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Land scheme abuses thwart Indian Kashmir's energy ambitions
By: Athar Parvaiz
Date: 15 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mismanagement of a flagship land ownership scheme in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state, banked on by the regional government to generate cash to build its own power plants, is holding back local ambitions for energy independence.
India's development plans threaten "unprecendented" evictions
By: Rina Chandran,
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's ambitious plans to develop infrastructure, mining and renewable energy threaten to force more of the most marginalised groups from their homes, widening inequality and fanning tensions, a global research group warned on Thursday.
Liberia must pass land rights bill or risk jeopardising peace, campaigners warn
By: Ruth Maclean
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: The Guardian
Civil society groups want 2014 bill passed before August recess, claiming land grabs have ‘turned citizens into refugees in their own country’
We can bring dying cities back to life, says World Bank
By: Paola Totaro
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The rejuvenation of large, decaying areas in the fast-growing cities of the developing world cannot be achieved by governments alone and private sector participation is paramount, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday.
India's coal ambitions hurts indigenous group, Amnesty says
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's drive to ramp up coal output to meet growing energy needs has resulted in members of the Adivasi tribe being displaced from their ancestral lands and forced to wait years to be resettled, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
War widows clear Colombia's landmines, one at a time
By: Anastasia Moloney
Date: 13 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Getting rid of mines in Colombia - a land of mountains and jungle terrain - is a key challenge facing the battered nation and is a crucial for rural development and tackling poverty.
It's a task experts estimate will take a least a decade.
Killings, evictions push minorities to point of "eradication"
By: Lin Taylor
Date: 12 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mass killings, forced evictions and conflicts over land put indigenous and minority groups at risk of being eradicated from their ancestral lands, a human rights group said on Tuesday.
“Vienen por el Agua: Las modificaciones a la Ley de Tierras Rurales”
Fecha: 5 de Julio 2016
Fuente: El Cordillerano
TRABAJO DEL CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE LA PATAGONIA -
El Centro de Estudios de la Patagonia (CEP) elaboró un informe vinculado al decreto mediante el cual el presidente Mauricio Macri modificó la Ley de Tierras. El trabajo fue desarrollado por la ex directora de Registro Nacional de Tierras Rurales, Florencia Gómez, y la coordinadora general del CEP, Celeste Ratto.
En tres años se deforestaron 25 mil hectáreas en selva de Huánuco
Fecha: 6 de Julio 2016
Fuente: Servindi
Servindi, 6 de julio, 2016.- El último informe del Proyecto Monitoreo de la Amazonía Andina (MAAP) revela que del 2013 al 2015 se deforestaron cerca de 25 mil hectáreas de bosque en la zona este de la región Huánuco. La causa sería la habilitación de áreas para el cultivo de pasto para el ganado.
Bolivia: El Senado aprueba proyecto de ley de creación de unidad territorial de Raqaypampa
Fecha: 9 Julio 2016
La Cámara de Senadores aprobó, el Proyecto de Ley de "Creación de Unidad Territorial, del Territorio Indígena Originario Campesino de Raqaypampa", provincia Mizque, del departamento de Cochabamba. La propuesta normativa fue remitida a la Cámara de Diputados para su revisión.