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Water shortage fuels conflict between herders, farmers in Laikipia
By Agencies, Citizen Digital
Published on 24 November 2015
It’s a hot, windy afternoon in Kiboya village. Dusty leaves swirl around William Ekidor, his wife Martha and their two sons as they sit under an acacia tree by the Kajunge dam, queuing with their animals for water.
“The global market for forest carbon is not going to establish itself anytime soon”
Why Kampala holds single biggest growth opportunity for Uganda
By Astrid Haas, London School of Economics and Political Science and Paul Collier, University of Oxford
Uganda's economy has been growing steadily over the past decade. Like many other developing countries, its growth has benefited from a confluence of external events, including a sustained increase in commodity prices and partial debt relief.
CCSI calls for disclosure of land tenure risks in submission to SEC
Tenure-related disputes increase financial risks for companies in land-dependent sectors. The “land tenure risks” that companies confront, either through direct acquisition of land or through their supply chains, are thus of great relevance for informed voting and investment decisions. Given the importance of understanding these risks, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) has sent a submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide input into how land tenure risks could be addressed through disclosure requirements for public companies.
Bangladesh: Ancestral Land Of Khiyang People Occupied By A Bengali Land Grabber In Bandarban
The lands of indigenous Khiyang community at Gungru Mukh Para under Kuhalong Mouza in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are allegedly being targeted to seize by a so-called journalist namely AKM Jahangir, a fanatic leader of Bengali settlers.
‘An optimistic place to start’: Myanmar enacts national logging ban
By: Morgan Erickson-Davis
Date: August 3rd 2016
Source: Mongabay
After years of rising deforestation rates, Myanmar is temporarily banning logging activity until March 2017.
- Myanmar lost 5 percent of its tree cover from 2001 through 2014, with rates scaling upward over that time.
APPEL AUX ORGANISATIONS POUR REJOINDRE L’INITIATIVE D’APPRENTISSAGE « SECURISER LES PÄTURAGES »
Ces dernières années, les préoccupations quant à la durabilité du développement et la soutenabilité à long terme des pâturages ont augmenté. Ceci est particulièrement vrai dans l'Est et la Corne de l'Afrique où des changements dans l'utilisation des terres se poursuivent à un rythme sans précédent et où de nombreux groupes membres de ces pâturages sont devenus plus vulnérables à la sécheresse et aux autres crises. Une des causes principales de ces changements a été le manque de sécurité des ressources et des terres pour les membres des pâturages locaux.
Sweden's indigenous Sami people win rights battle against state
By: David Courch
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Court grants Arctic village rights over hunting and fishing after lawyers for state were accused of ‘rhetoric of race biology’
Tanzania: Women to Scale Mt Kilimanjaro for Land Rights
By: Filbert Rweyemamu
Date: August 14th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Citizen
Arusha — Women from marginalized communities in Africa will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to raise awareness about land rights this October.
Programme manager of the Tanzania Gender Network Programme (TGNP) Grace Kisetu, said : "Land and its resources account for 10 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for many African countries.