17 April 2018
The increasing demand for land and natural resources brings diverse users into competition. There is a clear need to secure legitimate rights and develop effective processes to resolve disputes without conflicts. Natural resources degradation, which is an increasing challenge in many Feed the
19 September 2017
State governments are building land banks, using both private and common lands, to attract investment in manufacturing and infrastructure, but at the cost of people’s rights.
India: Baghpat administration begins probe into ‘illegal’ land grabbing to expand Ram Rahim’s ashram
29 August 2017
Baghpat Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Arun Kumar said department officials have been assigned to assist the district administration in the inquiry. Action will be decided on the basis of the report, he added.
10 August 2017
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples celebrated in the Nilgiris
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated at the Tribal Resources Centre in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday. Organised by the Southern Regional Centre of the Anthropological Survey of India, the
By: Jeff Abbott
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: Upsidedownworld.org
By: John Wanyama
Date: October 6th 2016
Source: The Citizen Digital
The Ministry of land has raised a red flag over the rising cases of land grabbing and misuse of private land in the country.
By: Frederic Musisi
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Kampala — The new proposed amendments to the Land law that seeks to provide for compulsory acquisition of land for government development projects such as roads and other infrastructure have sparked outrage, with
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: NTV Uganda
Members of Parliament have condemned government’s move, saying it’s suspect and could fuel land grabbing. They are vowing to oppose the amendment.
By: Esther Yu Hsi Lee
Date: October 10th 2016
Source: ThinkProgress
About 60 percent of the country’s population is comprised of indigenous people.
By: Siraje Lubwama
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Observer
Capt Gertrude Njuba, the head of the State House Land department, wants the proposed amendments to the Land Act to include strict provisions that make it extremely difficult for courts of law and land agents to aid land
By: Karin Goodwin
Date: August 14th 2016
Source: Herald Scotland
THE SCOTTISH Government must stop giving “carte blanche” to rich industrialists who are buying up vast swathes of Scotland’s countryside and instead bring about more radical land reform that benefits local communities, according to