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In Oregon, frustration over federal land rights has been building for years
By Carissa Wolf, Mark Berman and Kevin Sullivan
Date: January 4th 2016
Source: Washington Post
BURNS, Ore. — B.J. Soper has seen the frustration building for years in this rural corner of Oregon.
REDD+ project pioneers FPIC in Sayabouri Province, Laos
Villagers around the Nam Phui NPA will become the first in Laos to formally give consent on whether or not to participate in a REDD+ project. Representatives from GIZ and LBA clarify the why, who and how behind Laos’ pioneer FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) process while Mr. Oupakone Alounsavath from the Department of Forestry outlines government motivations and plans for FPIC.
Locals fearful as mega-projects drive rush for land on Kenya's coast
By:Sophie Mbugua
Date: 8 December 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
WITU, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Too poor to buy land where they grew up on Kenya's palm-fringed southern coast, Sylvester Jefua and his wife migrated 300 kms northwards to Witu Forest, where they felled seven acres of trees and built a mud and thatch house for their family.
Ten years later, Jefua, 36, still does not feel secure.
La FAO denuncia problemas de corrupción en acceso a la tierra en 61 países
ROMA — Un estudio de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y del organismo mundial anticorrupción Transparencia Internacional (TI) detectó graves problemas de corrupción en el acceso a la tierra en 61 países, entre ellos Colombia.
Sierra Leone convicts six of destroying palm oil trees in land rights dispute
By: Umaru Fofana
Date: February 5th 2016
Source: Reuters Africa
BO, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone court has convicted six people opposed to a palm oil project in which French conglomerate Bollore owns a major stake of destroying trees and inciting the local population to protest over land rights.
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Visits Rural Women’s Land Rights Project in Morocco
Indonesia’s land rights decision a major victory for indigenous peoples
By: Max Walden
Date: 10th January 2017
Source: Asian Correspondent
“THIS is only the beginning,” declared Indonesian President Joko Widodo at a special ceremony at the presidential palace, “[the land being handed back] is still so very small.”
FAO assists Iran on tenure of land, fisheries, forestry
By: PT/PR
Date: February 22nd 2016
Source: Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) – FAO has conducted a three-day technical workshop (21-23 February 2016) in Tehran focusing on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries, forestry and cross-cutting issues in the country aimed at enhancing national food security.