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After violent struggle for land, Thai campaigners face challenge to community farming
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Author: Alisa Tang
KLONG SAI PATTANA, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Klong Sai Pattana, a rural community carved out of an illegal oil palm plantation by land rights campaigners, new arrivals are given a one-year trial run at being farmers.
Vietnam struggling to farm in a parched land
By: Associated Press
Date: May 28th 2016
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican / Associated Press
SOC TRANG, Vietnam — When the rice shoots began to wither on Lam Thi Loi’s farm in the heart of the Mekong Delta, a usually verdant region of Vietnam, she faced a hard choice: Let them die in the parched earth, or pump salty water from the river to give them a chance.
‘Land-grabber’ or farming’s future? Quebec’s Pangea says bigger is better - Quebec
Serge Fortin, chief executive of Pangea, believes Quebec's small farms must be replaced by larger farms to survive.
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Quebec’s powerful farmers’ association denounces them as “land grabbers.” The province’s young farmers’ federation says they’re contributing to the “financialization” of agriculture.
Malaysia: Indigenous communities want their maps recognised
By: Loh Foon Fong
Date: August 7th 2016
Source: The Star Online
SHAH ALAM: NGOs representing indigenous people are urging the federal and state governments to recognise the maps indigenous communities have drawn up to demarcate their land.
Cambodia: Suspended sentences and release of land rights activists Sim Somnang, Tri Sovikea and San Mala
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources, including the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), about the suspended sentences and subsequent release of Messrs. Sim Somnang, Tri Sovikea, and San Mala, members of the organisation Mother Nature, a local environmental group known for its efforts to stop illegal sand dredging and the construction of a hydropower dam in Koh Kong Province.
Simpler laws needed to avert conflict over India's scarce land
By: Rina Chandran
Date: August 18th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts over land in India will only increase as its economy grows quickly, and the most effective way to prevent them is to ensure land laws are simpler and more transparent, a leading campaigner said.
Québec ne s'inquiète pas de la dépossession des terres agricoles
DENISE PROULX / AGENCE QMI
Le gouvernement du Québec n’a pas l’intention de créer une société publique qui participerait aux transactions foncières relatives aux terres agricoles du Québec.
Ireland: Land is wetter and less productive - and we only have ourselves to blame
By: Richard Hackett
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: The Independent.ie
Normally at this time of year, while the harvest is still being wrapped up, thoughts rapidly turn to the next cropping season.
Call for applications - 2015 Landesa Center for Women's Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the fourth year of our Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program.