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Customary tenure meets responsible agricultural investments: Country Insights Digest #1 - May 2021 ()
18 May 2021
How many good land reports go unnoticed because there is too much information to choose from in the first place?
Bearing this in mind, Land Portal developed the Country Insights digest* - a reflection on some of the most important new articles and reports that aims to identify the most current…
18 May 2021
La tenencia consuetudinaria se encuentra con las inversiones agrícolas responsables
Boletín de Perspectivas País N.1 / Mayo 2021
¿Cuántos buenos informes sobre la tierra pasan desapercibidos porque hay demasiada información entre la que elegir?
Teniendo esto en cuenta, Land Portal…
11 May 2021
A new UN report entitled, "Making Peace With Nature”, finds that nearly 90 percent of all known species are threatened by climate change. Another UN report warns the world is “nowhere close” to fighting climate change. Unsurprisingly, panicked governments are adopting short-sighted solutions, and…
30 March 2021
No mês passado, um ex-ministro do governo do Zimbábue foi preso por venda ilegal de terrenos públicos. Alguns dias depois, um tribunal da Malásia condenou por corrupção o ex-presidente de uma agência de desenvolvimento agrário de terras públicas. E, em janeiro, o governo da Estônia desmoronou em…
30 March 2021
In countries where accurate, accessible land records are not maintained, it is the marginalized and vulnerable who are the worst affected by corruption and covert land grabs. But the ongoing revolution in information and communications technology provides unprecedented opportunities to digitize…
28 December 2020
This commentary was written by Anna Malindog-Uy for the ASEAN Post and selected as one of the top stories of 2020
Main photo: this file photo shows an armed Malaysian policeman manning a security checkpoint in Lahad Datu, Sabah. (AFP Photo)
Matters related to territorial disputes both land and…
27 December 2020
This blog was written by Sidi Munan as a column in the Borneo Post
Main photo: MPs from Sarawak should initiate a move to legislate for Sarawak in the case of native land rights. — Bernama file photo
I USED to draw up a long list of what I would like to do and accomplish during each particular…
12 December 2018
WATER. The most basic necessity that most people take for granted because it is readily available by just a turn of the tap.
But for some groups in Malaysia, safe drinking water and sanitation is not accessible.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and…
By Lewis Evans, Survival International
For Earth Day (April 22), Survival International reveals some of the amazing ways in which tribal peoples are the best conservationists and guardians of the natural world:
1. The Baka “Pygmies” have over 15 words for elephant
The Baka people know so…