News on Land

By: Souha Touré

Date: December 21st 2016

Source: Ecofin Agency

(Ecofin Agency) - In order to curb land grabbing which is growing significantly, Tanzanian authorities have adopted a new land policy that brings to 33 years, from 99, the lease duration for foreigners, Eurasia Review reports.

Date: April 8th 2016

Source: Times Online

Fisheries minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that he will take action to provide houses and rights to the lands of fishing families in two villages called Nayaru & Kokilai in Mullaitivu District in which Sinhala families have been occupying for more than fifty years.

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Lagos Nigeria

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NGO Acción Ecológica responds to the government’s attempt to close the organization down

Members of one of Latin America’s most well-known environmental organisations, Acción Ecológica, are fighting for their survival against a controversial attempt by Ecuador’s government to shut them down.

By: Matthew Ponsford

Date: April 24th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after the deadly earthquake in Nepal, thousands of people, especially women, are being deprived of funds to rebuild because they do not own land or cannot prove they owned the land where they lived, Oxfam said on Friday.

Women farmers in three districts of the Upper West region have expressed concern about the total absence of land rights for them despite their zeal to increase food production and family incomes.

By: Apoorva Joshi

Date: May 5th 2016

Source: Mongabay.com

Meanwhile, dozens of NGOs urge removal of its parent company, United Cacao, from the London Stock Exchange amid legality issues.

• Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been developing a palm oil plantation over the last several years.

By: Megan Rowling

Date: May 26th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

 

The risk of disasters hitting fast-growing cities is rising, so what are governments doing to protect residents?

 

By:  Andy White, Rights and Resources Initiative

Date: Thomson Reuters Foundation

A wave of progress in recognising local people's land rights is at risk of becoming just another blip on the radar

Residential properties in Fernhurst, West Sussex in the area that was proposed for shale gas exploration by Celtique Energy.- - -