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Myanmar: The dispossessed

By: Michael Peel
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Financial Times

Michael Peel reports from Myanmar where the end of dictatorship has unleashed a struggle over land.

1. THE LOST FIELDS

Hla Ohn May still weeps when she takes the road past the twisted white piping of the gas terminal near the western Myanmar town of Kyaukphyu. The 46-year-old farmer and mother of five once owned land on this green strip perched above the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal.

Malaysian Baram mega-dam project scrapped, indigenous people take back land

By: Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon 
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: Asian Correspondent

SARAWAK’S controversial mega-dams project is officially dead – ending a three-year battle to stop developmental aggression.

The Sarawak state government has finally bowed to pressure from local communities who have been protesting against the construction of 12 mega-dams along the Baram river in the Malaysian province of Borneo.

Land Grievances, Human Rights, and Investor Protections

Reports & Research
March, 2016
Global

The responsible governance of land-based investments hinges not only on ensuring that new investments comply with guidelines and standards, but also that existing investments are conducted responsibly, and that related grievances are adequately addressed. Dealing with existing land-based investments and the grievances that they raise, however, can be difficult for host governments navigating a complicated landscape of legal obligations and pragmatic considerations.


Kenya: Residents Blame Tycoons for Land Grabbing

By: Kalume Kazungu

Date: March 21st 2016

Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation


A section of residents have called on the county government to intervene and help them recover their land which they claim has been grabbed by tycoons.


Mr Musa Aden who spoke on behalf of the residents of Nagele village in Witu on Sunday said those who have allegedly stolen their ancestral land are using money to frustrate their efforts to recover it.


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