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Mozambique's Movement to End Land Grabs
By: Anabel Lemos
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Truth Out
This article was drawn from an interview with Anabela Lemos, and conducted, edited and condensed by Simone Adler.
Anabela Lemos is cofounder, campaign coordinator and board member of Justiça Ambiental, the Mozambique branch of Friends of the Earth.
Australia: Advertising mogul Harold Mitchell backs WA Government plan to diversify rangelands
By: Richard Hudson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: ABC Australia
Advertising mogul Harold Mitchell is fully supporting the Western Australian Government's introduction of multi-use leases for rangelands making up about 87 per cent of the state.
Philippines: Basilan farmers acquire lands fought for 17 years
By: By John Unson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Philstar.com
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – It was a tedious and expensive 17-year uphill struggle for land ownership they will never ever forget.
The 54 peasants who fought it out had finally been grouped Tuesday into a communal bloc, the Maloong-Canal Farmers Agrarian Reform Multi-Purpose Cooperative, as a positive aftermath of a battle stymied by lack of money and connections.
India: ‘Land Rights Yatra’ reaches Chennai
By: Staff reporter
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: The Hindu
Campaigning for land rights for the marginalised sections of society, people from various parts of Tamil Nadu participated in a demonstration organised by Unorganised Workers Federation and National Alliance for People’s Movements, on Tuesday. This was the concluding event of their ‘Land Rights Yatra’.
Many indigenous people lack title to land where they live, research shows
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people formally own just one-tenth of the world's land, according to research released on Wednesday as part of a campaign that aims to expand legal rights to land globally.
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.
Thai govt to distribute state land for the landless
By: Editor
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Thai Visa News
Government to distribute state land for the landless
BANGKOK: — The government plans to allocate about 195,000 rai of state land in 47 provinces for landless poor so they will have a land plot to build a living quarter and to make a living.
African governments offer common vision on urbanization
By: Ben Ezeamalu
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: Citiscope.org
A key regional meeting ahead of Habitat III resulted in a forward-looking declaration and a landmark document outlining a shared regional stance.