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IALTA and China
On 6-7 August 2011 Prof Leon Verstappen from the International Alliance on Land Tenure and Administration (IALTA) participated in the ‘Second Forum on Global Constitutionalism: International Conference on Zoning, Taking and Constitutional Protection of Peasant Rights’ organized by the Constitutional and Administrative Law Centre of Peking University in China. Bringing national and international land scholars and policy-makers together, the conference provided a timely contribution to China’s ongoing land policy reform agenda pertaining to the revision of the current Land Management Law.
Liberia must pass land rights bill or risk jeopardising peace, campaigners warn
By: Ruth Maclean
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: The Guardian
Civil society groups want 2014 bill passed before August recess, claiming land grabs have ‘turned citizens into refugees in their own country’
Malawi: Chiefs Clash With Subjects Over Land Sale to Indian Investor
Communities in the area of Chief Malemia in Nsanje have turned down a proposal by their traditional leaders to sale their customary land to an Indian investor, Nyasa Limited.
The communities have faulted Senior Chief Malemia among other traditional leaders for secretly masterminding the selling of their land to the company which intends to open Mango and Banana plantations without their knowledge.
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Women's Land Tenure Security and LSLAs
Published today in the Mokoro newsletter online, an article from Mokoro Associate and WOLTS team member Roman Moges Asefaha.
Thailand: Land reform needed to fight inequality
By: Jon Fernquest
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
From land with community deeds for landless to stopping poor farmers & sea gypsies getting kicked off of land, land reform needed to fight inequality at root of Thailand's political conflict.
EDITORIAL
"Are land rights human rights?"
Find attached the synopsis of the online discussion "Are Land Rights Human Rights?" launched on November 17 in preparation of a Ekta Parishad December 10th human right event.
The objective of the discussion was to ask what people around the world see as the main land and livelihood problem in their countries.
Look at the discussion HERE.
Cambodia: Evictees, Sugar Company Reach Deal at Last
By: Sek Odom
Date: August 12th 2016
Source: Cambodia Daily
Representatives of evicted families and a sugarcane plantation owned by a prominent CPP senator announced an agreement on Thursday that provides compensation ranging from $500 to $5,000 to eligible villagers after a five-year battle over land.
The deal was meant to put an end to claims of land-grabbing against Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company.
Documentary ‘Land Grabbing’: exposing the impacts of large-scale agriculture on local communities
By: Chris Lang / REDD Monitor
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: The Ecologist
Agriculture is big business and with the EU pumping money at the sector, the corporate profiteers are holding all the aces, writes Chris Lang. The documentary ‘Land Grabbing’ investigates what happens when well-financed agro-investors take over rural communities' land and water.
Kenya enacts three new land laws
Indigenous Australians win landmark $3m native title compensation claim
By: Helen Davidson
Date: August 24th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Federal court decision over extinguishment of title in Timber Creek in Northern Territory could leave Australian governments liable for future claims
Affordable Housing: India’s challenge Of Disordered Urbanization
By: Manish Kumar
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: India Infoline News Service
About 377 million people from India’s total population of 1.21 billion are urban dwellers. With more than 10 million people migrating to cities and towns every year, the total urban population is expected to reach about 600 million by 2031.