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Landless quake victims missing out as Nepal rebuilds, Oxfam says
By: Matthew Ponsford
Date: April 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after the deadly earthquake in Nepal, thousands of people, especially women, are being deprived of funds to rebuild because they do not own land or cannot prove they owned the land where they lived, Oxfam said on Friday.
Women appeal for land rights
How Technology is Helping Farmers in Ghana
By: Danica Lo
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Food and Wine
Crowdsourcing and contracts help smallholder farmers in Ghana and Kenya.
RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop development
By: Apoorva Joshi
Date: May 5th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
Meanwhile, dozens of NGOs urge removal of its parent company, United Cacao, from the London Stock Exchange amid legality issues.
- Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been developing a palm oil plantation over the last several years.
Villagers in eastern India vow to keep up coal mine protest after four killed
By: Jatindra Dash
Date: October 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BHUBANESWAR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Villagers in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand vowed to continue their protest against a coal mine after four people were killed when police opened fire during clashes at the weekend, forcing a halt to operations at the site.
INTERVIEW - Chaotic urbanisation puts cities in harm's way: UN
By: Megan Rowling
Date: May 26th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The risk of disasters hitting fast-growing cities is rising, so what are governments doing to protect residents?
Ireland: Mattie McGrath calls for tax to prevent ‘land-grabbing’
By: Marie O'Halloran
Date: October 12th 2016
Source: The Irish Times
Independent TD accuses horse industry of ‘gobbling up’ huge tracts of lands
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has renewed his call for a tax on land purchases in excess of 750 acres, accusing conglomerates in the horse industry of “gobbling up” huge tracts of land.
Energy company abandons South Downs fracking plans - UK
'Help us upgrade, don't evict us': Sierra Leone's slum dwellers battle for their homes
By: Kieran Guilbert
Date: November 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
FREETOWN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When floods struck several slums across Sierra Leone's capital last year, 55-year-old Amienata Bangura was forced to flee as her small shop, stock and years of savings were wiped out.