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2017-2018 International Land Coalition (ILC) Membership Expansion
Deadline: 30th June 2017
Who can apply?
Given the extraordinary growth of the coalition in previous years, this opening will give priority to civil society and inter-governmental organisations:
- With specific political and technical expertise to realise people centred land governance of benefit to the network;
Colombia: Yet Another Indigenous Child Dies of Hunger as Leaders Clamor for Rights
Date: 6 February 2017
Source: Telesur
Up to 15,000 children in La Guajira suffer chronic malnutrition today in the face of a lack of basic necessities.
Nagaland crisis: Clash of traditional values and women empowerment
By: Utpal Parashar
Date: 8 February 2017
Source: Hindustan times
Nagaland has been on the boil for two weeks now over municipal elections that were to be held on February 1.
Uncovering impacts of gold mining in Papua New Guinea
The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons.
“We are all under threat”: Interview with Alicia Amarilla of Conamuri about land conflicts in Paraguay
Date: 4 February 2017
Source: Radio Mundo Real
The main conflicts in Paraguay are related to land and the territory, and peasant women are at the forefront of evictions, said Alicia Amarilla, leader of the National Coordination of Rural and Indigenous Women (CONAMURI), member of CLOC – Vía Campesina.
Título de terra leva dignidade à população rural de Banabuiú (Brasil)
Na manhã desta sexta-feira (03), a Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SDA) realizou a entrega de 217 títulos de terra e assinou a ordem de serviço para instalação de sistema de abastecimento d´água com módulos sanitários em Banabuiú, município localizado a 233 km de distância da capital Fortaleza
In Peru, droughts give way to floods as climate change looms
Date: 2 February 2017
Source: Reuters
Severe droughts gripping Peru have given way to some of the country's most devastating downpours in decades, catching authorities off guard as they scramble to contain the kind of floods that climate change is expected to make more frequent.
About 300 rebels from Colombia's FARC have not demobilized, general says
By: Luis Jaime Acosta
Date: 5 February 2017
Source: Reuters
Around 300 fighters from Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels will not demobilize under a peace deal, a military commander said, giving the first official figure of guerrillas who may join with crime gangs seeking control of lucrative rebel drug territory.
New Administration, Age-Old Battle: Native American Rights Under Obama and Trump
By: Ahmed Elbenni
Date: 4 February 2017
Source: The Yale Politic
And so began a new chapter in the tug-of-war between one president’s legacy and another’s plan, part of the ongoing struggle for Native rights despite government-induced marginalization.