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Sénégal: Scandale foncier à Podor - des italiens font main basse sur 20 mille hectares de terres
Les problèmes fonciers sont monnaie courante dans le pays. La communauté rurale de Fanaye ne fait pas exception à la règle. La source du conflit : l'attribution de 20 mille hectares de terres par le conseil rural à une société italienne.
Women Protest At Loss of Land in Beira
Maputo, Sep 18, 2011 (Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- About 1,000 women demonstrated on Friday in front of the City Council heaquarters in the central port of Beira , demanding just compensation for land and crops they are losing because of the construction of the new Beira port coal terminal.
Amazonas: Public Statement From COIAB On Mineral Extraction Projects On Indigenous Lands In Amazonas
The Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), considering the revival and advancement of diverse interests - governments, national and international companies and even acting as an indigenous people - around the extraction of mineral resources from indigenous lands that are in the Amazon comes from the public to express:
Bangladesh: Ancestral Land Of Khiyang People Occupied By A Bengali Land Grabber In Bandarban
The lands of indigenous Khiyang community at Gungru Mukh Para under Kuhalong Mouza in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are allegedly being targeted to seize by a so-called journalist namely AKM Jahangir, a fanatic leader of Bengali settlers.
Meeting with Rural Development Mister
Had a meaningful meeting with Mr.Jairam Ramesh on land issues. Calling a larger group meeting soon, followed by the first meeting of National Council for Land Reforms in the first week of October....looking forward to meaningful dialogue and responce to peoples' struggle.
Alternative Nobels to US, Spain, Chad, China
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Solar power technology and efforts to protect the rights of birthing mothers, victims of dictatorship and farming communities were rewarded Thursday with the Right Livelihood Awards, sometimes referred to as the alternative Nobel prizes.
Human rights activist Jacqueline Moudeina of Chad; Spanish-based nonprofit GRAIN; and American midwifery educator Ina May Gaskin will share the euro150,000 ($205,000) cash award.
Chinese solar power pioneer Huang Ming receives an honorary award for developing "cutting-edge technologies."
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.
UN expert calls for guidelines to protect vulnerable people against 'land grabs'
Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, calls for consensus before talks this month on land governance, as commercial pressures mount. Governments should be wary of speculation and concentration of ownership when land rights are transferred to investors to "develop" farmland, a UN expert has warned before key UN negotiations on land governance.
The World Bank is looking for a LGAF global coordinator
The World Bank is looking for a global coordinator to support the implementation of land governance assessments in new countries and the follow up on existing ones. The latter would include to ensure piloting and eventual scaling up of innovative approaches in areas that have been identified as bottlenecks in a way that links to the ongoing policy dialogue and informs broader initiatives. This is a challenging opportunity to help advance the land agenda at a critical juncture.