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Why Kampala holds single biggest growth opportunity for Uganda
By Astrid Haas, London School of Economics and Political Science and Paul Collier, University of Oxford
Uganda's economy has been growing steadily over the past decade. Like many other developing countries, its growth has benefited from a confluence of external events, including a sustained increase in commodity prices and partial debt relief.
Namibia: ‘We want to know who owns the land’
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
Date: October 9th 2016
Source: Vanguard
Senate gives Army, FCT Minister ultimatum to sort out Abuja land grab
Bangladesh: Ancestral Land Of Khiyang People Occupied By A Bengali Land Grabber In Bandarban
The lands of indigenous Khiyang community at Gungru Mukh Para under Kuhalong Mouza in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are allegedly being targeted to seize by a so-called journalist namely AKM Jahangir, a fanatic leader of Bengali settlers.
Namibia: Landless Invade Government Farm
By: Matheus Hamutenya
Date: October 24th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / New Era
After their land resettlement applications failed for about two decades, a group of fed-up farmers on Thursday moved onto farm Dickbusch - owned by government - with their livestock.
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Ces dernières années, les préoccupations quant à la durabilité du développement et la soutenabilité à long terme des pâturages ont augmenté. Ceci est particulièrement vrai dans l'Est et la Corne de l'Afrique où des changements dans l'utilisation des terres se poursuivent à un rythme sans précédent et où de nombreux groupes membres de ces pâturages sont devenus plus vulnérables à la sécheresse et aux autres crises. Une des causes principales de ces changements a été le manque de sécurité des ressources et des terres pour les membres des pâturages locaux.
Sweden's indigenous Sami people win rights battle against state
By: David Courch
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Court grants Arctic village rights over hunting and fishing after lawyers for state were accused of ‘rhetoric of race biology’
Philippines: Gov’t plans ‘modified’ land conversion moratorium
By: Chino S. Leyco
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: Manila Bulletin
Davao City – President Rodrigo R. Duterte will come up with a “modified” executive order governing the moratorium on land conversion, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) announced yesterday.
Congo Basin: The Forest is Crying
By: Angela K. Evans
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: Boulder Weekly
Fighting deforestation in the Congo Basin by giving voice to indigenous people
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
If you want to tackle carbon emissions let indigenous people control their land
Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage
In my native Colombia, the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been described as holding the most important concentration of threatened wildlife on Earth. These forests are also the ancestral home of the Koguis, an indigenous group now numbering around 10,000 individuals.