Please read below the article about Jan Satyagraha 2012 in german language.

A partnership between the University of Cape Town, the Community Organisation Resource Centre, Shack Dwellers International and the Stellenbosch Municipality is improving living conditions for Langrug’s population of 4,088 residents. Read more.

August 7, 2012

The Land Observatory is a project involving those who will contribute, verify and update information on land deals to a web-based platform, and involving those who will explore this information and analyze it. There is no use in developers blindly building a platform without fully understanding the needs and desires of both of those sets of potential users.

This is the July-August update from the Community Self-reliance Centre (CSRC).

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

Pirgong, Bangladesh -  A young landless peasant was brutally killed in a landless territory called Zoykur at Pirgong, Thakurgoan district on July 3. Kamolakanto Kanu, member of the Joykur Peoples Organization which is facilitated by the Community Development Association (CDA) of Bangladesh, and ILC member. Kanu was brutally killed and 8 others were injured by local influential land grabbers. A certain Satu Ram and his group were trying to occupy the Khas land in Joykur village already occupied by Kanu’s group for the past 12 years.

Another article explaining that the government is beginning to consider the issue of landlessness and land grabbing for industrial purposes seriously... Is it just communications or are things really moving in India? One can have some doubts but still appreciate the movement... To read more about the situation in Kerala click on the link below.

Community rights are part of the Forest Rights Act, an India law supposed to guarantee the acces to land and natural ressources for (mainly) indigenous forest dwellers. This law is existing since 2006, but its implementation has many loopholes, especially concerning community rights. In that sense this article is excellent news! To read more click on the link below.

A study of Greenpeace reveals that coal mining has been growing enourmously recently in India, which leads to massive forest destruction and to endanger even more some already fragile species, like the Royal Bengal Tiger, India's symbol. The study also makes a (rare but useful) correlation between the destruction of the fauna in the mining areas and the evictions of local forest dwellers... To read more click on the link below.

The article in 'Counterview' from July 18th relates the interrogations of Rajagopal PV, President and Founder of Ekta Parishad, about the real "success" of the development model of the State of Gujrarat in India. To find out more click on the link below...