By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: New Era

Windhoek- Rangeland management is no longer a ‘nice to do’ practice, but should be a command that every farmer abide by, because our rangelands are under immense pressure, says Governor of Kavango East Region Dr Samuel Mbambo.

He made the comment when he acted as keynote speaker at Agra ProVision’s bi-monthly breakfast meeting in Rundu on Friday, held under the theme ‘Rangeland Management – no grass, no bucks’.

By: World Bank
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / World Bank

Ethekwini — The natural environment of eThekwini, the city also known as Durban, has been put under severe pressure due to rapid urbanization and climate change. These have contributed to the degradation of the City's environmental assets, such as rare and threatened ecosystems, rivers and coastal wetlands, undermining the wellbeing of people and the economic prospects of the City, according to a World Bank report released today.

By: Anabel Lemos

Date: March 2nd 2016

Source: Truth Out

This article was drawn from an interview with Anabela Lemos, and conducted, edited and condensed by Simone Adler.

Anabela Lemos is cofounder, campaign coordinator and board member of Justiça Ambiental, the Mozambique branch of Friends of the Earth.

By: Heba Hashem
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: PV Insider

NGOs call on governments to act to save people and planet

Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect half the world's land, but formally own just 10 percent, according to a report released today by a global alliance of NGOs.

The report, “Common Ground: Securing Land Rights and Safeguarding the Earth,” is published by the International Land Coalition (ILC), Oxfam, and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI).

By: Richard Hudson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: ABC Australia

Advertising mogul Harold Mitchell is fully supporting the Western Australian Government's introduction of multi-use leases for rangelands making up about 87 per cent of the state.

By: By John Unson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Philstar.com

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – It was a tedious and expensive 17-year uphill struggle for land ownership they will never ever forget.

The 54 peasants who fought it out had finally been grouped Tuesday into a communal bloc, the Maloong-Canal Farmers Agrarian Reform Multi-Purpose Cooperative, as a positive aftermath of a battle stymied by lack of money and connections.

By: Stuart Lowman

Date: March 1st 2016

Source: Biznews.com

By: Staff reporter

Date: March 2nd 2016

Source: The Hindu

Campaigning for land rights for the marginalised sections of society, people from various parts of Tamil Nadu participated in a demonstration organised by Unorganised Workers Federation and National Alliance for People’s Movements, on Tuesday. This was the concluding event of their ‘Land Rights Yatra’.