Source: Venezuelanalysis.com

Written by Z.C. Dutka

Santa Elena de Uairen, December 16th, 2014. (venezuelanalysis.com)- Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday his staunch support of the agricultural commune El Maizal after their communal property title was revoked by a Supreme Court judge earlier that week.

Initially, communards of El Maizal rejected the December 9 court decision and called on Maduro and other government bodies to uphold their claim in a public statement.

Source:Malawi News Agency

Written By: Steve Chirombo

Chikwawa, December 22: Women in Chikwawa have complained with the increased behaviour by some people and more especially politicians who grab their land leaving them landless through the use of outdated cultural practices and political power.

Fuente: Biodiversidad en América Latina y El Caribe

Source: The Guardian Global Development

The Munduruku Indians are gaining support as they fight the Brazilian government to stop their territory being submerged

Source:IIED

Source: iied

By Eric Yeboah

Land rights play a crucial role in agricultural development and inclusive growth, but in many countries in Africa, women lose out from patriarchal legal and cultural traditions. How can these practices be changed to benefit everyone?

Source: Forest Peoples Programme

Two indigenous women’s organisations in the Venezuelan State of Amazonas have denounced the activities of armed groups who identify themselves as Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) and who are working with illegal miners in the Autana area.

Source: BBC 

17/12/2014

Un grupo de indígenas brasileños armados con arcos y flechas se enfrentaron con la policía brasileña en el interior del edificio del Congreso Nacional en Brasilia.

El grupo, de al menos 30 personas, trató de entrar a la fuerza al edificio para protestar por una controvertida ley que le daría al Congreso poderes para demarcar las tierras indígenas.

Source: PRACHATAI

Tue, 16/12/2014 - 10:53

More than 100 farmers in a northeastern province face charges on land

encroachment as a result of the junta's Return the Forest policy, after the

military prohibited the farmers from holding a public discussion to voice

their concerns to the military government.

Source: Forest Peoples Programme

8 December, 2014