Land And Peace In Myanmar: Two Sides Of The Same Coin | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2016
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
MLRF:2356
Pages: 
62-64

INTRODUCTION: Myanmar stands at a historic crossroads: one where the optimism of a "critical juncture" that is "more promising than at any time in recent memory" meets apprehension over what could happen if a "host of social crises that have long blighted our country" go unaddressed. After more than sixty years of civil war and ‘social crises’, land grabbing figures are high. New legislation is designed to move land out of the hands of rural working people and into the hands of ‘modern farmers’ and foreign and domestic big business actors. This article outlines the land problem and how social actors have been using the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (hereinafter the Tenure Guidelines or TGs) to pursue their quest for land, justice, peace and democracy.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Franco, Jennifer
Khu_Khu_Ju, _

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