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Gov’t cancels public claims of ownership in sanctuary

28 January 2021

Main Photo: Environmental officials inspect Prey Lang wildlife sanctuary in Sandan district, Kampong Thom province on 2020. Environment Ministry

The government has repealed all previously issued letters certifying sales, purchases, transfers, occupation or ownership of any land within the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.

The decision was made following an investigation into land disputes between 188 families and environmental officials in Kampong Thom province.

Botswana embarks on land degradation neutrality

30 September 2020

The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism (MENT) through the Department of Forestry and Range Resources (DFRR) has embarked on a project to restore degraded land and soil in order to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) in Botswana.

“We can still catch up”: webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

“We can still catch up”: second Tenure Facility webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

“We can still catch up”: webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

14 September 2020

As the world struggles to deal with the shockwaves created by the Coronavirus pandemic, scientists have been drawing direct links between the emergence of new diseases, collapsing biodiversity and the destruction of vital forestlands which for generations have been stewarded by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

Amid Pandemic, Malaysia Grants Timber Giant Logging Permit on Indigenous Land in Borneo

14 July 2020

Concession to extract timber from 148,000 hectares in upper Baram was granted despite repeated objections from local communities.

Main photo: Communities like Long Tungan are working hard to find a way to protect their lands and save some of the most valuable carbon and biodiversity stocks we have left. Photo courtesy of The Borneo Project.