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  1. Library Resource
    A Study on Promoting Land Readjustment in Support of Compact Strategy for Efficient Urban Development in South East Asia - Case Study of Brunei
    Reports & Research
    September, 2017
    Brunei Darussalam, Thailand

    Countries in South-East Asia are experiencing rapid urbanisation and Land Readjustment is one of the potential methods of land development that could help solve some of the urban problems such as urban sprawl and inadequate infrastructure. While Land Readjustment is beneficial, it is often very complex particularly for developing countries to undertake due to the weak institutional system and also lack of technology.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2017
    Peru, Indonesia

    Hidden in the food we buy every day, from chocolate to ice cream, are commodities like palm oil and soy that are driving deforestation across the world. From Indonesia to the Peruvian Amazon, vast areas of carbon-rich forest are being cleared to produce these agricultural commodities, contributing to climate change and social conflict.


  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2017
    Myanmar

    Yesterday, 21 September 2017, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, stated, “We are horrified to see that the Myanmar authorities are laying landmines along their stretch of the border to prevent the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar. These people must be able to return to their homeland in safety, security and dignity.”

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2017
    Myanmar

    ...Some of the current wave of refugees have stepped on landmines during their attempts to leave Myanmar. International news agencies and human rights organizations have stated that they have witness testimony of new use of landmines by Myanmar’s Armed Forces along the NRS-Bangladesh border, and this has reportedly led to the issue being raised with Myanmar by Bangladesh authorities.,,

    UPDATE 19 SEPTEMBER 2017

    "The ICBL/Landmine Monitor has verified that recent mine victims were from newly laid mines.

  5. Library Resource
    Land tenure in rural low land Myanmar

    From historical perspectives to contemporary realities in the Dry Zone and the Delta

    Journal Articles & Books
    Reports & Research
    October, 2017
    Myanmar

    This study emerged out of an identified need to document social processes leading to land insecurity, and those leading to investment and sustainable use of lands by rural populations. Focusing on the Delta and Dry Zone, the main paddy producing regions of Myanmar, this analysis unravels the powers at play in shaping rural households’ relationship to land.

  6. Library Resource
    Land of Sorrow: Human rights violations at Myanmar’s Myotha Industrial Park cover image
    Reports & Research
    September, 2017
    Myanmar

    (Paris, Yangon) Myanmar may soon face a land conflict epidemic as a result of the growing influx of investments and the consequent demand for land, unless laws and policies that adequately address land rights issues are urgently adopted and implemented, FIDH warned in a new report published today.


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