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Displaying 2221 - 2230 of 2403South Africa: 50 Communities to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Act
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: SABC
Civil Society will head to the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act on Tuesday.
The Act re-opened the land restitution process for another five years.
50 communities will hold a night vigil at the Constitutional Court to voice their disapproval of the timing of the new process.
Zimbabwe: Land plan 'recipe for disaster'
By: Staff Reporter
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: Times Live
The land reform plan President Jacob Zuma envisaged in his State of the Nation address on Thursday will prompt a mass exodus of foreign investors, AfriBusiness has warned.
AfriBusiness said Zuma was "creating more investment uncertainty" and that it would oppose any legislation licensing land expropriation.
Pakistan: No Lake for Fishermen
By: Jan Khaskheli
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: International News Magazine
Indigenous people and local fishermen in one of the poorest parts of the country in recent years have seen various mafia groups on political patronage scrambled to grab lands they have inhabited for generations.
Sierra Leone: CSOs criticise conviction of land rights activists
By: APA
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: Star Africa.com
A coalition of civil society activists have condemned the verdict against a group of land rights activists jailed last week after confrontation with a French agri-business firm over land ownership.
The men, who are part of the Malen Land Owners Association (MALOA), were jailed for a maximum of five months after a protracted trial for destroying palm trees belonging toSocfin.
Thailand: Investigate Attack on ‘Sea Gypsies’
Date: February 13th 2016
Source: Human Rights Watch
Halt Forced Eviction, Assess Claims to Chao Lay Ancestral Land
Alarm over land degradation in 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.
Thai Firm: Sugar Farm Damage Assessment Is Almost Finished
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.