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Opportunity: Information Platform Coordinator Mekong
The Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) is looking for a full-time Information Platform Coordinator to lead the Mekong Land Information Knowledge and Engagement Platform (M-LIKE).
The Mekong Land Information Knowledge and Engagement Platform (M-LIKE) is dedicated to bringing together communities, private sector, government officials and civil society organizations to dialogue around new knowledge and solutions so as to ensure the secure land tenure of small holders in Lao, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Myanmar.
Women are India’s fiercest forest protectors
By: Sam Eaton
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Kera News
The women of Ghunduribadi in Odisha have formed a vigilante group, guarding the forest they’ve used for generations from intruders and illegal loggers. Due to a landmark 2006 law, they can claim title to these ancestral lands.
Kenya: Samburu Residents Protest Grabbing of 10,000 Acres of Public Land in Kirimon
By: Johnston Keti
Date: March 28th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Residents of Kirimon in Samburu Central Sub-County have demonstrated over what they say is illegal grabbing of 10,000 acres of public land meant to benefit their community.
The angry residents accused the Samburu County government of taking too long to handover Kelele holding ground land to the Kirimon group ranch after approval by the defunct county council.
Pakistan: Questions, answers, referrals: Land grabbing issue continues as districts fail to cooperate
By: Our Correspondent
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: As the government admitted its helplessness in the house in failing to stop land grabbers, opposition members relentlessly questioned “why”, during the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session on Monday.
Thailand: Protest over Mineral Bill that ‘kills local communities’ rights’
By: Pratch Rujivanarom & Prapasri Ostanon
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: The Nation
ACTIVISTS have warned that the proposed Mineral Bill would severely violate human rights by allowing mining firms to drive people off their lands and give the state absolute power to manage mineral resources.
Malaysia: Controversial dam officially canceled in Borneo after indigenous protests
By: Rhett Butler
Date: March 28th 2016
Source: Mongabay
- The controversial Baram dam has been officially canceled after years of opposition from local indigenous people.
Bangladesh: "Protect ethnic minorities from land grabbers"
By: Our Correspondent
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Daily Star
Demands human chain in Parbatipur town
The ethnic minority people formed a human chain near Shaheed Minar in Parbatipur upazila town under the district yesterday, urging the government to take initiative to stop torture and repression on them.
Ethiopia: Agency quits offering land for large scale agricultural investments
By: WIC
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: Walta Info
Addis Ababa, March 22, 2016 (WIC) – The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency (EAILAA) has given up offering land for large scale agricultural investments for an unspecified time.
India: Waterless in Marathwada: Farm crisis is extra hard on women
By: Kavitha Iyer
Date: March 26th 2016
Source: Indian Express
In Marathwada’s worst-hit districts of Beed, Osmanabad and Latur, households now have an uncompromising priority list of expenses as an economy hit by years of near-total crop failure goes into a tailspin.
Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO
By: Philip Jacobson
Date: March 5th 2016
Source: Mongabay
Strict action from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
The green image of one of Malaysia’s largest conglomerates suffered a major blow on Friday with its suspension from the world’s largest association for ethical palm oil production, the RSPO.