News on Land

By: John Vidal

Date: April 18th 2016

Source: The Guardian

Edward Loure wins leading environmental award after helping communities in Tanzanian Rift Valley secure legal title to ancestral land

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT

DUTY STATION: Home Based with missions as necessary

FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Consultant: Specialist legal and technical support on implementation of the Flexible Land Tenure Act of Namibia

DURATION: Twenty five (25) days spread over 8 months

CLOSING DATE: 12 May 2016

BACKGROUND

Date: May 22th 2016

Source: International Water Management Institute

Smart planning can ensure a sustainable future for Kenya’s longest river

By: Sybille de La Hamaide

Date: 23 June 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

France's National Assembly on Wednesday scrapped plans for an additional tax on palm oil, which had raised an outcry in major producing countries, after the government said it would propose a new tax scheme for vegetable oils used in food.

Source: BBC News
11 December 2014

By Ashraf Padanna
Trivandum

For more than five months, a group of 50 tribespeople have been standing outside a government office in the southern Indian state of Kerala to press their claim for land and amenities.

They are demanding that the government deliver on its promise of giving land, water and electricity to the community.

Tribespeople comprise nearly 500,000 of Kerala's 33 million people and are mostly landless and desperately poor.