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L’accaparement des terres ou comment la loi expulse les gens de leurs terres
L’Etat, en tant qu’instrument des intérêts du capital, fournit de la main d’œuvre corvéable à merci, des terres et des privilèges fiscaux à ceux qui se saisissent des terres. Mais la quête du développement n’est pas une finalité qui justifie les abus et les violations. Elle est plutôt un processus qui doit être considéré comme un droit, une dialectique entre l’Etat et la population où tous les droits, c'est-à-dire sociaux et culturels ainsi que civils et politiques, sont réalisés ensemble.
How to upgrade informal settlements: Lessons from Langrug, a community in the Western Cape, South Africa
A partnership between the University of Cape Town, the Community Organisation Resource Centre, Shack Dwellers International and the Stellenbosch Municipality is improving living conditions for Langrug’s population of 4,088 residents. Read more.
2,4 millions d'hectares de forêts concédés en Centrafrique pour faire un projet carbone/REDD+
Vendredi, 06 Juillet 2012 08:18 Par Nicolas Teisserenc Jeune Afrique
2,4 millions d'hectares de forêts centrafricaines, concédées à Carbon Essence, vont rapporter entre 35 et 80 millions d'euros par an... sans couper un arbre. Carbon Essence annonce 5 millions d'hectares de forêts sous gestion. Mais la société reste encore assez mystérieuse. © Carbon Essence
Article in the Times of India : can more money be a compensation to the acquisition of rural land?
An interesting article published on July 13th 2012 in the Times of India about the land acquisition bill. It seems that the indian government can not get beyond money and compensation when it comes to land-acquisition. This leaves out the fact that land provides dignity, identity, and status to the people. It provides sustenance security not just for the person from whom they acquire land but for several generations. How do they plan to put a monetary value on identity, status, culture and security ?
A global Land Observatory
August 1, 2012
In recent months, 192 people in five countries have participated in workshops sponsored by Land Observatory, project of the International Land Coalition and the University of Bern's Center for Development and Environment. In late June, the Land Observatory completed its fifth and final inception workshop in Peru.
Asian women lack the most rights to land
A study came out revealing that Asian women are the ones suffering most from lack of land rights, and this seems to prevent some countries to achieve a better development.... To read more click on the link below
Actual implementation of the Forest Rights Act finally seems to happen in Madhya Pradesh, India
The Forest Rights Act had been existing since 2007 in India to allow indigenous people and forest dwellers to claim their right to land, governance at local level, community rights and access to natural resources, but yet the implementation of it has had enormous loopholes, if at all existing... It seems that the recent pressures growing with people's movements have an effect on actual implementation in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India. To read more click on the link below...
Improving a test version of the Observatory
August 7, 2012
The Land Observatory is a project involving those who will contribute, verify and update information on land deals to a web-based platform, and involving those who will explore this information and analyze it. There is no use in developers blindly building a platform without fully understanding the needs and desires of both of those sets of potential users.