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We can bring dying cities back to life, says World Bank
By: Paola Totaro
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The rejuvenation of large, decaying areas in the fast-growing cities of the developing world cannot be achieved by governments alone and private sector participation is paramount, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday.
Group Warns of Rising ASEAN Land Grab Conflicts
By: Ron Corben & Bryan Lynn
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: VOA
An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land quickly, forcefully and often illegally.
From traditional land rights to long-term leases: fair compensation?
In the face of displacement due to large-scale development projects, can innovative legal solutions be used to protect smallholders' land rights?
Land tenure is a complex and sensitive issue throughout West Africa and nowhere more so than in Niger.
South Africa: Farmers suggest new model in land reform
By: Teboho.Setena
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: News24
THE African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) in the Free State has called for a second model to the land reform programme to complement the existing Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (Plas) programme.
The body strongly maintains such a move will expedite the current land reform process and also save government money in the process.
Highlighting land grabbing and malnourishment in Zambia
AUGUST 11TH 2015 - R. Herre
As levels of malnourishment appear to worsen and land grabbing increases, the land rights expert, Archie Mulunda, will meet the European Commission to discuss the impact of development policies on the Zambian population.
Rwanda's leaders must challenge outdated beliefs and give women truly equal rights to land
By: Betty Mutesi (International Alert)
Date: August 23rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rwanda's women have equal rights in law. But the government and regular Rwandans must confront the country's systems of discrimination
In rural Rwanda, as in most developing countries, owning and controlling land determines whether you are rich or poor. In a country where some 57% of the population live below the poverty line, land is a prime resource.
International Course on Governance of Landscapes, Forests and People: Deadline for Scholarships 20 October
Forested landscapes worldwide are increasingly integrated in global processes of trade, market development, resource exploitation and climate change. Site-based or community level approaches can no longer cope with these issues which exceed the local sphere of influence. Although landscapes are usually considered to be appropriate levels to negotiate land use options, they are rarely recognised as units of political- administrative decision making, hence do not have any formal place in decentralised structures of states.