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22 September 2022
The event convened various stakeholders from the sector with the aim to review the progress of implementation of responsible investments in agriculture and forestry in Lao PDR, exchange experiences and discuss responsibilities to foster collaboration efforts.  
15 September 2022
Angola has an abundance of arable land and a diversity of climatic conditions that are suitable for producing a variety of agricultural products. According to World Bank analysts, the country was once a major producer and exporter of agricultural products, including coffee, cotton, and bananas.
25 August 2022
Expat demand for homes in Bali, Indonesia, is spiking. The spike is driven by the rise of remote work, a new second-home visa, and skyrocketing rents. "The last 18 months — I've never seen it been busier in Bali," said Nathan Ryan, the founder of Bali Realty. Main photo: Pantai Berawa beach in
25 August 2022
Solar power has brought benefits for citizens while creating jobs. But the sector’s growth has been constrained by bottlenecks such as a lack of land on which to build large-scale plants.
23 August 2022
Pakistan Railways has leased out around 4,687 acres of its land during the last four years with the aim to transform the department into profitable entity by generating more revenue. The leased-out land was located in seven divisions including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi Multan
9 August 2022
Freetown, August 8, 2022 – Sierra Leone’s Parliament has passed two groundbreaking bills that transform communities’ ability to protect their land rights and the environment. The new legislation serves as a model for the rest of the world.   Passed by unanimous votes, the Customary Land Rights and
4 August 2022
Con el título “El único dueño del país son sus ciudadanos”, el Frente Institucional Militar (FIM), organización que agrupa a 256 oficiales de diverso rango, exige que al país se le explique y se aclare sobre el anuncio de permitirle a Irán utilizar un millón de hectáreas de territorio venezolano,
20 July 2022
This interview is part of a series with unions, non-governmental organizations and academics who are concerned about the Canadian government’s embrace the  “blended finance.”
24 June 2022
Just over a decade ago, Shajahan Bepari made a living by farming paddy and jute on a small scale and selling poultry reared on his 0.15-acre land in Shariatpur's Zajira. But then, the government came calling as plans for the construction of a hitherto elusive bridge over the Padma gained steam.
13 June 2022
Much of the landscape of Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province has been transformed, its formerly vast forests razed for logging, monocrop agriculture and open-cast coal mining. A recently published study analyzes how waves of extractive industries have affected the inhabitants of one village in the

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