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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.
Brazil indigenous community faces imminent eviction over land dispute: Amnesty
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An indigenous community in southwestern Brazil faces imminent eviction from its traditional territories, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, in a case exemplifying ongoing land conflicts in South America's largest country.
UK looks to boost fracking with new land access rules
There has been a lot of local opposition to shale gas test wells
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The UK government has proposed new rules regarding rights to access land in a bid to speed up the introduction of fracking.
It proposes that shale oil and gas companies are granted access to land below 300m from the surface.
It also suggests firms pay £20,000 per well to people living above the land.
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.
Could ‘land grabs’ feed more mouths?
“Land grabbing” – the purchase of large areas of land in developing countries by foreign governments and businesses – has been controversial. Of the roughly 33 million hectares of land bought to date, around 22 million hectares have been acquired for agriculture. There are concerns that this has taken food away from local people who may be malnourished.
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.”
The U.S. Government's National Action Plan should address U.S. business conduct related to large-scale agricultural investments
The U.S. Government is working to develop a National Action Plan to promote responsible business conduct abroad that is consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. This process provides an opportunity to reflect on how the United States can develop regulatory and voluntary measures that will help U.S. companies act responsibly and consistently with the UN Guiding Principles, regardless of the host country operating environment.
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