Mediation between Bunong indigenous communities in Busra and rubber company Socfin Cambodia has concluded with agreements to end a long-standing Mondulkiri province land dispute. The conflict began in 2008, although mediation did not begin until 2016.

Signatures were added to the final agreements in September, said Khloek Keosingieb, a community representative involved throughout the negotiation process. “I can’t tell you about the compensation today but we will release details when the company provides it in early 2022,” said Keosingieb.

After adapting to challenges of COVID-19, 2021 turned into a very busy and exciting year for the global WOLTS team.

The last two meetings of our cycle are dedicated to :

- Local collective governance of forests versus the State in South East Asia, today, December 15

- Experiences and analysis of REDD+ projects around the world, Friday December 17

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 Gender equity is also key to land reform since women are under-represented and have not benefited from land reform in any meaningful manner. (Photo: newframe.com / Wikipedia)

Over 1,000 people deported to Djausdjan province. The move favours their Pashtun supporters in northern Afghanistan. Tribal council convened to resolve the case. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ask the Taliban government to address the ethnic issue.

 Aerial photo of mining on one of the beaches that is part of the extension of the Tormin Mining area just south of Brand se Baai. (Photo: Warren Witte)

How much would you spend to buy virtual land in the metaverse, a virtual world that runs in parallel with real life? In recent days, the land rush in the metaverse has been making headlines with a $4.3 million record high purchase of a plot of land in Sandbox, a blockchain-based decentralized metaverse developed by a US firm - the equivalent to the price of a luxury villa in Beijing's inner suburbs. 

Los conflictos por distribución de tierras se han tornado más violentos y con matices políticos en los últimos años, según advirtió el director de la Fundación Tierra.

Matices políticos y una violencia en ascenso son los principales rasgos de los conflictos por la distribución de tierras en los últimos años en Bolivia, con afectaciones especialmente sobre los derechos indígenas, advirtió en una entrevista con Efe el director de la privada Fundación Tierra, Juan Pablo Chumacero.

Green Advocates International (GAI), Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP) recently launched the Community Advocacy for Land and Livelihood Support (CALLS) project.

Launched under the theme: “Communities Defend human rights within rubber concession’ , the project will be implemented in Margibi, Bong and Grand Bassa Counties working with communities in defending human rights on rubber plantations.

The Expropriation Expert Group, founded in 2013 as a collaborative effort of the universities of Cape Town, Groningen, and Nijmegen, is inviting original and innovative contributions to our sixth international conference and the fourth part of our Rethinking Expropriation Law series. We are returning to our roots, Groningen in the Netherlands, the place of our first conference, to continue the stimulating intellectual exchange on expropriation law at our previous conferences.

Bruce Whitfield gets comment from Associate Professor of Law Elmien Du Plessis (North West University). 

Audio from the interview is available from Radio 702

It took three years to get to this point, but the National Assembly has rejected the ANC policy on the expropriation of land without compensation.