News on Land

By: EFE

Date: April 1st 2016

Source: Fox Latino News

Members of the MST Landless Workers Movement told Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Friday they would take to the streets to defeat a plan to oust her in a "coup," as they termed an ongoing impeachment effort in Congress.

April 9, 2013

By: Sandra Ampiire

Date: November 28, 2016

Source: New Vision

According to the lands ministry, only 6% of registered and titled land belongs to women

A Bill meant to protect the rights of women and minority groups on land acquisition is in the offing.

This was revealed by the commissioner equity and rights, ministry of gender labour and social development, Bernard Mujuni.

source and photo: macauhub
MARCH 11TH, 2016  

Feeding the world’s most populous nation – Sino-lusophone agricultural co-operation proves to be a win-win for all

With growing wealth in China, the Chinese are getting more sophisticated and demanding in their food habits.  For example, in 1985 they consumed 25 kilos of meat per person; in 2010 it grew to over 50 kilos. This voracious appetite for meat and other food products has put a severe strain on the country’s ability to feed itself.

By: Francis Mugerwa

Date: December 19th 2016

Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor

Perched on a wooden stool under a tree shade in his courtyard, Mr Eriakimu Kaseegu, props his cheek in his right palm, seeming to be in deep thought. His home is located in Kisimo Cell, Buliisa Town Council in Buliisa District, some 284 kilometres northwest of Kampala. The area has at least 26 oil wells.

Date: April 26th 2016

Source: AllAfrica.com / Addis Fortune

The German government's Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) programme has granted African students first phase scholarships in land governance in a bid to improve land administration and tenure systems on the continent.

Tanzania is expected to finalize a new constitution by April next year and women--who carry out 60 percent of the country's agricultural labor-- will be anxiously watching to see if their land rights are strengthened.

IRINGA, Tanzania (WOMENSENEWS)--Rozalia Msaudzi, 68, quietly explains what her life is like in her small village, near Iringa, in the southern highlands of Tanzania. She maintains a collected expression as she relates the hardship of maize farming, the death of her husband in 1996 and the number of children who are still alive.

By: Sophie Tremblay & Willy Lowry

Date: 4 January 2017

Source: Pacific Standard

Yaeda Valley in Tanzania is home to the Hadzabe, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in the world, and they are using carbon trading to save their forests.

YAEDA VALLEY, TANZANIA — “Carbon,” says Mzee Sinze while sitting in the shade of an ancient, giant Baobab tree. “Carbon is very important to us Hadzabe.”

By: Rafiqul Islam

Date: May 12th 2016

Source: Inter Press Service 

DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 12 (IPS) - Facing the bleak prospect of millions of its citizens being displaced in coming years due to sea level rise caused by climate change, Bangladesh is building up existing coastal embankments in a bid to protect coastal lands and people.

TANZANIA is set to receive about 95.8bn/- (US$60.2 million ) from the World Bank to strengthen the business environment with particular focus on land administration reforms and improved access to financial services.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved funds in Washington last week according to a statement.

Author: Chris Arsenault | @chrisarsenaul
Date: June 2nd, 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

A row between the Peru government and a UK-listed cacao producer accused of illegally destroying Amazon rainforest has prompted land rights campaigners to call for the removal of the company from trading on the London stock exchange.