Date: 10 février 2016
Source: Banque Mondial
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Cambodia
By: Chea Vannak
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: Khmer Times
The collective land of indigenous communities in Cambodia will continue to face encroachment from economic land concessions and the actions of private companies in the future despite the Cambodian Government’s moratorium on granting ELC licenses, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) report released yesterday.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon
By: Angela K. Evans
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: Boulder Weekly
Fighting deforestation in the Congo Basin by giving voice to indigenous people
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
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Zimbabwe
By: Nyemudzai Kakore
Date: February 11th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Herald
Government has introduced a new data system that will curb multiple farm ownership by not allowing anyone who already has multiple farms under A1 or A2 to be allocated another piece of land.
The new database system is being implemented in conjunction with the Registrar-General's Office and is part of Government strategy to weed out individuals who have multiple farms.
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Cambodia
By: Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: The Cambodia Daily
A Thai environmental auditing firm has confirmed that it is assessing the fallout from a trio of plantations in Oddar Meanchey province that Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol abandoned in late 2014 amid mounting accusations of land grabbing.
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Africa
By: Daniel Pelz
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: DW.com
New studies show that land degradation is advancing and that African countries are among the worst hit. Poorer communities suffer the most though there is some cause for hope.
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Thailand
Date: February 13th 2016
Source: Human Rights Watch
Halt Forced Eviction, Assess Claims to Chao Lay Ancestral Land