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Scotland: Farmers urged to change land use to safeguard food supplies
By: Ilona Amos
Date: February 28th 2016
Source: The Scotsman
FARMERS must change the way land is used in order to safeguard human health, food supplies and the environment, Scottish scientists have warned.
Australia: Mitchell backs land use reform
By: Brad Thompson
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: The West Australian
Advertising guru Harold Mitchell has hailed changes to WA’s land use laws as a key to unlocking the value and productivity in pastoral leases covering 87 million hectares of the State.
India: Forest Rights Axed For Coal Mine, Allege Tribals In Chhattisgarh
By: Siddharth Ranjan Das
Date: February 27th 2016
Source: NDTV
SARGUJA: Deep inside Chhattisgarh's Hasdeo Arand forest, the silence of the woods is broken by the mechanical sounds of coal mine workers cutting trees near the Ghatbarra village of Sarguja district.
But around 300 tribal families in the village allege what is also being wrecked is the law that assured them first rights to the forest.
Habitat III: ‘The future of Africa is urban’
By: David Lawal
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: The Nation
The city of Abuja, under the auspices of the Government of Nigeria, is about to host a strategic event vital to the future of Africa and its citizens.
The Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting of 24-26 February is a crucial spur to the current global debate on urbanization as a source of prosperity and an engine of development.
Uganda: Bidco Dismisses Land-Grab Claims By Kalangala Farmers
By: George Omondi
Date: February 25th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Nairobi — Edible oil manufacturer Bidco has dismissed compensation claims raised by Kalangala farmers' lobby saying its involvement in Uganda's palm oil development project does not include land transaction.
In a letter addressed to banks, lawyers and international organisations, Bidco's cheif executive Vimal Shah said the land on which its plantation stands was properly acquired by the Ugandan government.
Debate still rages over South Africa’s land reform
By: SABC
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: SABC News
South Africa's main house of Parliament took a first step on Tuesday towards enabling the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership.
Ethnic Mongolians Protest Loss of Traditional Grazing Lands Outside Banner Government
By: Qiao Long
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: Radio Free Asia
Traditional herding communities in a county-level district in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia have stepped up protests over the loss of their grasslands this week, local sources said.