DRC, Madagascar & Mauritius - Online discussion on customary law - 28 June - 9 July
Namibia & South Africa - Online discussion on customary law - 28 June - 9 July
Eswatini, Lesotho & Botswana - Online discussion on customary law - 28 June - 9 July
Angola & Mozambique - Online discussion on customary law - 28 June - 9 July
Session Summaries: Mekong Regional Land Forum 2021
Ethiopia
Food insecurity crisis accelerating in Southern Africa
Writing in the Daily Maverick Citizen Tatenda Mazurura reports on the finding of the Hunger Hotspots report highlighting that in parts of Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, many people are experiencing a
Legal mining increasingly ravages forests in Colombia
Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world and around half of its land territory is forest-covered. Deforestation is one of the biggest worldwide threats not only for biodiversity but also for climate. In fact, removing trees by burning them or then letting them decompose in their entire life cycle, leads to massive carbon dioxide release currently reaching up to 10-15% of all the human greenhouse gases emissions.
PHILIPPINES: New Project to Help Provide Individual Land Titles to 750,000 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2020 – Around 750,000 people are expected to gain improved land tenure security and stable property rights through a new project that will facilitate land titles for over 1.3 million hectares of land that was granted as part of the Philippines’ Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).