By: Our Correspondent
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Daily Star
The ethnic minority people formed a human chain near Shaheed Minar in Parbatipur upazila town under the district yesterday, urging the government to take initiative to stop torture and repression on them.
By: WIC
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: Walta Info
Addis Ababa, March 22, 2016 (WIC) – The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency (EAILAA) has given up offering land for large scale agricultural investments for an unspecified time.
By: Kavitha Iyer
Date: March 26th 2016
Source: Indian Express
By: Philip Jacobson
Date: March 5th 2016
Source: Mongabay
The green image of one of Malaysia’s largest conglomerates suffered a major blow on Friday with its suspension from the world’s largest association for ethical palm oil production, the RSPO.
By: Emily J. Gertz
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: Takepart.com
A bill being fast-tracked through Finland’s parliament could lead to an explosion in fishing, logging, and mining on state-managed waters and lands, which include more than 30,000 square miles of forest.
By: Luyolo Mkentane
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: IOL.co.za
Johannesburg - Mining conglomerates have been criticised as being among issues threatening South Africa’s food security as prime agricultural land was being taken over for the sole preserve of coal mining.
Agriculture industry role-players said the scourge was rife in the farming provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, and have asked the government to intervene.
Date: March 25th 2016
Source: Radio New Zealand
A complaint has been laid with the United Nations about proposed changes to Māori land laws.
Waitangi Tribunal claimants have sent a letter to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights.
It accuses the government of breaching the Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People in its review of the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
By: Fidelis E. Satriastanti
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia's government is under pressure to boost protection for indigenous peoples' rights, after a state-led inquiry identified 40 cases in which they were violated, prompting calls for the president to set up a task force to deal with the problem.
By: Daudi Migereko (Uganda’s Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development and Member of Parliament)
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: New Vision
The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is recruiting two Land and Natural Resources experts (P-4 level). The focus of this position is to support the coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country level work of the GLTN, focusing on priority countries in Africa.