By: Michael Peel
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Financial Times
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.
By: Tom Burgis
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Financial Times
1, THE HARVEST
By: MacDonald Dzirutwe
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: Euronews
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s plan to win back international funding by paying compensation to white farmers forced off their land faces a major snag: the black farmers expected to stump up the cash say they don’t have it.
By: Richard Connif
Date: March 21st 2016
Source: Yale Environment 360
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: New Kerala
New York, Mar 22 :Following a visit to Brazil, a United Nations independent human rights expert on Monday expressed alarm about the extent of documented and reported attacks on indigenous peoples in the country's central-western state of Mato Grosso Do Sul.
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.
By: Valentina Ieri
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: Inter Press Service
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.
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.
By: Niem Chheng and Mech Dara
Date: March 17th 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
Judicial officials from across the country will converge on Phnom Penh on Friday to report on the use of pre-trial detention for land dispute victims, it was announced yesterday.