5 May 2017
KOIDU, Sierra Leone, May 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A dispute over a bridge in eastern Sierra Leone thought to span diamond deposits has divided a local community with a foreign mining company accused of illegally mining the area after volunteering to rebuild the overpass.
The Congo Bridge
8 March 2017
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Mokoro is pleased to share news of the successful completion of fieldwork in the fourth of six phases of our WOLTS pilot study in both Mongolia and Tanzania. WOLTS is a major multi-country strategic action-oriented research project in support of the land
6 March 2017
Date: 6 March 2017
Source: peoplesworld
The Wayúu indigenous people make up nearly half the population of La Guajira department in Colombia’s extreme northeast. They won’t be finding much peace from the agreement Colombia’s government and FARC insurgents signed in late 2016 to end their war.
2 March 2017
Date: 2 March 2017
Source: Telesur
The Indigenous and Afro-Colombian community of Marmato won a major court victory in their 10-year fight against a massive Canadian gold mine.
21 February 2017
By: Adisti Sukma Sawitri
Date: 21 February 2017
Source: The Jakarta Post
The government has made a bold move with its plan to grant people wider access to land under its agrarian reform.
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
20 February 2017
By: Bethanie Harriman
Date: 20 February 2017
Source: emtv
Over 200 Settlers in Saraga were evicted today by Police acting on a court order.
A Papua New Guinean company has a business lease over the land, obtained in 2014.
Settlers allege the land was obtained in a questionable manner.
20 February 2017
By: Moushumi Das Gupta
Date: 17 February 2017
Source: The Hindustan times
8 February 2017
The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons.
3 February 2017
By:Erika Quinteros
Date: 24 January 2017
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs
8 February 2016
The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons.
By: Camilla Capasso
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Latin Correspondent
Esperanza Salazar is a fighter. You can tell by the way she keeps her chin up when she explains why she had to leave Mexico and move to Canada, why she can’t return home.