24 January 2024
Land ownership in South Africa is a complex topic, with dozens of laws regulating the purchase, redistribution, and tenure of land, as well as the property rights of landowners. These laws date back decades, through pre- and post-colonial apartheid eras, and they govern different spaces – urban and
31 October 2023
On 29 September, Zimbabwe granted a UAE-based firm conservation rights over 7.5 million hectares of its forests – about 20% of the country’s landmass. Under the deal, touted to be worth $1.5 billion, Blue Carbon General Trading will run forest preservation projects that will generate carbon credits
![Ceremony in Mbaiki where Svetlana Troitskaia (center) is present with Dimitri Sytyi (left). [Center Folder]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_480x480_/public/news-items/news/13592317.jpeg?itok=diuKRacz)
3 April 2023
On Facebook, Instagram, moderation is effective, content monitored. The user can still find diamonds for sale. The origin of these stones remains difficult to prove. Normally, the Kimberley Process allows for solid certifications, avoiding the circulation of blood diamonds. But our investigation
28 February 2023
Equal Rights Trust (ERT) is looking for a research fellow to support on a research project to map discriminatory corruption in the land sector.
19 February 2023
An independent forest monitoring watchdog has expressed shock that forest reserve land is being openly advertised for sale online every week.
3 February 2023
Authorities have apparently confiscated vast swathes of land from the unpopular brother of Kazakhstan’s first president, with the ruling Amanat party keen to take the credit as parliamentary elections loom.
3 February 2023
Minister pledges to "beat up" land mafia in Indonesia
16 January 2023
The government awarded a new Economic Land Concession (ELC) in March 2022 for the first time in nearly a decade and despite an existing moratorium on ELCs
16 November 2022
Transparency International is inviting experts to work on a consultancy about how land corruption affects discriminated and marginalised groups.
13 September 2022
The mining executives responsible for the Jagersfontein mine dam wall burst, which has claimed lives and caused major destruction to the community, must be held accountable for the loss of lives, homes and people livelihoods, Amnesty International South Africa said today.
According to reports three
9 September 2022
A Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) leader says menteris besar and chief ministers are being given vast powers on land matters in their states.
19 August 2022
An activist says the son has ties to the company behind the planned development of a treasured forest.
Main photo: A cleared area is seen in Phnom Tamao Forest, south of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, Aug. 6, 2022.