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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
By: Sophie Mbugua
Source: BRACED
SESIMWANI, Kenya – Birds sing, feet shuffle, as women and men of all ages emerge from spreading canopies of green.
Dressed in gumboots and carrying umbrellas, they hurry towards the Olodomut Nursery School in Sesimwani village, in Kenya’s Mau Forest. The community
By: Macharia Mwangi
Date: August 12th 2016
Source: Daily Nation
Dr Swazuri told State agencies to stop eviction of Sengwer people from Embobut Forest.
National Land Commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri on Friday ordered State agencies to stop evicting indigenous people living in their ancestral
By: Berndatte Christina Munthe
Date: 15 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Indonesia's highest Islamic council has issued a fatwa on burning land and forests, a government official said on Wednesday, in an effort to halt the toxic smog that blankets the region each year.
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: The Hans India
Karimnagar: The Tribal people of Telangana agency areas are facing legal problems and police harassment for cultivating the forest lands as they are still not given rights over the lands that rightfully belong to them.
By: Mike Verdin
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Agrimoney.com
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest.
By: Sandra Cuffe
Date: February 17th 2016
Source: Mongabay
During the pope's recent five-day visit to Mexico, indigenous and community groups from throughout Latin America gathered to discuss land rights issues.
Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist
By: Forest Peoples Programme (Press Release)
Date: April 26th 2016
Source: Forest Peoples Programme
By: Kelli Barrett
Date: November 13th 2016
Source: Ecosystem Marketplace
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: 28 June 2016
Source: Thmoson Reuters Foundation
Construction permits for the Tabajos dam are currently suspended due to concerns over indigenous land rights
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: December 20th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
There’s already ample evidence of the ways environmental degradation can contribute to the spread of infectious diseases, and now a recent study provides an example of how the disruptions to an ecosystem caused by deforestation and