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Bibile corn farmers rail against foreign firm’s land grab for sugar factory
13 November 2022
A decades-long struggle that farmers have been waging against multinationals angling to acquire thousands of acres of lush state agricultural land in Bibile for a sugar factory is continuing.
Malaysia GE15: Penang’s controversial land reclamation project weighing on voters’ minds
11 November 2022
Voters in Penang are concerned about the upcoming general election and how the result would affect their future through a possible land reclamation project
Reform Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs) grievance mechanisms to uphold human rights
11 November 2022
In November 2018, leaders from nine communities from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) whose land rights and livelihood were affected by the PHC-Feronia large-scale palm oil plantation took a historic step and filed a complaint. They were the first communities to request mediation and to date their issues remain unresolved.
Indigenous Indonesians want EU support on land rights
09 November 2022
Indigenous groups in Indonesia ask EU for help enshrining rights as part of free-trade agreement
Society Watch: Indigenous peoples fear being overshadowed after COP26 moment in the sun
08 November 2022
At COP26 the voice of indigenous people was heard at the top table for the first time. Community leaders from the Arctic to the Amazon spoke of the crucial role that indigenous peoples could play in tackling the climate emergency and protecting biodiversity, but how they were being killed for protecting land that was rightfully theirs, and traditions – along with whole landscapes – were being bulldozed.
Bangladesh's Santals continue struggle for ancestral land
08 November 2022
Indigenous Santal people in Bangladesh remember the deadly clashes that led to their eviction from their ancestral land six years ago.
Why COP27 needs a more sophisticated debate about livestock and climate change
07 November 2022
Pastoralists are repeatedly ignored in global debates about climate change and the future of food. Extensive livestock production can and should remain part of a low carbon future
It’s time Nepal wakes up to Chinese land grabs, intrusions: Report
05 November 2022
Chinese land grabs and interferences into Nepal’s territory are often not taken seriously by the Nepalese government, claims SADF article
Reimagining governance of the Commons in Cameroon
02 November 2022
Among Cameroonian climate activists, there is a growing desire for the rights and voices of women, youth, and communities to be included in the decisions that affect their forests and their future.
Grabbing land from black farmers and political opponents in Zimbabwe
31 October 2022
When the government of Zimbabwe started grabbing land from former white farmers, many in the country celebrated, thinking an injustice was being righted. Little did we know that the same laws would one day be abused to grab land from black people.