the need for rehabilitating dry lands in order to cope with the negative impacts of climate change, land degradation and
By: Hasabe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: New Business Ethiopia
The 2030 Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals) cannot be achieved without the introduction of modern land management systems accompanied by good land governance, Ethiopian President said.
By: Jeremiah Bako Gyang
Date: August 7th 2016
Source: Today Nigeria
The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has linked the rising spate of urbanisation currently experienced in the country to traffic congestion, over-crowding ,substandard housing and slum development adding
By: LBO
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Lanka Business Online
Sep 23, 2016 (LBO) – Sustainable city development will need to entail alternative housing for urban poor as they are service providers for city dwellers, industrial hub and the ports while also looking at affordability for the middle
By: Armando Mombelli
Date: October 14th 2016
Source: Swissinfo.ch
The worrying rise in foreign investors buying up land in poor countries is set to get worse in future, taking valuable resources from local populations. A report out later this month by a Bern database into ‘land grabbing’ should
By: Michael Harris
Date: 9 November 2016
Source: Hydroworld.com
An announcement made this week by Mexico's Comision Reguladora de Energia could provide hydroelectric developers with an easier means of settling land use conflicts.
By: Kelli Barrett
Date: November 13th 2016
Source: Ecosystem Marketplace
By: George Obulutsa
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Reuters
Feb 23 A $144 million Kenyan wind power project backed by a joint venture between Macquarie Group and Old Mutual Investment Group has been cancelled due to opposition from local landowners and farmers, developer Kinangop Wind Park said