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Indian media assess 'controversial' land acquisition law
Media in India debate the government's decision to ease rules for acquiring land for infrastructure projects.
But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing stiff competition from opposition parties.
Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has also begun a protest demanding the removal of changed rules.
Mr Hazare and opposition parties believe that the new rules will be unfair to farmers and the poor.
How does land tenure affect agricultural productivity? A systematic review
A lot of us who may come from the West assume that land rights certification, registration or titling are important attributes of any kind of land tenure or property rights system. We think of formal recording of land rights as essential to assuring farmers that they have land tenure security, an important enabling condition to agricultural development.
Reminder: Friday, February 20, is the deadline to apply to Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Programs
Source: Landesa Center For Women's Land Rights
Friday, February 20, is the deadline to apply to Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program. Applicants must be professionals from India, China, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Homeless, Landless, and Destitute
Source: Human Rights Watch
Homeless, Landless, and Destitute
The Plight of Zimbabwe’s Tokwe-Mukorsi Flood Victims
Saweto community of late Edwin Chota to win land rights
Source: Peru this Week
January 29, 2015
By Hillary Ojeda
Alto Tamaya-Saweto, a community in Peru’s Amazon Ucayali region, will receive titles to their land after a 12 year lawsuit filed by their murdered leader, Edwin Chota.
The regional government of Ucayali will grant the land title to the native community in the first week of February that confirms their ownership of 78,611.87 hectares of forest.
Call for applications. Researcher / Data analyst Officer. Land Portal Foundation
Researcher / Data analyst Officer
The Land Portal Foundation
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The Land Portal foundation is a non-profit organization headquartered in Groningen, The Netherlands.
Call for applications. Communication and Resources Mobilization Specialist. The Land Portal Foundation
Communication and Resources Mobilization Specialist
The Land Portal Foundation
Organization Profile
The Land Portal foundation is a non-profit organization headquartered in Groningen, The Netherlands.