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Honduras activists need protection after land rights leader's killing: campaigners
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Honduras must do more to protect land rights activists, campaign groups said, after the killing of an award-winning indigenous environmentalist on Thursday.
Nepal: Bhaktapur DLRO switches to online land registration
By: Rastriya Samachar Samiti
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: The Himalayan Times
BHAKTAPUR: In a bid to keep up with e-governance service recently introduced by the government, the Bhaktapur District Land Revenue Office (DLRO) has switched to online land registration service.
Officiating secretary at the Ministry of Land Reform and Management Nagendra Jha inaugurated the service on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe: Diamond mines shut-down an infringement on property rights
By: Hazel Ndebele
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
GOVERNMENT’S trampling on property rights and Zimbabwe’s viability as a suitable investment destination has been brought sharply into focus by last week’s abrupt shutting down of diamond mining operations of nine companies in Chiadzwa by the Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa over disputes on his corporate consolidation process.
Little hope for displaced Sri Lankans to have land returned
By: Niranjani Roland and Asanka Fernando
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: UCA News
Property rights should be included in the island nation's constitution, activists say
Punchirala Somasiri feels helpless whenever his oldest child asks for extra money to buy things for school. Most of the time he has to borrow money from a friend to give to his child.
Nepal: Women receive joint land ownership papers
By: Himalayan News Service
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: The Himalayan Times
The campaign meant for increasing access and ownership of women farmers to land property is gaining success in Ramechhap with more and more women participating in the campaign.
Honduras Indigenous Leader Berta Caceres Assassinated in Home
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: TeleSUR
Several unknown assailants broke into Caceres' home early Thursday and killed her. She was a prominent Indigenous and social movement leader.
Berta Caceres, the coordinator and co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras or COPIHN, was killed by unknown assailants early Thursday morning.
Namibia: Mbambo concerned about deteriorating rangelands
By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: New Era
Windhoek- Rangeland management is no longer a ‘nice to do’ practice, but should be a command that every farmer abide by, because our rangelands are under immense pressure, says Governor of Kavango East Region Dr Samuel Mbambo.
He made the comment when he acted as keynote speaker at Agra ProVision’s bi-monthly breakfast meeting in Rundu on Friday, held under the theme ‘Rangeland Management – no grass, no bucks’.
South Africa: Rapid Urbanization and Climate Change Puts Strain On Durban's Environment
By: World Bank
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / World Bank
Ethekwini — The natural environment of eThekwini, the city also known as Durban, has been put under severe pressure due to rapid urbanization and climate change. These have contributed to the degradation of the City's environmental assets, such as rare and threatened ecosystems, rivers and coastal wetlands, undermining the wellbeing of people and the economic prospects of the City, according to a World Bank report released today.