News on Land

By: Karin Goodwin

Date: August 14th 2016

Source: Herald Scotland

THE SCOTTISH Government must stop giving “carte blanche” to rich industrialists who are buying up vast swathes of Scotland’s countryside and instead bring about more radical land reform that benefits local communities, according to campaigners.

By: Jacinta Bolsenbroek

Date: March 24th 2016

Source: Farm Weekly

THE Pastoral Lands Board (PLB) issue has become a public brawl, according to the Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) president Tony Seabrook.

Are you doing great work to restore land and soils?  The UNCCD is now calling for applications for the 2013 Land for Life Award.  The award will recognize innovation and excellence in sustainable land management, particularly collaborative efforts that promote soil health and benefit people in the drylands.

By Sally Hayden

Date: August 24th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ethiopian silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa, who did not return home after staging a protest against his government at the Rio Olympics, said on Thursday he feared for his life if he went back and vowed to keep up his fight for land rights.

By: CET

Date: March 30th 2016

Source: Euronews

All signs pointed to the European Union’s sanctions on Russia being a positive move for the country’s small domestic farmers.

Last week – staff from the Green Belt Movement’s Europe office attended a very informative annual Panel discussion hosted by Rights and Resources Initiative “State of Rights and Resources 2012-2013: Landowners or Labourers?

By: Albertina Nakale
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / New Era

Windhoek — Of the 5 231 individuals who benefitted from the resettlement programme since independence to date, 1 405 are female, while 2 039 are men.

The remaining 1 787 are classified as 'group resettlement'.

Director for land reform and resettlement in the Ministry of Land Reform Peter Nangolo said all landless Namibians that apply for resettlement are considered without gender discrimination.

By Chris Arsenault

Source: Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C enturies-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland's privately held land are soon to become history as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep, and fine whisky.

Africa has the biggest challenge of reversing hunger, disease and extreme poverty afflicting her. States need to combine and work together to achieve this.Through the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), the African Union (AU) agreed to prioritise increase food productivity on the African continent.

Date: 19 September 2016

Source: KHMER TIMES

City Hall said villagers affected by the development project of the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district would have two months to claim the certificate of land policy before it would stop assuming responsibility for losses, according to a statement released yesterday.

Date: April 27th 2016

Source: Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's urbanization may double to over 60 per cent in 30 years assuming that economic growth remains at 7-9 per cent level, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Wednesday.

KARACHI: The present landowning system being ‘feudal’ in nature is blocking the way for a review of land reforms. A recent research has shown that farmers in South Punjab have progressed towards ‘corporate farming’ while their counterparts in Sindh and Balochistan remain underprivileged, backward and poor.