News on Land

 The Land Workers Alliance gathered yesterday at DEFRA's London HQ to protest at the corrupt relationship between Government and corporate agriculture - and the deliberate marginalisation of small farmers, our most sustainable producers. Ed Hamer explains ...

 

By: Brittany Patterson

Date: 21 June 2016

Source: Scientific American

 

An effort in Ecuador might point the way to a more sustainable future for the rainforest and people

In the lush green rainforest of the Ecuadorean Amazon, members of the Kichwa indigenous group gather well before dawn to drink guayusa tea.

 

In Sub Saharan Africa, the locals have lost their usable land due to land rush practices instituted by their government.

 

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Khin Than Myint, member of Land Investigation Commission, reads the report during a parliamentary session on July 10. (Photo/EMG)- - -A parliamentary commission tasked with investigating instances of land grabbing has suggested in a report that land be returned to original owners if projects are halted or no longer operational.

Source: La Vía Campesina | GRAIN | pdf

05 December 2014

 

A global effort to give small farmers and indigenous communities control over lands is the best hope we have to deal with climate change and feed the world’s growing population.

By: Rina Chandran,

Date: 14 July 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation 

India's ambitious plans to develop infrastructure, mining and renewable energy threaten to force more of the most marginalised groups from their homes, widening inequality and fanning tensions, a global research group warned on Thursday.

Source: BBC News

Australia's indigenous Barngarla people have won a campaign, lasting nearly 20 years, for the law to recognise their right to traditional lands.

The native title claim over a huge tract of land in South Australia has been mostly upheld by a federal court.

Native titles are pre-colonial rights held by Australia's indigenous people, derived from their laws and customs.

By: Kiarie Njoroge

Date: August 1st 2016

Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation

Pastoralists are set to benefit from a Sh7.7 billion World Bank loan expected to ease losses related to drought and disease.

The financing is expected to cater for a range of activities including water provision, re-seeding of rangelands, animal vaccination and storing fodder to ensure increased yields for about 93,000 pastoralist households.

 

1 April, 2015

Golden Veroleum and Golden Agri-Resource’s palm oil operations in Liberia are compounding poverty and food insecurity by taking land without community consent and making hollow promises of development benefits, says new report