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Displaying 2261 - 2270 of 2403Philippines: Duterte to push for land reform, free irrigation for farmers
By: Pia Ranada
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Rappler
The presidential bet says land distribution under the Aquino government is a 'farce' because support services are not being given to farmers
MANILA, Philippines – Under the Aquino administration, farmers have endured a “total failure of land reform,” presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday, February 3.
Sweden's indigenous Sami people win rights battle against state
By: David Courch
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Court grants Arctic village rights over hunting and fishing after lawyers for state were accused of ‘rhetoric of race biology’
Zanzibar women brush up on the law to keep control of land
By: Kizito Makoye
Date: February 4th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
JAMBIANI, Tanzania, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Zuhura Salim was not entirely sure her family would ever recover a piece of land that her father-in-law seized when her husband died in a fishing accident some 11 years ago.
Investor push urged to help secure indigenous land rights
By: Megan Rowling
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conditions are ripe for a global leap forward in recognizing the land rights of indigenous people and forest communities, but investors and the public need to pressure governments to make it happen, an international network of forest policy groups said.
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Case Studies and Media Coverage
In the eighth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, several of the case studies by Uttaran are described.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
1. Khasland utilisation
2. Gender in land governance
3. Legal Support
4. Media coverage
Download the full booklet here.
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Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Khasland Settlement
The sixth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, Uttaran's impact on several settlements in Bangladesh is described.
The content of the booklet is as follows
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Legal Support
In the fifth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran provides a description of the legal support and assistance Uttaran provides to local people.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Public Awareness Raising Activities
In the fourth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, their work and strategy to raise awarenss on land tenure issues is descibred. The NGO wishes to raise awareness firstly about the procedure of the Digital Land Record and Survey in areas of Bangladesh and secondly, about the NGO's inteded impact in relation to the public's land ownership and rights.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Bhumi Committee
In the third of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the Bhumi Committee is described. The Bhumi (literally meaning ‘land’) commitees want to help the poor, landless people establish their rights over khasland. This booklet describes their history and the work they do.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. The roots of the Bhumi Committee
4. Structure and guidelines of the Bhumi Committee
5. The Bhumi Committee in practice.
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Primary Organisation and GUF Formation
In the second of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the work of the NGO is further explained, including their mentoring program to 'primary organisations' as well as the concept and purpose of the Gono Unnayan Federation (the 'public development federation').
The content of the booklet is as follows: