By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's biggest gold mining firms has pledged to improve its dispute resolution practices following an 18-month investigation into a bitter, ongoing conflict
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: 24 June 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
Bill Kayong, a dedicated indigenous and land rights activist in Malaysia’s Sarawak state, was killed in a drive-by shooting while waiting at a traffic light in broad daylight on Wednesday.
By: Sulok Tawie
Date: October 25th 2016
Source: The Malay Mail Online
KUCHING, Oct 25 — Tan Sri Adenan Satem can prevent more deaths by establishing a Land Rights Commission to deal with disputes between natives and plantation companies, Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian said today.
By: Athar Parvaiz
Date: 15 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mismanagement of a flagship land ownership scheme in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state, banked on by the regional government to generate cash to build its own power plants, is holding back local ambitions for
By: Pinaki Roy and Rezaul Hoque
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Daily Star
It was long after sundown. Amid a shroud of darkness, a Santal family lit a fire to cook their first meal of the day.
By: Rina Chandran
Date: August 18th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts over land in India will only increase as its economy grows quickly, and the most effective way to prevent them is to ensure land laws are simpler and more transparent, a
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Filipino Fishers Living in a Scenic Cove Fight to Save Their Homes From Demolition and Land Grabbing
By: Karlo Mikhail Mongaya
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: Global Voices
By: Rachel Diaz-Bastin
Date: December 20th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - International land deals, often for giant agriculture projects, now cover an area the size of Germany and a growing share are getting up and running, fuelling fears that
By: Touch Sokha and Ananth Baliga
Date: December 23rd 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
By: Eliasu Tanko
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: STARRFM Online
A longstanding land dispute which continues to brew raw tensions in the Bole district of the Northern region has threatened the survival of a $3,139,383 poverty alleviation project.
The project, Babator Irrigated Farming Hub, an