Painting a new picture of development
Date: June 17 2016
Source: IIED
Can the Sustainable Development Goals trigger a new approach to development in the world's Least Developed Countries? A dialogue event explored the potential.
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim
By: Reuters
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Aboriginal native title covers more than 2.4 mln square kms (926,000 square miles) of Australia, or 31 percent of the national landmass
Malaysian politician and land rights activist shot dead
By: Beh Lih Yi
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The gunning down of a Malaysian opposition politician follows his campaigning for indigenous land rights
CALL FOR PAPERS: South Asian Water Studies Special Issue on ‘Water Justice, Gender, and Disability’
Date: 21 of June 2016
Source: IWMI
South Asian Water Studies (SAWAS), an open access journal http://www.sawasjournal.org, has issued a call for papers for a special issue on ‘Water justice, Gender and Disability.’
'All we ask is for is our land back': Uganda's Bugala Island farmers
By: Evelyn Lirri
Date: June 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BUGALA ISLAND, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mariam Nakakeeto listened quietly to the grievances of fellow farmers gathered outside the grounds of a local church on Bugala Island, by the shores of Lake Victoria.
International Financial Capital Targets Farmland in Brazil
By: Maria Luisa Mendonça
Date: June 19th 2016
Source: TeleSUR English
Land speculation stimulates the expansion of plantations across Brazil, increasing land conflicts and displacement of campesino and Indigenous communities.
Bill Kayong was a “fearless” advocate of native land rights, says Baru Bian
By: Sharon Ling
Date: June 21st 2016
Source: The Star Online
KUCHING: PKR politician Bill Kayong, who was shot dead in Miri on Tuesday morning, was a “fearless” advocate of native land rights.
Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian (pic) said Kayong, 43, was a vocal activist for Sarawak’s indigenous communities and passionate about their rights.
Press Release: Mekong Regional Land Forum 2016
“Bringing Land Governance into ASEAN Economic Integration”
The G8 World Summit in 2003 stated that “Weak land governance and property rights systems can lead to opaque land deals.” It further states that “increasing security of land rights and transparency of land governance fosters participation of citizens, contributes to government accountability, reduces costs for businesses, and strengthens the climate for responsible investment”.
The global farmland grab in 2016: how big, how bad?
Reports & Research
June, 2016
Global
Eight years after releasing its first report on land grabbing, which put the issue on the international agenda, GRAIN publishes a new dataset documenting nearly 500 cases of land grabbing around the world.
Brazil indigenous community faces imminent eviction over land dispute: Amnesty
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An indigenous community in southwestern Brazil faces imminent eviction from its traditional territories, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, in a case exemplifying ongoing land conflicts in South America's largest country.