Details
Location
Contributions
Displaying 1451 - 1460 of 2403Ireland: Mattie McGrath calls for tax to prevent ‘land-grabbing’
By: Marie O'Halloran
Date: October 12th 2016
Source: The Irish Times
Independent TD accuses horse industry of ‘gobbling up’ huge tracts of lands
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has renewed his call for a tax on land purchases in excess of 750 acres, accusing conglomerates in the horse industry of “gobbling up” huge tracts of land.
12 farmers fighting for land reform arrested in Philippines
By: Barbara Mae Dacanay
Date: October 12th 2016
Source: The Gulf News
Manila: Twelve farmers fighting for land reform were arrested and have remained in prison based on a complaint of a landlord in central Philippines at the start of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte who has revived peace talks with the 48-year-old Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), a rights leader said.
Caritas Ghana
Caritas Ghana is a Charity Organization of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and member of the global Caritas Confederation.
Africa Faith and Justice Network
The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is a community of advocates for responsible U.S. relations with Africa. AFJN stresses issues of peacebuilding, human rights and social justice that tie directly into Catholic social teaching. AFJN works closely with Catholic missionary congregations and numerous Africa-focused coalitions of all persuasions to advocate for U.S. economic and political policies that will benefit Africa’s poor majority, facilitate an end to armed conflict, establish equitable trade and investment with Africa and promote sustainable development.
Ghana: Land grabbing may pose threat to achieving SDGs
By: Michael Sena Dzansi
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: News Ghana
CARITAS Ghana has stated that though Ghana has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the new global framework for development, the country faces the risk of failing to attain some of these goals due to the negative impact of land grabbing throughout the country.
Liberia: Land a major source of conflict
By: Lewis S. Teh
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: The New Dawn Liberia
Liberia’s Minister of Information has warned here that land remains a major source of conflict in Liberia. Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe said government has been involved in a land reform process for the past years, and the significance behind such reform process is to halt all disputes about land across the country.
Guatemala’s indigenous people are at risk of losing their land
By: Esther Yu Hsi Lee
Date: October 10th 2016
Source: ThinkProgress
About 60 percent of the country’s population is comprised of indigenous people.
Campaigners urge Kazakhstan to free activists facing trial over land reform protests
By: Umberto Bacchi
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two Kazakh land rights activists who are due to go on trial over their involvement in public protests against land reforms in the Central Asian nation are facing unfounded criminal charges and should be released, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
A new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) quantifies the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect the Amazon rainforest for the first time.
Afghan women to be given 'fair share' in property rights drive - land authority
By Zabihullah Noori
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In conservative Afghanistan, properties usually registered to men but there are plans to issue joint ownership rights to married couples