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[05/12/2012] Is right to land for shelter a human right? - open until December 21st
One of the unique aspects of the National Land Reform Agenda currently being pursued by the Central Government of India (viz Ministries of Rural Development and Tribal Affairs) is the right to land...
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[16/05/2013] Minería en Colombia - Fundamentos para superar el modelo extractivista
“La implementación del modelo extractivista de los recursos naturales no renovables, impulsado por los últimos gobiernos, se ha concretado en gran medida en la proliferación de títulos mineros...
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[16/05/2013] LANDac short-term research project report: Large-scale land acquisitions in the former Soviet Union
The post-Soviet land reforms that allowed private ownership of land in Russia and Ukraine, and the recent rise in global interest for land resources have made the fertile land of these countries an...
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[16/05/2013] Exclusive-Brazil's Rousseff sides with farmers in Indian land fight
“BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has ordered her government to stop confiscating farmland to create new Indian reservations, government officials say, a policy...
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[16/05/2013] VIDEO: Land Rush
“75% of Mali’s population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali’s land in order to turn large areas into agribusiness farms. Many...
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[14/05/2013] Land tenure and REDD+: The good, the bad and the ugly
“A number of international donors, national governments and project proponents have begun to lay the groundwork for REDD+, but tenure insecurity – including the potential risks of land grabbing...
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[14/05/2013] In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
“On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country’s arcane Cardamom Mountains. A year on, his family is no closer...
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[13/05/2013] Predicting Future Conflict under REDD+ Implementation
“With the current complexity of issues facing forest and land management, the implementation of the REDD+ initiative comes with significant risks, including conflict. While the exact nature...
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[13/05/2013] Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling land grabs
A year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness concluded that two Vietnamese firms - bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation - are leading a wave of land...
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[13/05/2013] The Landgrabbers -
“What do City speculators, Gulf oil sheikhs, Chinese entrepreneurs, big-name financiers like George Soros and industry titans like Richard Branson buy when they go shopping? Land. Parcels the...
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