By: Katy Migiro
Date: September 2nd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NAIROBI, Sept 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Impoverished nomadic communities across Kenya are to receive land titles under a new law that experts hope will help end land conflicts, boost development and improve investor relations.
Employment creation is often seen as a key benefit of investment in natural resources. However, this benefit sometimes falls short: job estimates may be inflated, governmental policies may fail to maximize employment generation, and, in some cases, investments may lead to net livelihood losses.
By: Barbara Fraser
Date: May 16th 2016
Source: Forests News
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: March 16th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Investors describe it as one of the last frontiers for major agricultural expansion - a vast area in Brazil's poor northeast that the government is eager to open up to investors hoping to set up big new soy farms and cattle ranches.
By: Daniel Aguirre
Date: February 19th 2016
Source: Frontier Myanmar
By: Sandra Cuffe
Date: February 17th 2016
Source: Mongabay
By: Vivian Jebet
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Elders from Somali, Borana, Samburu and Turkana communities have dismissed attempts by a Parliamentary committee on Lands to resolve disputes in Isiolo.
The elders said they were disappointed by recent visit by the legislators and the manner in which they conducted investigations as per the Okoa Jahazi Sacco lobby petition.
By: TNN
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: The Times of India
CHENNAI: A small plot of land Bagwati Sundar, a senior citizen living in Tambaram, bought in 1986 near Hindu College was safe, ironically, only till the state government showed interest in acquiring it.
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: SABC
Civil Society will head to the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act on Tuesday.
The Act re-opened the land restitution process for another five years.
50 communities will hold a night vigil at the Constitutional Court to voice their disapproval of the timing of the new process.
By: Chris Lang / REDD Monitor
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: The Ecologist
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 7, 2015–The Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) and Toledo Alcaldes Association (TAA) today received recognition in Paris, France, as the 2015 recipients of the prestigious Equator Prize in land rights, as part of the Climate Change Conference.
The award was received by MLA spokesperson, Cristina Coc, and MLA chair, Alfonso Cal.
