News on Land

By: Fernando Casado, Marie-Alexandra Kurth & Lisa Reudenbach

Date: February 22nd 2016

Source: Citiscope

Empowering Sustainable Investment Through Secure Land Tenure for Small Farmers

 High Level Panel at World Water Week 2012

Stockholm, August 27, 2012

 Address by Dr. Madiodio Niasse, International Land Coalition Director

I appreciate the opportunity to take part in the High Level Panel on The Global Rush for Water and Land which is taking place on August 27th, 2012, at the opening day of the Stockholm World Water Week, which this year focuses on Water and Food Security.

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: August 1st 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When it comes to alleviating poverty and allowing people to live up to their potential, prize-winning Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto divides the world into two groups: the ones who have defined property rights and those who do not.

By: By John Unson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Philstar.com

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – It was a tedious and expensive 17-year uphill struggle for land ownership they will never ever forget.

The 54 peasants who fought it out had finally been grouped Tuesday into a communal bloc, the Maloong-Canal Farmers Agrarian Reform Multi-Purpose Cooperative, as a positive aftermath of a battle stymied by lack of money and connections.

To outsiders, the problems raised by increased urbanization in Africa seem insurmountable, but the new Director for UN Habitat in Brussels, Jean- Christophe Adrian, disagrees, saying building sustainable cities after many decades of poor or non-existent planning can be done, but it will take resources, time and most importantly a change in focus from the development community.

By: Siva G| 

Date: August 11th 2016

Source: Times of India

VISAKHAPATNAM: Police bosses are busy chalking out various plans and proposals to address the litigation cases pertaining to land and land grabbing at Madhurawada and other areas. According to sources, the police department's previous attempt with a DSP rank officer as sub-division chief yielded little results.

By: Silvia Ceriani

Date: March 9th 2016

Source: Slowfood.com

Dear all, I received this call through the ESCR-net and thought that it could be of some interest for you, as the cause is quite similar to some experiences of Ekta Parishad in India.For more information please contact the writer of the letter (see below).Jai jagat, Marie Chers tous,

Tiempo Muerto, or “The Dead Season,” visits sugar plantations across the Philippines, when many farmers struggle with hunger and deprivation because there’s no work during this off-milling period of the year. The season can be so brutal on farmers that more than a quarter of a million people—a whopping 385,000 sugar workers, known as “sakada”—are affected on Negros Island alone.

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: March 17th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

TORONTO, March 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women account for nearly half of the developing world's farmers, yet they own far less land than men despite growing evidence that increasing female land ownership can boost food production, education levels and child nutrition.

To get access to a new publication on community land rights in Tanzania, follow the link : http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/maliasili-publication-on-community...

By: Hanna Hindstrom

Date: September 2nd 2016

Source: the Diplomat

Economic development must not come at the expense of those less fortunate.