By Chris Hufstader

After an audacious land grab by a foreign company, indigenous women in a remote Cambodian village struggle to regain their farms and sacred sites.

Date: 7 février 2019

Source: Leconomiste.com

Par: Mohamed Ali Mrabi 

En s’adressant aux parlementaires lors de l’ouverture de la session d’octobre, le Roi a mis l’accent sur le rôle décisif que pourraient jouer les terres collectives dans le développement économique et social du monde rural.

Commercial agriculture has driven land use changes and not only affected millions of hectares of forested land, but also farmers’ and local people’s land rights. Efforts to combat deforestation are at the forefront of the international aid agenda, and clarifying and securing land rights is important for its success.

This July is the first time the United Nations will review the progress made towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal 15, which is about Life on Land. Each goal will be reviewed about every 4 years until 2030.

The reviews will be based on the 10 indicators countries agreed on, that assess change in each country over time. Two important developments relating to the indicator on land degradation neutrality (15.3.1) have occurred, since its adoption in 2015.

The failure to secure the property rights of rural communities shows a clear policy gap between citizens and rights to land as per the Constitution and the attitude and practices of the state, traditional leaders, white farmers and mining companies in relation to such rights. 

Absent from the discourse spurred by the motion passed in the National Assembly on 27 February is what could be achieved in the interim for land reform programme using existing legislation while the country awaits a verdict on the constitutional amendment to determine whether is possible to expropriate land w

By Tim Hanstad, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, Landesa

This is the second blog in a series of two that are based on a keynote address made at the 2018 India Land Development Conference.

It's time to ditch the jargon and tell stories about property rights that create the impact needed for change

In a world bombarded with information, stories are everything. Strong storylines can inspire movements and shift attitudes. The “99 percent” story sparked a global conversation about income inequality, and fueled the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Date: 11 novembre 2016

Source: Metropolitiques

Par Alice Franck

Date: 27 juillet 2016

Source: Madagascar-tribune.com 

Par Collectif Tany

Dans le cadre de la mise en place de zones d’investissement agricole - Z.I.A. - par la région Vakinankaratra, les habitants de plusieurs communes rurales du Vakinankaratra ont été priés de se préparer à quitter leurs lieux de vie alors que les promoteurs de ce projet avaient exprimé l’intention de ne procéder à aucune expulsion.