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United States: Indigenous people treated like invaders
By: Mary and Jack Wichita, Mason, Wis.
Date: November 15th 2016
Source: Superior Telegram
We are compelled to share the issues that resonate with us about the current pipeline conflict in North Dakota.
Australia: Backlog of Aboriginal land claims will take 90 years to clear
By: Michelle Brown
Date: April 3rd 2016
Source: ABC News Australia
Judging by the number of claims that have been made, the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Rights Act is a victim of its own success.
In the past year the number of undetermined land claims has increased to over 29,000. It has been calculated this "land bank" will take 90 years or more to determine.
Why land rights for indigenous peoples could be the answer to climate change
I’ve spent a lot of time with indigenous peoples in remote places. So when I argue that the best way – or at least the cheapest way – to stop climate change is to grant land rights to indigenous communities, you might suspect I’m not coming from an entirely objective viewpoint. You’ve probably also heard various industry spokespeople saying the best and cheapest way to stop climate change is through windfarms, solar panels, electric cars and cavity wall insulation. But while I may be biased, and may even have “gone native” now and then, I’m not trying to sell you anything.
Brazilian photographer fights to protect remote tribe's rights
By Sophie Davies
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar started working with Yanomami people in the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s, most of them did not know what a camera was.
Andujar spent most of that decade and more in northern Brazil photographing the Yanomami, one of Latin America's most remote indigenous tribes.
China tries to reassure homeowners over land rights
Ministry tells urban owners that they won’t have to pay more after their land rights expire, but analysts say the issue must be clarified in a law
China’s land ministry has assured the country’s urban homeowners that they won’t have to pay extra money for their properties when their underlying land use rights expire, at least for now.
Gaps in Land Policy Could Stall Uganda Pipeline
By: Lizabeth Paulat
Date: April 27th 2016
Source: Voice of America News
KAMPALA, UGANDA—Uganda has just finalized a deal to build a pipeline to Tanzania’s Tanga port, a deal that brings the country a step closer to exploiting its vast oil reserves. But gaps in land governance law could stand in the way.