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With elections soon, land reforms become a hot topic in India
Both the Congress Party and the BJP, the two main political forces in India at the moment, are taking a left turn by putting land reforms in the agenda of the campaign. It seems that land reforms can not avoided anymore, at least in the discussions... To read more click below.
Mozambique's Movement to End Land Grabs
By: Anabel Lemos
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Truth Out
This article was drawn from an interview with Anabela Lemos, and conducted, edited and condensed by Simone Adler.
Anabela Lemos is cofounder, campaign coordinator and board member of Justiça Ambiental, the Mozambique branch of Friends of the Earth.
Press release: Jan Satyagraha starts on its way to Delhi
[via Ekta Parishad] October 3, 2012- On October 3rd, poor and marginalized communities of India started their 350 km walk from Gwalior to Delhi to demand their rights to land and livelihood resources.
Thailand: Locals oppose land allocation to wealthy people
By: Boonnum Kerdkaew
Date: March 10th 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
UTTARADIT - Residents of two communities say land reform authorities plan to distribute land at Bueng Kalo marsh to wealthy people and relatives of politicians.
Peru: A data-rich context
November 22, 2012
We spent this week with Peruvian partners in co-development and training sessions, hosted by CEPES. This is a data-rich and data-diverse environment, where partners prefer to refer to "land transactions" than "land deals". Often land titles are traded between Peruvian investors, and this is something they would like to be able to track, in addition to concessions and other transactions.
Indigenous Activist Murdered in Honduras Just Two Weeks After Berta Cáceres Was Killed
By: Nika Knight
Date: March 17th 2016
Source: EcoWatch
Another member of Berta Cáceres’ Indigenous rights group was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants on Tuesday, following a violent eviction of Indigenous people from their land.
Zimbabwe's climate change policies need an urban focus
In spite of the political and financial turmoil that Zimbabwe faces, the country seems to be on the right track in adopting strategies to address the effects of climate change.
Indigenous People Are Fighting Finland's Plan to Log Ancient Forests
By: Emily J. Gertz
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: Takepart.com
A bill being fast-tracked through Finland’s parliament could lead to an explosion in fishing, logging, and mining on state-managed waters and lands, which include more than 30,000 square miles of forest.
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling land grabs
A year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness concluded that two Vietnamese firms - bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation - are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity.
Land Grabbing Is Killing Honduras' Indigenous Peoples
By: Andrea Reyes Blanco and Tim Shenk
Date: April 5th 2016
Source: TeleSUR
OPINION & ANALYSIS
Berta Caceres' killing was a symptom, not an isolated incident.
