Cutting 1,990.54 ha in Tkong village of Snoul commune in Snoul district of Kratie province from ELC of Horizon Agriculture; Reclassifying 1,754.97 ha as state private land for donating to 313 families; Reserving 235.57 ha as state public land; and Granting ownership to 481private land parcels.

Cutting a total land of 1,285.66 ha in Puradeth village of Sre Ampul commune in Pech Chreada district of Mondulkiri province: 405.54 ha from 2002 Forest Cover, 844.13 ha from Genetic Resources Conservation Protected Forest, and 35.99 ha from ELC of Dak Lak company; Reclassifying 1,191.12 ha as state private land for granting donation of ownership to 337 families; Reserving 94.54 ha as state public land; and Granting ownership to 648 private land parcels, 1 pagoda land, 1 christian church land, and 8 public land parcels.

Cutting land of 67.7952 ha in Techo Chreybak village of Techo Aphivath commue in Chouk district of Kampot province: 27.4243 ha from 2002 Forest Cover; and 40.3709 ha from economic land concession of First Bio-Tech Agricultural (Cambodia) Co., Ltd; and Reclassifying 62.0982 ha as state private land for granting donation of ownership to 42 families, and Reserving 5.6970 ha as state public land.

Cutting a total land of 3,586.39 ha in O Thkov village of Sangkat Roleab and Toul Krous village of Sagnkat Chamroeun Phal in Pursat City of Pursat province from economic land concession of Pheapimex; and Reclassigying 2,742.40 ha as state private land for granting donation of ownership to 1,150 families; and Reserving 843.99 ha as state public land, and Granting rights to 1,683 private land parcels, 1 pagoda land, and 59 public land parcels.

Cutting a total land of 4,800.66 ha in Kandal and Kbal Teahean villages of Cheutom commune and Trapang Snoul village of Svay Sor commune in Kra Kor district of Pursat province from economic land concession of Pheapimex; and Reclassifying 3,450.16 ha as state private land for granting donation of ownership to 1,665 families, and Reserving 1,350.50 ha as state public land, and Granting rights to 4,779 private land parcels and 72 public land parcels.

How to manage China’s farmland for sustainable development has become a crucial issue of concern for both policy-makers and the wider public. Rural land acquisition has been widely recognized as a complex process of managing conflicts among stakeholders, which has been a major constraint to equitable development and good governance.

Providing shelter is essential in saving lives and decreasing the vulnerability of those displaced by conflict or natural disasters, and as such, should be a strategic priority in any humanitarian intervention. However humanitarian organisations increasingly struggle to provide shelter to those that need it most when the tenure of beneficiaries – that is the conditions under which they occupy land or dwellings – is uncertain or insecure.

Urgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root causes of environmental crisis

Indigenous farmer in the municipality of Sayaxché, department of Petén, Guatemala, viewing the stunted corn crop on his land bordering an oil palm plantation. 

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Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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