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Call for Abstracts LANDac Annual International Land Conference
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED: 26 FEBRUARY 2016
Hosted by: Utrecht University, International Development Studies (IDS) – The Netherlands
Venue: Muntgebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dates: 30 June - July 2016
Large-scale land acquisition in the context of urban sprawl and climate change: Linking the Rural and the Urban
Cambodia: In Frustration, Germany Ends Land Rights Work
By: Zsombor Peter
Date: February 4th 2016
Source: Cambodia Daily
After more than 20 years, Germany is ending its work with the Land Management Ministry on land rights projects in frustration over the government’s slow reforms—another black eye for a sector at the center of some of the country’s most pressing human right issues.
Alarm over land degradation in Africa
By: Daniel Pelz
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: DW.com
New studies show that land degradation is advancing and that African countries are among the worst hit. Poorer communities suffer the most though there is some cause for hope.
Zika fuelled by rapid urbanization, poor conditions in Latam’s slums – experts
By: Anastasia Moloney
Date: February 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation / Euronews
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The mosquito-borne Zika virus spreading through the Americas, linked to severe birth defects in Brazil, will not be controlled over the long-term unless governments improve poor living conditions in the region’s sprawling slums, experts say.