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Two Months to Claim Land Certificates
Date: 19 September 2016
Source: KHMER TIMES
City Hall said villagers affected by the development project of the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district would have two months to claim the certificate of land policy before it would stop assuming responsibility for losses, according to a statement released yesterday.
Peru to work with companies on environmental efforts -minister
By: Mitra Taj
Date: 16 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Peru's new environment minister said on Wednesday the government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski would focus on preventing pollution rather than fining companies after the fact, part of a more collaborative stance she described for the private sector.
African Women lobby leaders on land rights
By: Luke Bisani
Date: 18 September 2016
Source: Malawi24
Women across Africa have been mobilised to call on leaders on the continent to address land rights issues as one way of achieving sustainable development.
The call comes at time when women in rural areas of Africa are seen as having no piece of land, a development that has brought hiccups on food production on the continent.
Persiste vulneración de derechos humanos de Codelco en Ecuador
Fecha: 9 de septiembre 2016
Fuente: OLCA
Un muestreo comunitario en la zona de Intag, Ecuador, acaba de demostrar las nefastas consecuencias del proyecto Llurimagua (Codelco Chile/Enami Ecuador), que estando en fase de exploración, ya ha contaminado la cascadas Gemelas y la cuenca del río Junin, la que abastece directamente a las comunidades del cantón ecológico de Cotacachi, las que llevan más de treinta años resistiendo la megaminería en su territorio.
Gobierno recibe el mayor proyecto minero de Perú en conflicto
Por: Aramís Castro y Milagros Salazar
Fecha: 5 de septiembre 2016
Fuente: IPSnoticias
PS, 5 de septiembre, 2016.- El nuevo gobierno de Perú afronta una herencia de 150 conflictos socioambientales vinculados a las industrias extractivas, en un listado donde destacan los reclamos de la población que convive con el proyecto minero más grande de la historia del país: Las Bambas.
Indonesian Islamic council issues fatwa on forest fires
By: Berndatte Christina Munthe
Date: 15 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Indonesia's highest Islamic council has issued a fatwa on burning land and forests, a government official said on Wednesday, in an effort to halt the toxic smog that blankets the region each year.
Victims of development aggression
Two-thirds of the approximate 370 million self-identified indigenous peoples are found in Asia, enriching the region’s enormous cultural and linguistic diversity. They have strong cultural attachment to the land, forests and waters and their livelihood depends on the natural resources therein. They have their own distinct languages, cultures, customary laws and social and political institutions that are very different from those of the dominant ethno-linguistic groups in their countries.