Deadly conflicts over green pastures in Nigeria
5th GRI Global Conference 2016
17 May 2016 - 19 May 2016
RAI Exposition and Congress Centre
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Join GRI and up to 1,500 sustainability leaders from around the globe to exchange leading-edge knowledge on sustainability best practices, innovations and trends that are empowering sustainable decisions and changing the world.
Land Tenure Rights: The need for greater transparency among companies worldwide
Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2016
This publication is designed to help companies understand the need for enhanced transparency around land-related impacts and the importance of respecting the land tenure rights of local communities. It offers insights into what land-related sustainability information stakeholders are interested.
WAR, PETROLEUM, AND PROFIT. WITH THEIR BACKS AGAINST A CLIFF, THE U’WA MOBILIZE AGAINST OIL EXTRACTION
Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Place to put land and property rights on global news agenda
The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charity arm of the world’s largest news and information provider, today launched Place (Property, Land, Access, Connections, Empowerment), an innovative platform to boost coverage of land and property rights, one of the most under-reported issues worldwide. The new platform has been developed with support from Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar.
Raising Walls Against the Sea
By: Rafiqul Islam
Date: May 12th 2016
Source: Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 12 (IPS) - Facing the bleak prospect of millions of its citizens being displaced in coming years due to sea level rise caused by climate change, Bangladesh is building up existing coastal embankments in a bid to protect coastal lands and people.
Kazakh government invites opponents to discuss land reform
By: Olzhas Auyezov
Date: May 12th 2016
Source: Reuters
President Nazarbayev's plans to privatise farmland have sparked rare public protests in the Central Asian nation
ALMATY, May 12 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's government, facing a wave of unrest over farmland privatisation plans, invited some opponents of the reform to join a commission set up on Thursday to review it.
Map could aid fight by indigenous people for Central America land
By: Sebastien Malo
Date: May 12th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new map shows areas occupied by indigenous people in Central America, using previously untapped native knowledge, that could help claims by local tribes to ancestral land amid rapid deforestation, its makers said.
Thai villagers seek answers to disappearance of land rights activist
By: Alisa Tang
Date: May 10th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Villagers from northeast Thailand traveled to Bangkok on Tuesday to demand that police and human rights groups investigate the disappearance of a prominent land rights activist who went missing last month.
India: How climate-smart agriculture is crucial for India's food security at a time of farm distress
India: How climate-smart agriculture is crucial for India's food security at a time of farm distress
By: G Seetharaman
Date: May 8th 2016
Source: The Economic Times