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Most Read - land rights
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The global need of non-violent struggle around land rights: a path for change? - open until October 1st
“India is going through a very challenging period. One can see clearly that there are two streams of people influencing (or trying to influence) the country. I identify them as a stream of violence and a stream of non-violence. Only the future will tell us who is going to succeed”.
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Ekta Parishad website
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Ekta Europe website 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 for shelter. This evolved as a part of what is being seen as a second round of land reforms in India yet-to-be realized in the coming years.
More Information:
Ekta Parishad website
More Information:
Ekta Europe website 
FRA is a Dream in Tamilnadu
The Jan Samwad Yatra today reached Theni District in Tamil Nadul The Yatra group had discussions with two seperate tribal groups to understand the land entitlements processing existing in Tamil Nadu. Surprisingly it seems as the implementation of the Forest Rights Act is yet to start here (atleast for the groups, the yatra interacted with).
PUSHBACK: Local Power, Global Realignment
If 2009 was the end of the hinterland and the beginning of a new globalized forest era, 2010 was a year of pushback. Worldwide, the news was full of reports of forest communities and Indigenous Peoples pushing back at land grabs and shaping policy at the national and global levels, and of governments countering and trying to contain community rights.
Invitation to online discussion : Is right to land for shelter a human right?
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 for shelter. This evolved as a part of what is being seen as a second round of land reforms in India yet-to-be realized in the coming years.
Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Biofuels
This lesson brief explores alternative biofuel production schemes in Tanzania and their impacts on rural land rights and local livelihoods.
Location
Tanzania
6° 22' 8.5008" S, 34° 53' 19.7592" E
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Participatory Land Use Planning as a Tool for Community Empowerment in Northern Tanzania
This paper presents several case studies to show how the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) has been working within Tanzania’s legal and policy framework to support a diverse range of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, all of whom face
