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COMMENTARY: Who will benefit from Jokowi's land reform?
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.
FEATURE-Illegal settlers threaten Zimbabwe's timber industry
By: Andrew Mambondiyani
Date: 21 February 2017
Source: Reuters
From the mountaintop at Skyline in the Chimanimani district of eastern Zimbabwe, a mosaic of scorched trees and timber can be seen stretching for miles on end.
Lit by a wave of illegal settlers, the fires regularly rage through the pine and eucalyptus plantations of Manicaland province, destroying vast swathes of timber at enormous cost.
Government Ditches Hydropower Dam for More Coal Power
By:KHUON NARIM AND ZSOMBOR PETER
Date: 20 February 2017
Source: The Cambodia Daily
The government has indefinitely put off plans for a hydropower dam in Koh Kong province’s Areng valley in favor of expanding an existing coal-fired power plant, though conservationists worry that a planned transmission line through the ecologically sensitive valley could still inflict heavy damage.
Caucasus "Land grab" feared in remote UNESCO heritage site
For the people of Upper Svaneti, a remote sliver of land nestled high in the gorges of Georgia, the last words uttered by the dying are portents of the future.
And the future looks bleak.
Residents say the same ominous rattle has echoed over so many of its death beds this past year - "The Svans are in danger, be careful" - that villagers are now braced for battle.
The source of their deep unease - electricity.
Saraga Settlers Evicted from Homes
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.
Chamber of Mines Calls For Collaboration To Fight Illegal Miners
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 collaboration with the Chamber to take the fight to the illegal miners.
Colombia death toll rises as gangs fill vacuum left by Farc rebels
Date: 19 February 2017
Source: The Guardian
Peace has proved more dangerous than war for activists and local leaders. Can the state stop the killings?
EUA Oferecem bolsas de mestrado gratuitas- saiba como concorrer (Angola)
A embaixada dos EUA em Angola está a desafiar os estudantes angolanos, com diploma de licenciatura, a inscreverem-se no Programa de Bolsas de Estudo Fulbright, que anualmente oferece a mais de 1.800 cidadãos estrangeiros a possibilidade de estudarem nos EUA a custo zero.
De acordo com a mensagem, as vagas existentes referem-se ao ano lectivo 2018/19 e o prazo limite para submissão de candidaturas termina a 14 de Abril de 2017.
Brazil pushes on with plan to open farmland sales to foreigners
Brazil says it is pushing ahead with plans to change the law and let foreigners buy farmland, in a move widely backed by investors and opposed by land rights campaigners.
"We will announce the changes in the next 30 days," Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Wednesday night in an interview with GloboNews television.
Agribusiness is one of the fastest growing sectors of Brazil's economy and Meirelles said its continued success requires more investment.
2017-2018 International Land Coalition (ILC) Membership Expansion
Deadline: 30th June 2017
Who can apply?
Given the extraordinary growth of the coalition in previous years, this opening will give priority to civil society and inter-governmental organisations:
- With specific political and technical expertise to realise people centred land governance of benefit to the network;