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Single women under the banner of National Forum for Single Women’s Rights on Tuesday demanded that the government ensure their constitutional rights over land and livelihood.

Women leaders pointed out that in some states, they do not have legal right over land, while in others they do have such rights but without any mechanism of implementation.

The women gathered in the national capital for a convention representing 11 states said that their struggle is to have the central government draft a special policy for single women.

BY APOLINARI TAIRO, ETN TANZANIA CORRESPONDENT | DEC 01, 2015

TANZANIA (eTN) - The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change will be hosting an Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion in Paris to press for their recognition on land ownership and natural resource rights.

From Tanzania, the Maasai communities are pressing the Tanzanian government to recognize their land resources, most of which are allocated to national parks and wildlife reserves.

By Carissa Wolf, Mark Berman and Kevin Sullivan
Date: January 4th 2016
Source: Washington Post

BURNS, Ore. — B.J. Soper has seen the frustration building for years in this rural corner of Oregon.

Villagers around the Nam Phui NPA will become the first in Laos to formally give consent on whether or not to participate in a REDD+ project. Representatives from GIZ and LBA clarify the why, who and how behind Laos’ pioneer FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) process while Mr. Oupakone Alounsavath from the Department of Forestry outlines government motivations and plans for FPIC.

By: Aiyanas Ormond 

Date: January 28th 2016

Source: The Mainlander

ROMA — Un estudio de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y del organismo mundial anticorrupción Transparencia Internacional (TI) detectó graves problemas de corrupción en el acceso a la tierra en 61 países, entre ellos Colombia.

By: Umaru Fofana

Date: February 5th 2016

Source: Reuters Africa

BO, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone court has convicted six people opposed to a palm oil project in which French conglomerate Bollore owns a major stake of destroying trees and inciting the local population to protest over land rights.