Land Rights

Bauxite mine plan threatens holy mountainActivists buy single shares to talk to annual……the legitimate authority in India, the worlds largest democracy."Vedanta ResourcesMiningMiningIndiaLand rightsProtestguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is…

Campaigners fear controversial 'land-grabbers' law will lead to accelerated deforestationBrazil's president Lula has approved a controversial law which grants land rights to squatters occupying land in the Amazon — campaigners fear it will result in a further increase in deforestation of the…

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Indian tribe faces destruction of land and extinction at the hands of British mining giant

• UN sounds warning after 30m hectares bought up• G8 leaders to discuss 'neo-colonialism'The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by……a year is being spent by rich countries on land in developing countries.Land rightsFoodG8United Nationsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limi

Could Peru's uncontacted Amazonian tribes be wiped out by oil giants? Not if they don't exist ... Rory Carroll investigatesStand on the muddy riverbank at Copal Urco just before dawn and it is easy to see why the Amazon breeds legends. The vast river swishes past, almost invisible in the gloom.…

Increasingly tough climatic conditions and limited rights to land and other basic resources risk jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of many……than other population groups in Africa, Asia and Latin America.Land rightsOnly a few countries have recognized ancestral and customary rig

Host: AID/WATCH Network: Global Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: Amnesty International Action Centre, 79 Myrtle St, ChippendaleAn evening of film, photos and discussions about the importance of customary land in Melanesia. 'Defending Melanesian Land' is a…

A. INTRODUCTIONThe social problem in this research is: “Problems caused by lack of clear legislation on the guarantee of community rights to……rights on customary land.Protection of the traditional communal land rights must actually be performed by the State because those rights ar

The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor states that one of the goals of the nation and the state is the creation of welfare and……application, because it does not guarantee the ownership and control of land rights. This has occurred in two land conflict cases during the…

The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a global alliance of different and varied organizations. The membership of the coalition is composed of a number of intergovernmental, governmental and civil-society organizations whose commitment is to the eradication of rural poverty through the…

Canada's Beaver Lake Cree Nation group say their traditional way of life is being devastated by the rush to extract oil from vast tar sand……Lameman. "What we want is control over what's happening on it."ActivismLand rightsCarbon emissionsEnergyOilFossil fuelsguardian.co.uk © Guardian

Posted by Frank and Safi Men of a village of people with virtually no rights tell the first thing they need is landDear all, Please find a few pictures of our field visit the other day. Some of the men are looking at us through very cool sunglasses. These are inhabitants of a village with…

Posted by Frank van SchoubroeckDear friends, Good news: Safi is found in Hotel Terminus in Niamé! She did not sleep too well because of the……produce their own food in the long run. The answer was clear. They needed land rights. Just every question ended with the conclusion they…