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Brazil's raging forest fires threaten indigenous land, uncontacted tribes
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forest fires raging in northeast Brazil are forcing indigenous people out of their traditional territories and threatening uncontacted tribes, an indigenous leader said on Wednesday.
Brazil's Women Leaders Meet to Discuss: The Intersection of Interests for Women’s Land Rights
Landesa - Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:51 GMT
Author: By Patricia Chaves and Malcolm Childress
Scores of women leaders from across Brazil, including indigenous and Afro-Brazilian, rural and urban, from government and civil society, gathered in Recife, the capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco last week to call for concrete indicators focused on women’s economic empowerment to be among the measures of progress toward the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It’s not easy for women to own land in India. One woman died fighting for hers.
By: Annie Gowen
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: The Washington Post
INDIA’S DIVIDE | This is part of a series about oppression and violence against women in India as a rising generation collides with old social mores.
Costa Rica struggles with indigenous land rights
An indigenous rights issue has put Costa Rica’s much-vaunted human rights record to the test as the country struggles to protect members of the Bribrí and Teribe indigenous communities from non-indigenous people who have forcibly, and at times violently, removed them from indigenous ancestral lands.
Indigenous land rights fundamental to climate safety – Lord Stern
A tribute to Sam Moyo – a giant of agrarian studies
Professor Sam Moyo, director of the African Institute of Agrarian Studies, and a giant of agrarian studies has died tragically as a result of a car accident in New Delhi.
This is a terrible loss for Zimbabwe, Africa and the world. Sam had a massive intellect and a deep knowledge of agrarian issues, especially in Zimbabwe. He argued strongly for land reform throughout his career and was always an advocate for radical alternatives that challenged oppression and exploitation in whatever form.
China loosens land transfer rules to spur larger, more efficient farms
By: Elias Glenn and Kevin Yao
Date: November 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
China has relaxed rules to allow farmers to transfer their land rights to help promote more efficient, large-scale farms, amid an exodus of farm workers to the cities.
Activists in Thailand face threat of violence, death
Date: January 4th 2016
By: Tan Hui Yee
Four have been killed within five years; many say they were being watched or had threatening calls
"Do you sell any beer?" asked the motorcyclist who had pulled up with another man at the small shop run by Mr Chai Bunthonglek.
Before the land rights activist could reply, the stranger had pumped six bullets into his chest and head, killing him instantly.