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News - Land Rights

When Cowboys and Indians unite

2nd May 2014
Inside the unlikely alliance that is remaking the climate movement (Kristin Moe / Waging Nonviolence)

Malawi: Without land reform, small farmers become “trespassers”

26th Apr 2014
In Malawi more than 60% of land is customary, meaning that it is mostly untitled and administered by local chiefs on behalf of the government, with local communities merely enjoying user rights.nThe system has led to many abuses, with some government officials and chiefs selling off customary lands and dispossessing smallholder farmers. (IRIN)

Indonesia must vote to protect its forests

2nd Apr 2014
If President Yudhoyono wants to make good on one of his most prominent pledges, to cut the country’s climate change emissions by up to 41 percent, now is the time to return the forests to those who can care for them best. (Abdon Nababan / Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Indigenous communities demand forest rights, blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation

25th Mar 2014
Indigenous and forest-dependent peoples from Asia, Africa and Latin America have called for increased recognition of customary land rights in order to curb deforestation and ensure the survival of their communities. (Diana Parker / Mongabay)

African govts give away continent’s natural heritage, acre by acre

21st Mar 2014
African governments are in the spotlight for their role in the continent’s land grabs which has seen millions of acres end up in the hands of private investors. This trend has been identified by some land experts and economists as a “dangerous” grab of the basis upon which the continent’s people depend for survival. (Mbaria / The East African)

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