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Buzzi tomó medidas para transparentar la venta de tierras en la zona cordillerana
El Gobernador dio a conocer su decisión en una conferencia de prensa realizada este lunes en la Casa de Gobierno. “Esto tiene que tener resoluciones definitivas y de fondo, y que el fuego cuando suceda entre nosotros sea simplemente porque es un episodio natural y no porque venga a acomodar valores inmobiliarios diferentes”, dijo.
Fomi dam: catalysing land tenure reform in Guinea
Representatives from Guinea's ministries of Energy and Water, Agriculture and Urban and Rural Planning will meet in Conakry on 4-5 March to discuss reforms to the way land is expropriated for large public interest infrastructure projects and how displaced smallholder farmers should be compensated.
Paraguay: Otra de Wiens, promueve ley que amenazaría a todas las tierras indígenas
Sin consulta a los indígenas, busca modificar la Ley 904/81 para implementar actividades de “desarrollo” en las comunidades. Organizaciones indígenas dicen que en realidad busca abrir las tierras nativas al uso privado.
Marginalisation économique et exclusion sociale de la paysannerie sierra-léonaise
Avec Augustin Palliere, Docteur Paris X (Nanterre) avec la thèse "Un sac de riz vide ne tient pas debout. Dynamiques agraires régionales et marginalisation de la paysannerie sierra-léonaise".
Insecurity among indigenous peoples of Northern region of Bangladesh increased, demand for immediate formation of land commission to restitute the dispossessed land of them
On 24 February 2015, Jatiya Adivasi Parishad and Kapaeeng Foundation jointly organized a press conference protesting ongoing violence, evictions, murder and rape, and demanded to ensure security of indigenous peoples of northern region of Bangladesh at Reporters Unity in Dhaka.
Rabindranath Soren, President of Jatiya Adivasi Parishad, presented a report on present situation of indigenous peoples in Northern part of Bangladesh while Pallab Chakma, Executive Director of Kapaeeng Foundation conducted the event.
The land grabbers of the Nacala Corridor
Peasants in northern Mozambique are struggling to keep their lands, as governments and foreign companies move aggressively to set up large-scale agribusiness projects. They are being told that these projects will bring them benefits. But, so far, the country's experience with foreign investment in agriculture has been disastrous.
Indian media assess 'controversial' land acquisition law
Media in India debate the government's decision to ease rules for acquiring land for infrastructure projects.
But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing stiff competition from opposition parties.
Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has also begun a protest demanding the removal of changed rules.
Mr Hazare and opposition parties believe that the new rules will be unfair to farmers and the poor.
How does land tenure affect agricultural productivity? A systematic review
A lot of us who may come from the West assume that land rights certification, registration or titling are important attributes of any kind of land tenure or property rights system. We think of formal recording of land rights as essential to assuring farmers that they have land tenure security, an important enabling condition to agricultural development.