News on Land

By: Jan Khaskheli

Date: February 15th 2016

Source: International News Magazine

Indigenous people and local fishermen in one of the poorest parts of the country in recent years have seen various mafia groups on political patronage scrambled to grab lands they have inhabited for generations. 

By: Barbara Fraser

Date: 10 November 2016

Source: Cifor

The success of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems lies not only in their technical design, but also in their social and economic implications

Monitoring deforestation so countries can track their greenhouse gas emission targets might seem like a technical matter of satellite images and data.

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) launched a new platform (https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net) that significantly expands the range and functionality of the development-related data it makes

available to the public.

By: Joe Torres and Mark Saludes

Date: February 29th 2016

Source: UCA News

Study also shows worsened health conditions of residents due to nickel mine

A fact-finding mission launched by church and environmental groups in late February discovered "police brutality and land grabbing" were committed in a mining town north of Manila.

By: Rina Chandran

Date: 12 December 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

The battle over land and resources turned bloodier in the past year with treble the number of land rights defenders killed, according to a human rights group that fears the violence will get even worse.

By: TNN

Date: March 8th 2016

Source: Times of India

BALASORE: The Mayurbhanj district administration has handed over land pattas - documents of legal rights - to 1,938 single landless women. The women received legal rights to homestead land at a ceremony on Saturday.

Ranchi: The state's NDA government headed by chief minister Raghubar Das will complete its second year on Wednesday. This is the state's first majority government.