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Women are India’s fiercest forest protectors
By: Sam Eaton
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Kera News
The women of Ghunduribadi in Odisha have formed a vigilante group, guarding the forest they’ve used for generations from intruders and illegal loggers. Due to a landmark 2006 law, they can claim title to these ancestral lands.
Sri Lanka: Fisheries ministry to provide land rights and houses to fishermen in Mullaithivu
Date: April 8th 2016
Source: Times Online
Fisheries minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that he will take action to provide houses and rights to the lands of fishing families in two villages called Nayaru & Kokilai in Mullaitivu District in which Sinhala families have been occupying for more than fifty years.
How farmers can end land disputes and produce more food
By: Gabriella Mulligan
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: BBC News
Farming can be a tough enough business at the best of times, but imagine not being able to prove that the land you farm is even yours.
In Ghana, for example, only 10% of smallholder farmers have any kind of certificate documenting their ownership rights.
Landless quake victims missing out as Nepal rebuilds, Oxfam says
By: Matthew Ponsford
Date: April 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after the deadly earthquake in Nepal, thousands of people, especially women, are being deprived of funds to rebuild because they do not own land or cannot prove they owned the land where they lived, Oxfam said on Friday.
Saudi agricultural investment abroad - land grab or benign strategy?
By: Kieran Cooke
Date: October 5th 2016
Source: Middle East Eye
After food costs spike, Saudis spent billions buying up farm land around the world. Who benefits exactly and can the spree continue?
RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop development
By: Apoorva Joshi
Date: May 5th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
Meanwhile, dozens of NGOs urge removal of its parent company, United Cacao, from the London Stock Exchange amid legality issues.
- Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been developing a palm oil plantation over the last several years.
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