The new superpowers in the global land grab and how they operate
25 January 2017
Government agencies acquire land, fail to update records
25 January 2017
Brazilian Decree Seen as Damaging to Indigenous Land Rights
20 January 2017
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil has announced changes to the procedure for demarcating indigenous lands in a move campaign groups fear will weaken the land rights of communities facing mounting pressure from illegal logging and big agricultural operations.
Under the decree, demarcation of indigenous lands will be decided by the Ministry of Justice rather than the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), a government body set up to carry out policies relating to Brazil's 900,000 indigenous people.
Kosovo launches drive to encourage women to claim property rights
20 January 2017
By: Paola Totaro
Date: 20 January 2017
Source: Reuters
Kosovo is to revolutionise its land laws and will, for the first time, clearly define formal ownership and encourage women to inherit and own land in their own right.
Time to act on water scarcity
20 January 2017
Date: 20 January 2017
Source: FAO
FAO Director-General calls for better water management and improved access for small farmers
Guatemalan Activist Killed Protesting Hydroelectric Project
20 January 2017
Date: 18 January 2017
Source: Telesur
A peaceful demonstrator was shot dead during a protest in an Indigenous community.
An activist was killed Tuesday in Guatemala during a clash between protesters and police at a demonstration led by Indigenous community members who oppose the construction of a hydroelectric plant in San Mateo Ixtatan, a municipality in the country's western highlands.
In the fight for climate justice, indigenous people set the path – and lead the way
19 January 2017
Date: 19 January 2017
Source: The Guardian
Many believe the fight to combat climate change hinges on the aligned interests of capital and state. Give the Elon Musks of the world enough time and resources and they will innovate us out of impending climate catastrophe. Get the G20 in a room and they will hammer out a deal and create regulations to enforce it. Or so the thinking in some circles goes.
Can a New Law Help Timor-Leste’s Land Rights Crisis?
19 January 2017
We Need More Women on the Frontlines of the War on Hunger
By Alia Afshar-Gandhi and Kirsten Weeks
Source: DAI
In developing countries, something is missing in the war on hunger: an equal voice for women.
The Power of Cocoa: Preserving Peace - And An Indigenous Tribe - in Colombia
Date: 17 January 2017
Source: The Huffington Post
that an agreement has been reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the current generation of Colombian youth will have a chance to see something they’ve never fully experienced before - peace.