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Open Development Cambodia Launches New “Generation 2” Platform, Expanding Development Data to the Public
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) launched a new platform (https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net) that significantly expands the range and functionality of the development-related data it makes
available to the public.
Asian women lack the most rights to land
A study came out revealing that Asian women are the ones suffering most from lack of land rights, and this seems to prevent some countries to achieve a better development.... To read more click on the link below
India: Model law liberalizing farmland leasing gains traction among states
By: Sayantan Bera
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Live Mint
New Delhi: Several states, including Gujarat, Odisha and Punjab, are adopting a model law that is aimed at encouraging owners of agricultural land to lease out their land for farming.
Rights abuses discovered in Philippine mining town
By: Joe Torres and Mark Saludes
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: UCA News
Study also shows worsened health conditions of residents due to nickel mine
A fact-finding mission launched by church and environmental groups in late February discovered "police brutality and land grabbing" were committed in a mining town north of Manila.
A global Land Observatory
August 1, 2012
In recent months, 192 people in five countries have participated in workshops sponsored by Land Observatory, project of the International Land Coalition and the University of Bern's Center for Development and Environment. In late June, the Land Observatory completed its fifth and final inception workshop in Peru.
India: Rawat calls for action against illegal land grab by ashrams
By: Darshan Kunwar|
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: Times of India
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat has directed top officials across the state to identify those responsible for grabbing the state government land illegally to expand ashrams, especially in holy places like Haridwar, and initiating action against them.
India: Land rights to empower 1900 single women in Mayurbhanj
By: TNN
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: Times of India
BALASORE: The Mayurbhanj district administration has handed over land pattas - documents of legal rights - to 1,938 single landless women. The women received legal rights to homestead land at a ceremony on Saturday.
“FINANCIAL CREDIT FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IS NOT AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION FOR THE WORLD’S POOR”
An interesting publication by the UN Expert on Housing, when one considers the right for a land to shelter that was just agreed between Ekta Parishad and the Indian Government:
“FINANCIAL CREDIT FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IS NOT AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION FOR
THE WORLD’S POOR” – UN EXPERT ON HOUSING
India nearly doubles budget for digitisation of land records
By: Rina Chandran
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India will nearly double the budget and extend the deadline for a programme to digitise land records as states struggle to survey land and property, large chunks of which have not been mapped in a century, a senior official said.
India: Chennai loses green space as urbanization goes up: study
By: Trushna Udgirkar
Date: March 15th 2016
Source: Live Mint
Chennai has lost more than one-fifth of its greenery in 20 years as the city urbanized rapidly, according to a study by IISc
Hyderabad: Chennai lost more than one-fifth of its greenery in 20 years as the city urbanized rapidly, a study found.
Urgent call for solidarity action around land struggle in India
Vietnam Jails an Activist as Hanoi Grabs More Land
Date: 20 September 2016
Source: RFA
A court in Hanoi sentenced a land rights activist to nearly two years in prison on Tuesday for her role in protesting government-sanctioned evictions that are being used to clear the way for commercial real estate developments in Vietnam.