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Victoria signs largest native title claim in its history, covering 11% of state’s landmass
Under agreement, 3,000 Taungurung people will have access to crown land for hunting, fishing, camping and gathering resources
Victoria has signed the largest native title claim in the state’s history, recognising the Taungurung as traditional owners in central Victoria and awarding a settlement of more than $33m.
Collaboration, not fighting, is what the rural West is really about
Dick Jenkins is a fourth-generation rancher living in Oregon’s most remote county. I wanted to know why he continues living in a rural community, even though life elsewhere might be easier.
“Taking care of [the land] is worth more than all the money in the world,” he told me. “Taking care of the animals, taking care of the environment, it all goes together and we’re very proud of it.”
While Dick’s answer was more evocative than I could’ve hoped for, I can’t say I was surprised by it.
Scottish land reforms allow tenants to take control - at a price
Scotland's parliament set land reform as one of its key priorities when it was established in 1997
EDINBURGH, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the residents of Garbh Allt in the Scottish Highlands were offered the chance to buy their land from the wealthy family behind the brutal eviction of their ancestors, many were initially hesitant.
25% people globally are insecure over property rights: study
Reasons range from fear of property seizure by governments, owners turning tenants out and lack of money among others
A new study has revealed that 41 million people in 15 countries of four different world regions are living in constant fear of losing their property rights in the next five years.
They live in constant fear that either their owner/renter would ask them to leave or the government would seize their property or disagreement with family and lack of resources would potentially end their rights on the property.
The Invisible, Hungry Hand
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 2018 (IPS) - The very people who help put food on our tables often face numerous human rights violations, forcing them go to bed hungry.
When women become the agents of change in India
Based in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Swayam Shikshan Prayog has repositioned rural women as farmers
Agriculture can be a lonely endeavour but in the drought-hit belt of Marathwada, deep in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, women have been the driving force behind a new wave of sustainable farming.
Violence spikes during Brazil elections, rural minorities fear worse
As Brazil lives through the last feverish week prior to this Sunday’s second round presidential election, reports have come in indicating an alarming increase in violent threats and attacks since the campaign’s start – occurring in both urban and rural areas.
Another Colombian Social Leader Murdered, 173rd Killed This Year
Jose Domingo Ulcue Collazos was on his motorcycle when he was shot.
An indigenous teacher, Jose Domingo Ulcue Collazo was killed Monday night in the town of Santander de Quilichao in the department of Cauca, Colombia. His death makes him the 173rd social leader killed in Latin America in 2018.
Social organizations reported that the killing occurred between 4:30 pm and 8:00 pm local time while Ulcue was commuting on his motorcycle.
The suspects shot Ulcue in the chest, he was later transported to the Francisco de Paula Santander hospital where he died.
Fight against gold mine turned Thai village into 'war zone'
Little has been done to reverse the damage of gold mining and villagers have little recourse, say experts
NA NONG BONG, Thailand - They came in the night - about 150 men wearing masks and wielding sticks, knives and guns who swarmed the village of Na Nong Bong in Thailand's northeastern province of Loei, firing into the air while threatening and beating residents.
Grainrail: ‘2nd revolution in Brazilian agribusiness’ and Amazon threat
Journalist Sue Branford and social scientist Maurício Torres spent a month learning about Ferrogrão (Grainrail), one of the newest threats to the Brazilian Amazon – first meeting with government officials in Brasilia and then travelling along the proposed route, speaking to both sides in the heated debate over its construction. This the first of their reports.