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WWF partners with logging company destroying "Pygmy” land
Date: May 25th 2016
Source: Survival
A French logging company and official partner of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is deforesting a huge area of rainforest in southeast Cameroon without the consent of local Baka “Pygmies” who have lived there and managed the land for generations, Survival International has learned.
Conflicts over land in India stall projects worth billions of dollars - report
By: Rina Chandran
Date: November 16th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts related to land and resources are the main reason behind stalled industrial and development projects in India, affecting millions of people and putting billions of dollars of investment and the economy's health at risk, two reports said.
Habitat III stakeholders offer vision of broad partnership for sustainable urbanization
By: Greg Scruggs
Date: June 10th 2016
Source: Citiscope
This week, national governments heard directly from civil society and others on what they’re hoping to see in the New Urban Agenda and beyond.
Army denies Dakota pipeline permit, in victory for Native tribes
By: Ernest Scheyder and Valerie Volcovici
Date: December 5, 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday it turned down a permit for a controversial pipeline project running through North Dakota, in a victory for Native Americans and climate activists who have protested against the project for months.
Relatives of executed Philippine land rights activists hope campaign for justice will gain ally in President Duterte
Source: South China Morning Post
Author: Raissa Robles
Activists claim current laws governing mining and the rights of indigenous people contain gaping loopholes that firms exploit.
When 18-year-old Michelle Campos last saw her father, Dionel, they had little time to chat. He was busy with an uncle’s wake and Michelle was caught up celebrating her school foundation day.
Uganda: Hoima Evicted Families Get Back Land
By: Francis Mugerwa
Date: December 21st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Hoima — Fifty three families which were evicted from land to pave way for the construction of an oil waste treatment plant by a US firm in August 2014, have finally reached an understanding with the landlord to restore them on the land.
The 53 are part of the 250 families that were evicted from Rwamutonga village, Bugambe Sub-county in Hoima District and are living in an internally displaced peoples camp.
KCR govt’s bugbear: A woman lawyer fighting for farmers’ rights
By: Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Date: 7 January 2017
Source: Hindustantimes
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is having sleepless nights, and the reason is a young woman advocate bent on ensuring justice for farmers “wronged” by the state government.
