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Maduro defends Venezuelan commune’s land rights in face of supreme court mandate
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com
Written by Z.C. Dutka
Santa Elena de Uairen, December 16th, 2014. (venezuelanalysis.com)- Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday his staunch support of the agricultural commune El Maizal after their communal property title was revoked by a Supreme Court judge earlier that week.
Initially, communards of El Maizal rejected the December 9 court decision and called on Maduro and other government bodies to uphold their claim in a public statement.
Can we feed the world without cutting forests? Yes, says U.N.
By: Magdalena Mis
Date: 19 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fuelled by a growing demand for food, yet it is possible to feed the world without cutting forests, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
Insecurity among indigenous peoples of Northern region of Bangladesh increased, demand for immediate formation of land commission to restitute the dispossessed land of them
On 24 February 2015, Jatiya Adivasi Parishad and Kapaeeng Foundation jointly organized a press conference protesting ongoing violence, evictions, murder and rape, and demanded to ensure security of indigenous peoples of northern region of Bangladesh at Reporters Unity in Dhaka.
Rabindranath Soren, President of Jatiya Adivasi Parishad, presented a report on present situation of indigenous peoples in Northern part of Bangladesh while Pallab Chakma, Executive Director of Kapaeeng Foundation conducted the event.
Myanmar: Women Continue to Suffer Due to Land Grabs and Militarization
By: Nyein Nyein
Date: August 3rd 2016
Source: The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Land confiscation and rights abuses linked to the continued militarization of ethnic minority regions in southeastern of Burma has had particularly adverse impacts on women, ethnic Karen human rights advocates said at a press conference in Rangoon.
Russia: Khanty clans say "no" to oil companies
"This is the last piece of land where we can feed our reindeer."
In West-Siberia’s Khanty-Mansi autonomous region, a region of the size of France, where much of Russia’s crude oil is extracted, a new conflict between indigenous Khanty reindeer herders and the powerful oil producers is unfolding. The Khanty are an indigenous nation of 30,000. Their language is related to modern Hungarian and their main subsistence activities are fishing, reindeer herding, hunting and gathering.
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Kenya: Land Commission boss Swazuri orders State to stop eviction of forest dwellers
By: Macharia Mwangi
Date: August 12th 2016
Source: Daily Nation
Dr Swazuri told State agencies to stop eviction of Sengwer people from Embobut Forest.
National Land Commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri on Friday ordered State agencies to stop evicting indigenous people living in their ancestral and forest lands.