By: Sanitsuda Ekachai

Date: February 10th 2016

Source: Bangkok Post

Date: February 5th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / New Era

The Ministry of Land Reform is pondering the possibility of increasing the benefits associated with the registration of communal land rights.

Currently, registered communal land owners are only issued with a certificate. One of the possibilities could be that of using the certificate as collateral.

By: Rod Harbinson

Date: 7th January 2016

Farmers on Palawan are being tricked into giving land away to palm oil companies with local government support. Under the palm oil company "leases" the farmers lose all rights to their land, never receive any money, and are saddled with 25 years of debt. Those who resist the land grabs are now in fear for their lives following the murder of a prominent campaigner.

The mainland’s 900 million farmers will be on the lookout for rural land use reforms after a signal from the finance minister that change could be in the wind.

But the complexity of the issue meant any changes would not be direct or fast in coming, analysts said.

In an article published in Communist Party journal Qiushi (Seeking Truth) on the weekend, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei beat the drum for bold reforms on collectively owned rural land, saying it would be an effective way to speed up the country’s urbanisation drive.

Saturday, 12 December 2015

By Nathalie Margi

When world leaders attend international conferences like Conference of Parties (COP21) on climate change, they face political pressure and opposition. When women stand up for environmental rights in their communities, they face harassment, violence, and death threats.

Climate change is not just about international agreements between governments – it matters to people's lives and to our very survival.