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India: Model law liberalizing farmland leasing gains traction among states
By: Sayantan Bera
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Live Mint
New Delhi: Several states, including Gujarat, Odisha and Punjab, are adopting a model law that is aimed at encouraging owners of agricultural land to lease out their land for farming.
Rwanda: Activists Call for Flexible Land Laws
By: Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Date: April 19th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The New Times
Women activists have called for policy changes to allow people jointly owning a piece of land that is less than an hectare in size to use it as they please.
India: Rawat calls for action against illegal land grab by ashrams
By: Darshan Kunwar|
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: Times of India
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat has directed top officials across the state to identify those responsible for grabbing the state government land illegally to expand ashrams, especially in holy places like Haridwar, and initiating action against them.
Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: May 4th 2016
Source: Mongabay
An international delegation of leaders from indigenous and forest communities in Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, and Peru are in London today to call for action on human rights violations and land grabbing linked to the global trade in palm oil.
India nearly doubles budget for digitisation of land records
By: Rina Chandran
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India will nearly double the budget and extend the deadline for a programme to digitise land records as states struggle to survey land and property, large chunks of which have not been mapped in a century, a senior official said.
EU announces new funding to support post-conflict process in Colombia
Source: European Commission
Date: May 27th, 2016
High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini was in Colombia this week, where she announced new EU support for conflict affected regions, green growth and land rights together with a series of immediate actions to support Colombia.
During an official visit to Colombia on 26-27 May, HR/VP Mogherini announced that the EU will provide an overall package of over €575 million to support Colombia's post-conflict and peace building efforts.
Vietnam Jails an Activist as Hanoi Grabs More Land
Date: 20 September 2016
Source: RFA
A court in Hanoi sentenced a land rights activist to nearly two years in prison on Tuesday for her role in protesting government-sanctioned evictions that are being used to clear the way for commercial real estate developments in Vietnam.
Sample of world cities shows risky lack of planning: UN experts
By: Ellen Wulfhorst
Date: June 10th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dangerously weak planning is leading to unchecked urban sprawl, leaving new city dwellers far from transportation and services, United Nations experts said.