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Brazil's landless movement vows to defeat 'coup' in the streets
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.
Govt seeks to empower ethnic minorities on land rights
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.
Feeding the world’s most populous nation – Sino-lusophone agricultural co-operation proves to be a win-win for all
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.
The Great Southeast Asian Land Grab
Uganda: Poor Landowners Caught Up in Fight for Land in Oil-Rich Buliisa
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.
Africa: German Scholarships Boost African Expertise in Land Governance
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.
Tanzanian Women See Second Chance at Land Owning
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.
The Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Tribe That’s Protecting Traditional Forests With the Help of Carbon Trading
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.”
Raising Walls Against the Sea
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 to get 95.8bn/- from World Bank to support land ownership reform
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.
Row between Peru and UK-listed cacao company turns bitter
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.