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Indigenous federation sues Peru over new national park
By: David Hill
Date: 31 Januarty 2017
Source: The Guardian
Oil and gas concession overlaps 1.3m hectare “protected area” inhabited by indigenous peoples in “isolation”
Call for nominations for the 2017 Land for Life Award
UNCCD is now inviting qualified nominators to nominate candidates to be considered for 2017 Land for Life Award.
Job opportunity: IWGIA seeks new Executive Director
The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) is seeking an Executive Director to take up appointment as soon as possible, and invites applications from suitably qualified candidates.
Survey: Participatory Land Use/Resource Planning Tools and Approaches - FAO Land and Water Division
This survey is part of a process started by the Land and Water Division (AGL) of the FAO to review needs, required tools and processes at various scales, to help countries and stakeholders meet emerging challenges and competition over resources and support sustainable use of land and water resources and resilient ecosystems.
Marginal farmer gives up land for Mallannasagar project, ends life
By: R. Avadhani
Date: 30 January 2017
Source: The Hindu
Dispossessed by the proposed Mallannasagar project, owner of half an acre land loses confidence and is pushed to take the extreme step
New law a glimmer of hope for women's land rights in Mali
By: Soumaila Diarra
Date: 30 January 2017
Source: Reuters
W earing a long white tunic covered with bright-coloured patterns, Aminata Berthe bends to water a plot of lettuce with a can in this village near Bamako, the Malian capital.
Measures Are Proposed to Address Violence in Mapuche Land in Chile
By: Orlando Milesi
Date: 26 Janaury 2017
Source: Inter Press Service
The lands where the Mapuche indigenous people live in southern Chile are caught up in a spiral of violence, which a presidential commission is setting out to stop with 50 proposals, such as the constitutional recognition of indigenous people and their representation in parliament, in a first shift in the government´s treatment of native peoples.
Nicaraguan women 'like farm animals' despite promised land reform
By:Malva Izquierdo
Date: 27 January 2017
Source: Reuters
Three decades after Nicaragua launched the first of many reforms aimed at giving women equal land rights, experts say rural women remain exploited and open to disinheritance, violence and abuse.