By: Manuela Picq

Date: September 29th 2016

Source: Intercontinental Cry Magazine

Challenging Terra Nullius in the courts of Guatemala

Copones is a large Maya Q’eqchi’ territory in Guatemala, in the northern province of Quiché along the Mexican border with Chiapas. Q’eqchi’ communities have lived in Copones for millennia, caring for rivers and the land generation after generation. Their territory extends over 20,000 hectares of clean rivers and fertile land.

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: September 29th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's biggest gold mining firms has pledged to improve its dispute resolution practices following an 18-month investigation into a bitter, ongoing conflict over land between farmers and its Peruvian subsidiary.

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: September 28th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

BRASILIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When George Porto joined Brazil's environment agency 13 years ago, the country didn't have access to satellite data on illegal logging -- let alone heat maps tracking deforestation patterns or gun-toting agents dedicated to stopping ecological crimes.

How times have changed.

By: Eliasu Tanko
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: STARRFM Online

A longstanding land dispute which continues to brew raw tensions in the Bole district of the Northern region has threatened the survival of a $3,139,383 poverty alleviation project.

The project, Babator Irrigated Farming Hub, an initiative of the Africa Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo) a social impact investor and project in Agriculture sector missioned to reduce poverty, hunger, under-nutrition and improve food security.

By: Eleven

Date: September 28th 2016

Source: Eleven Myanmar

Around 200 farmers whose land was seized by private companies in 2009 held a press conference in Taungoo, Bago Region, on September 27, where they were accompanied by the leadership of the No 2 Brigade of the Karen National Union.

By: Erin Handley

Date: September 28th 2016

Source: Phnom Penh Post

By: Anastasia Moloney

Date: September 27th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

ALTOS DE FLORIDA, Colombia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The ramshackle community of Altos de Florida and others slums dotted across the windswept hills on the outskirts of Bogota stretch to the horizon.

By: Rina Chandran

Date: September 26th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

VEMULAGHAT, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The peacefulness of the lush green fields of paddy and maize lining the road to Vemulaghat village in Telangana, India belies the anger of villagers protesting against the southern state's plans to acquire about 21,000 acres of land for a reservoir.

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: September 23rd 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - International land deals, often for giant agriculture projects, now cover an area the size of Germany and a growing share are getting up and running, fuelling fears that local residents will be displaced, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said on Monday.

By: Anastasia Moloney

Date:  23 September 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Conflicts over land are likely to increase following a peace deal as once no-go areas open up for business and development projects, experts say

By: Joe Bavier

Date: 19 September 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation 

Rights groups have accused Ivory Coast authorities of failing to provide a minimum level of support when they evicted tens of thousands of illegal cocoa farmers from a national park, leaving them vulnerable and putting pressure on local communities.

The government rejected the criticism on Friday.

By: Rina Chandran

Date: September 13th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When India's Tata Power engaged SPARC, a group focused on housing for the urban poor, to help relocate hundreds of families living under and around its distribution towers, it was the start of a long, complex process.