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The ugly truth about wildlife conservation in Kenya (OPINION)
India: Tribal gets land rights after 2 years of living in a tree
MYSURU: Two years ago, Gejja climbed a mango tree and made it his home after his hut in the forest was declared illegal and allegedly pulled down by authorities.
Namibia: Baseline study zooms in on women and land use in sub-Sahara Africa
Namibia will launch the baseline study that was conducted in 2016 by the University of Namibia which was aimed at investigating the status of women’s land use, ownership and rights under customary land tenure system, at an event on Thursday in Ongwediva, northern Namibia.
The study was prepared for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation, through the special initiative, ‘One World- No Hunger: strengthening Women’s land use and land ownership in Sub-Sahara Africa’.
Uganda: Acholi MPs accuse Betty Amongi of fostering land grabbing in Amuru district
Land Update: Stakeholders Present Progress on Tenure Security and Monitoring
- Asian regional members of the International Land Coalition (ILC) called for greater recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples to control their land and resources and their own development.
- PROFOR published a study analyzing forest tenure regimes in Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru.
- During a regional inception workshop convened by the LPI and IFPRI, 12 African countries embarked on the pilot ‘Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa’ (MELA) project.
The indigenous fight against climate change
Partnership for Action Conference: Effective land governance and management in Africa
The GLTN’s Urban CSO Cluster of UN-Habitat and Habitat for Humanity’s Solid Ground campaign are convening a multi-stakeholder regional conference on land governance and management and kindly invite you to attend the upcoming conference titled Partnership for Action: Improving Land Governance and Management in Africa.
From farm labourers to bosses: South Africa's land reform scores a rare success
Hoedspruit - It was a hard-fought victory for South Africa's black community seeking to reclaim land, and for the Moletele ethnic group it has become a surprising model of wider racial cooperation.
After a 10-year legal battle, the Moletele have taken back the land from which they were evicted by members of the white minority nearly a century ago.
The area, a picturesque range at the foot of mountains near Hoedspruit is dotted with trees heavy with fruit.
Dignity restored
Liberia: Civil Society Frowns on Exclusion From Land Rights Forum
Monrovia - The Civil Society Working Group on Land Rights Reforms has expressed its dismay over the exclusion of CSOs and Liberians from the legislative consultative forum over the Land Rights Act between the Liberian Land Authority (LLA), lawmakers and other stakeholders.
Uganda: 73 Percent of MPs Say No to Land Bill
The proposed amendment of article 26 of the Constitution to allow government take possession of private land without prior compensation continues to fiercely divide opinion in parliament.
Opponents of the draft legislation claim the amendment is a government ploy to grab people's land. But government argues that the amendment would stop the long delays in developing infrastructure projects, which also lead to escalation of costs.