Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arun Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024. In the application, the allegation is of illegal mining of soil upto 10-15 mtrs. depth from the farmer’s land by M/s Gowar Construction Limited, the project proponent in collusion with the …
845 cases of forest fires already reported this year, reveal forest officials Prolonged dry spell and rising temperature has set off alarm bells for the forest department over forest fires, which cause losses to the tune of crores every year in summer months in the state. Forest officials revealed that …
As the semi-nomadic Maasai of Kenya's Great Rift Valley prepare to lose more land to a geothermal plant, they hope to win a better deal this time, after meeting the Maori in New Zealand. Protests by the Maasai - known for dressing in red blankets and colourful beads - halted …
KANNUR: Even as the CPM has strengthened the campaign against Vayalkilikal, the collective of the local residents of Keezhattur in the district who oppose the proposed national highway bypass through the paddy fields there, the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP), has said that the environmental impact of the project would …
In 2006, the HSIIDC had acquired 955 acres of land under Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act at Industrial Model Township, Manesar. The land was acquired at a cost of Rs 176 crore at the rate of 12.5 lakh per acre under the emergency clause. Haryana State Industrial and …
Less than 2 percent of title deeds issued in Kenya since 2013 went to women, campaigners said on Tuesday, dashing hopes raised by constitutional reform granting them equal property rights. Kenya's land minister Farida Karoney said it does not yet have data on women's land ownership, which campaigners say is …
JOHANNESBURG - Law enforcement authorities are on high alert to deal with land invasions, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said on Tuesday. "As I have said before, there are many factors behind land invasion, these include financial gains made by those who sell land illegally as well as politically motivated land …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/03/2018 regarding encroachment of Pachmarhi Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh. Supreme Court notes that the matter is being extremely casually by the Ministry of Defence. Court directs the …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that land grabs would not be tolerated as the ruling African National Congress (ANC) moves to change the Constitution to expropriate property without compensation. Land remains an emotive issue in South Africa and most of it remains in white hands over two decades …
India was a pioneer in recognising special protections for her tribal or indigenous peoples in the Constitution, recognising their distinctive cultural, social, and economic identity from that of the mainstream Indian society and that they needed some protection from exploitation by the mainstream. However, inspite of these special provisions, the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rameshwar & Others Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 12/03/2018 regarding land acquisition of 912 acres from three villages namely, Manesar, Lakhnoula and Naurangpur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon for setting up Chaudhari Devi Lal Industrial Township, to be …
Longtime residents of one of the country’s thousands of Quilombo communities have been given land titles for the first time. Quilombo communities are Brazilian peoples of African descent whose ancestors were slaves – they have long lived in rural communities throughout Brazil. The Cachoeira Porteira quilombo community of 500 people …
The treaty was signed two years after the killing of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, who had protested against the construction of a dam. Photograph: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters Officials from 24 Latin American and Caribbean states have signed a legally binding environmental rights pact containing measures to protect land defenders, almost two …
Australia is in the midst of a full-blown land-clearing crisis. Projections suggest that in the two decades to 2030, 3m hectares of untouched forest will have been bulldozed in eastern Australia. The crisis is driven primarily by a booming livestock industry but is ushered in by governments that fail to …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mather Nagar Residents Association Vs The District Collector, Ernakulam & Others dated 05/03/2018 regarding construction of a multi storied building on wetland area of Thrikkakkara North Village, Kalamassery, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Supreme Court sets aside the Order passed by …
South Africa took a step on Tuesday to hasten the transfer of land from white to black owners when parliament backed a motion seeking to change the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation. The ruling African National Congress has long promised reforms to redress racial disparities in land ownership …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The driver of a car at the front honked incessantly Sunday as the eight others behind him joined in the effort to make the dozens of animals that were crossing the main road in Rongai, a suburb on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, hurry up. But …
A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique finds that, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality, governments in Tanzania and Mozambique are not protecting poor, rural women from harmful commercial land deals. State officials’ failure to close gaps in land laws and …
JOHANNESBURG - AGRI-SA, the South African agricultural industry association, has raised concern at government’s plans to expropriate white owned land without compensation. Reacting to the State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, the organisation said it was extremely worried about the contradictory statements related to acknowledging agriculture as …
Lunga Lunga MP Khattib Mwashetani on Tuesday said no exploration activities will be allowed in the subcounty by the Ministry of Mining. He said the activities could displace poor locals from their land and only a few would benefit from the minerals. Deposits of rare earth minerals were found at …
Complaints by residents over an unclear roadmap on compensation threaten to derail the construction of the Sh6 billion Eldoret Southern bypass. A spot check by the Sunday Nation last week revealed that the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the National Lands Commission (NLC) have already earmarked the areas to …
