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Farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles

Farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles
06 October 2020

Main photo: The family of Chai Bunthonglek, a farmer who was killed in 2015 in a community farm in Klong Sai Pattana in Surat Thani province in southern Thailand, Aug 24, 2020. (Photo: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran)

SURAT THANI: Somruedee Bunthonglek has not repaired the bullet holes in the pickup truck her husband was driving when he survived an assassination attempt barely a year after her father was shot dead on the same communal farm in southern Thailand.

“No vaccine against deforestation”: COVID-19 webinar explores realities for Indigenous Peoples during the pandemic

“No vaccine against deforestation”: COVID-19 webinar explores realities for Indigenous Peoples during the pandemic
06 October 2020

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Indigenous Peoples around the world, cutting a swathe through communities with limited health facilities, disrupting already fragile economies and shining a harsh spotlight on the increased vulnerabilities created by insecure tenure in a time of global pandemic.

“We can still catch up”: webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

“We can still catch up”: webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19
14 September 2020

As the world struggles to deal with the shockwaves created by the Coronavirus pandemic, scientists have been drawing direct links between the emergence of new diseases, collapsing biodiversity and the destruction of vital forestlands which for generations have been stewarded by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.


Changing the lens: webinar tackles regulatory rollback and championing indigenous voices in the “green recovery”

Changing the lens: webinar tackles regulatory rollback and championing indigenous voices in the “green recovery”
06 October 2020

COVID-19 has exacerbated an already deeply alarming regulatory vacuum, which is being exploited by unscrupulous governments and private sector operators to ramp up the destruction of vital indigenous forestlands – this threatens efforts to rebalance humanity’s relationship to nature with indigenous and local voices at its heart.

Land News: Weeks 33-38 2020 South Africa, Southern Central and Eastern Africa

Land News: Weeks 33-38 2020 South Africa, Southern Central and Eastern Africa
29 September 2020

A compilation of land related news curated by knowledgebase.land - a website maintained by Phuhlisani NPC, a land sector NPO in South Africa. KB.L seeks to bring to life all aspects of the 'land issue', recognising that land is both a deeply important aspect of our history which simultaneously shapes the contemporary political landscape. KB.L aspires to be recognised as a trusted site providing a wide range of land related news content and research links in the South Africa and the sub continent.

A 150-year old obstacle to land rights

A 150-year old obstacle to land rights
18 September 2020

Main photo: Protestors calling for land reform, Jakarta, September 2019 / Dhemas Reviyanto / ANTARA FOTO

This year marks the 150th birthday of one of the most consequential laws in Indonesian history. In 1870 the Dutch adopted the Agrarische wet or undang undang agraria. This law contains the provision that would become known as the domein verklaring: ‘all land not held under proven ownership, shall be deemed the domain of the state’.

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