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Vietnam Building in No-man’s Land
By: May Titthara
Date: August 19th 2016
Source: Khmer Times
Provincial officials in Rattanakiri rejected a request by the Vietnamese government to allow them to construct buildings and a border checkpoint in O’Yadav district after a meeting between both sides in Banlung City on Tuesday.
U.S. National Action Plan to promote responsible business conduct should consider outward investment in large-scale agriculture
The U.S. Government is working to develop a National Action Plan to promote responsible business conduct abroad that is consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. This process provides an opportunity to reflect on how the United States can develop regulatory and voluntary measures that will help U.S. companies act responsibly and consistently with the UN Guiding Principles, regardless of the host country operating environment.
Brazil's lack of secure property rights stoking conflict, deterring investment - report
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: August 30th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
"People are actually dying because of this issue"
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Brazil's Amazon where no-one knows who exactly owns a swathe of territory the size of Ukraine, a lack of formal property deeds is causing conflict, greater deforestation and environmental damage, researchers said on Tuesday.
Act On It! Four key steps to stop land grabs
Over the past 15 years, tens of millions of hectares of land have been acquired by large investors in developing countries. The Land Matrix documented 1,037 transnational land deals covering 37,842,371 hectares during this period, while many more deals remain undocumented.1 This global land rush is causing widespread forced evictions and denial of access to key land and natural resources for millions of women, small- scale food producers, pastoralists, gatherers, forest dwellers, fisherfolk, and tribal and indigenous peoples.
Conservationists warn against land grabbing in Nigeria by foreign firms
By: Patrick Adoga
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Today
As the world celebrates the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations today, conservationists have warned transnational companies from Europe, America and Asia against scramble for land in Nigeria and Africa for industrial agro-business.
Strengthening African CSOs for Improved Natural Resource Governance & Conservation
African organizations working to improve natural resource management have made great gains, but face serious challenges that limit their efforts to grow and sustain their impact. This short video provides an overview of the challenges they face and provides recommendations for addressing these issues.