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India: Oppressed classes should demand land rights, says Jignesh Mevani
By: Special Correspondent
Date: October 10th 2016
Source: The Hindu
Swabhimani Samavesha seeks abolition of ‘pankti bheda’ in Udupi Mutts
Social activist and ‘Chalo Una’ organiser Jignesh Mevani on Sunday said that the ‘Swabhimani Sangharsha Samavesha’ should become the voice of the oppressed and herald a new era in ensuring social justice.
India’s luxury investments will ramp up homelessness, UN expert warns
By: Emma Rumney
Date: April 25th 2016
Source: Public Finance International
India’s government seems “reluctant” to solve its affordable urban housing crisis, with luxury real estate and development projects prioritised over the housing needs of poorer people, a United Nations expert has warned.
Malaysia: Set up native land rights commission to stop further deaths, Sarawak CM told
By: Sulok Tawie
Date: October 25th 2016
Source: The Malay Mail Online
KUCHING, Oct 25 — Tan Sri Adenan Satem can prevent more deaths by establishing a Land Rights Commission to deal with disputes between natives and plantation companies, Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian said today.
Kazakh government invites opponents to discuss land reform
By: Olzhas Auyezov
Date: May 12th 2016
Source: Reuters
President Nazarbayev's plans to privatise farmland have sparked rare public protests in the Central Asian nation
ALMATY, May 12 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's government, facing a wave of unrest over farmland privatisation plans, invited some opponents of the reform to join a commission set up on Thursday to review it.
COP22 Special: REDD+ monitoring is a technical and political balancing act
By: Barbara Fraser
Date: 10 November 2016
Source: Cifor
The success of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems lies not only in their technical design, but also in their social and economic implications
Monitoring deforestation so countries can track their greenhouse gas emission targets might seem like a technical matter of satellite images and data.
Panama's tribes launch drones to fight deforestation
Author: Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota
Date: June 2nd, 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation on their lands as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, the United Nations said.
More than half of Panama is covered with tropical rainforest, home to various indigenous groups who rely on the forests to survive.
Nigeria: Involvement Of Youths In Agriculture Key To Food Security
By: Ruth Tene Natsa
Date: June 15th 2016
Source: The Leadership
One of the key challenges to the development of the nation’s agro sector is the country’s ageing farming population. Ruth Tene Natsa writes on the need to encourage youths to go into agriculture as a business.