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Developing countries need targeted policies focused on rural people to eliminate poverty
Date: September 14th 2016
Source: Economy Lead
Economic growth is not enough to save those threatened daily with starvation. Governments need to tailor policies and investments to transform rural areas in developing countries if they want to eliminate poverty, according to a new global study released by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today.
Brazilian Indians protest plan to “undo” land rights progress
Date: June 2nd, 2016
Source: Survival International
Brazilian Indians are protesting against the country’s political elite’s threats to break up their lands and limit their rights.
As the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff moves forward, interim President Michel Temer and his newly appointed ministers are attempting to put a stop to the protection of indigenous lands.
5 types of land development vulnerable to natural disasters
By: Jonathan Kinghorn
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Property Casualty 360
There is a growing awareness that good land use and planning can do much to reduce the impact of natural catastrophes.
Communities that understand the risks they face and mitigate those risks become resilient and can experience sustainable outcomes when affected by natural hazards.
'All we ask is for is our land back': Uganda's Bugala Island farmers
By: Evelyn Lirri
Date: June 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BUGALA ISLAND, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mariam Nakakeeto listened quietly to the grievances of fellow farmers gathered outside the grounds of a local church on Bugala Island, by the shores of Lake Victoria.
Land ownership reforms proposed - SCOTLAND
Brazil's Iconic MST Blasts 'Undemocratic' Agrarian Reform
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: TeleSUR English
The Landless Movement accused the Federal District government of rolling out criminalization against the movement while ruling by decree.
Land administration challenges after land reform: evidence from Masvingo - Zimbabwe
As readers of this blog will know, we have been tracking 400 farms since the early 2000s across Masvingo province. One of the things we have been looking at is how plots change hands over time. This is important for a number of reasons.
Afghan women to be given 'fair share' in property rights drive - land authority
By Zabihullah Noori
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In conservative Afghanistan, properties usually registered to men but there are plans to issue joint ownership rights to married couples
