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The Ministry of Natural Resources shall have the mission to ensure the protection and conservation of the environment and ensure optimal and rational utilization of natural resources for sustainable national development.
Specifically, the Ministry of Natural Resources shall be responsible for:
1. Developing and disseminating the sector policies, strategies and programs through:
a) elaboration and dissemination of national policies, strategies and programs that aim at conserving the environment and ensuring optimal and rational utilization of natural resources;
USAID Rwanda LAND Project
The LAND Project is a five year program supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its primary goal is strengthening the resilience of Rwandan citizens, communities and institutions and their ability to adapt to land-related economic, environmental and social changes.
Ugandan villagers locked out of forest waiting for the 'promised land'
By: Nicky Milne
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BUKALEBA FOREST RESERVE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep within a pine and eucalyptus forest on the shores of Lake Victoria in southern Uganda, a parcel of land is pitting a Norwegian timber company against more than 10,000 villagers who say its "green" project is costing their homes and livelihood.
5 types of land development vulnerable to natural disasters
By: Jonathan Kinghorn
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Property Casualty 360
There is a growing awareness that good land use and planning can do much to reduce the impact of natural catastrophes.
Communities that understand the risks they face and mitigate those risks become resilient and can experience sustainable outcomes when affected by natural hazards.
Brazil's raging forest fires threaten indigenous land, uncontacted tribes
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forest fires raging in northeast Brazil are forcing indigenous people out of their traditional territories and threatening uncontacted tribes, an indigenous leader said on Wednesday.
Conservationists warn against land grabbing in Nigeria by foreign firms
By: Patrick Adoga
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Today
As the world celebrates the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations today, conservationists have warned transnational companies from Europe, America and Asia against scramble for land in Nigeria and Africa for industrial agro-business.
Zambian women part of group to climb Mt Kilimanjaro
By: Linda Nyondo
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Zambia Daily Mail
A GROUP of African women including Zambians are next month expected to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to advocate for women’s land rights.
Action Aid communications officer Hellen Mwale confirmed the development in a statement in Lusaka recently.
Cambodia sentences four rights activists to six months in prison
By: Phnom Penh newsroom
Date: September 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Four women land rights activists were sentenced to six months in prison by a court in Cambodia on Monday for insulting and obstructing public officials during a 2011 violent land rights protest.
Seizure of land for development is a major cause of protests in Cambodia and other countries in the region, including Laos.
New Urban Agenda good on ‘what’ but not on ‘how’, critics warn
By: Greg Scruggs
Date: September 20th 2016
Source: Citiscope
The Habitat III strategy ‘doesn’t go far enough on financing’, one observer noted at an event on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly.
Myanmar: The Next Great Land Tenure Reform?
By: Roy Prosterman (Landesa)
Date: September 20th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Could the newly democratic nation become Asia's sixth development success story?
Since World War II, there have been five great Asian development success stories founded upon land tenure reforms that allocated land ownership, or equivalent long-term land rights, into the hands of small farmers. Will Burma be the sixth?