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Indian slum dwellers pushed to city fringes face leaking pipes, lost jobs

By: Rina Chandran


Date: 9 January 2017


Source: Reuters


A commercial painter by trade, K. Raja dreamed of setting up his own business in Surya Nagar slum, in the southern Indian city of Chennai, where he had lived all his life.


But his dream faded last February, when he and about 1,000 other families were evicted with a day's notice and relocated 20 km (12.4 miles) away, their homes demolished.


The Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Tribe That’s Protecting Traditional Forests With the Help of Carbon Trading

By: Sophie Tremblay & Willy Lowry

Date: 4 January 2017

Source: Pacific Standard

Yaeda Valley in Tanzania is home to the Hadzabe, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in the world, and they are using carbon trading to save their forests.

YAEDA VALLEY, TANZANIA — “Carbon,” says Mzee Sinze while sitting in the shade of an ancient, giant Baobab tree. “Carbon is very important to us Hadzabe.”

Malaysia: Jaban: Dayak MPs, reps have failed to protect land rights

By: FMT Reporters

Date: January 6th 2017

Source: Free Malaysia Today


Sarawak activist says it is time to vote out complacent Dayak lawmakers who have done nothing except take care of themselves and their positions in politics.


PETALING JAYA: A human rights advocate says Dayak lawmakers have failed the people on Adat, the customary law, as stated in the Sarawak Land Code.


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