The Gujarat Government issued a notification dated 08th February, 2024 that pertains to the publication of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024, which further amends the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the Saurashtra Gharkhed, Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949, and the Gujarat …
Kenya should enact a robust legislative framework to ensure that land and other natural resources owned by indigenous communities are protected during exploration of oil and gas, campaigners said on Wednesday. The campaigners who spoke at a forum in Nairobi said that protection of community land rights is key to …
The goal was to acquire some 5 million hectares of farmland, with the intention to compensate farmers for their land. Five million hectares is some 500 000 square metres, or around 1.5 times the size of Lesotho. The initial plan quickly unravelled. Donors and government failed to reach consensus, accusing …
New Mexico lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill to protect federal lands around the Chaco Canyon from drilling and mining, attempting to permanently shield the Native American cultural site from recurring attempts at oil and gas leasing. U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján …
Zimbabwe is moving forward with a process to compensate former farm owners whose land was taken from them because they were white during the country’s fast-track land reform program (FTLRP). “The registration process and the list of farmers should be completed by the end of April 2019, after which the …
A study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) and published in the journal Nature Climate Change last month explored whether or not gender quotas for local governing bodies could help reduce deforestation while addressing local inequalities at the same time. For the study, researchers traveled …
NEW DELHI: Irked by the inaction of the forest department in adding more staff, the National Green Tribunal has rapped Delhi’s forest department for not complying with its 2015 directions and asked the state chief secretary to furnish a fresh report on the matter within a month. A bench headed …
When the Jordanian army went shopping for land in northern Sudan in late 1999, its scouts came across what appeared to be a food-growing paradise. The terrain was vast, flat, and fat with nutrients. The water it could draw from the nearby Nile was almost embarrassingly bountiful. And local officials …
Machinga — Recent floods that hit some parts of the country have damaged five irrigation schemes in Machinga District, Malawi News Agency (Mana) has established. Some of the schemes damaged include Naming'azi, Mikoko and Nkhande in Paramount Chief Kawinga and Kamwaza Irrigation Scheme in Traditional Authority Ngokwe in the district. …
When the Jordanian army went shopping for land in northern Sudan in late 1999, its scouts came across what appeared to be a food-growing paradise. The terrain was vast, flat, and fat with nutrients. The water it could draw from the nearby Nile was almost embarrassingly bountiful. And local officials …
The 2019 Land and Water Days- Near East and North Africa (NENA) Conference convened by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was started in Cairo on Sunday. The five-day event attracted around 400 experts, practitioners, government officials, policy makers and development partners from countries of the Near …
Donald Trump has issued a new permit for a controversial oil pipeline that critics say will devastate local communities and prove disastrous for the environment. The move comes in spite of a federal judge blocking the Keystone XL project in November, saying the government had not fully considered oil spills …
Soil erosion is a major problem of agriculture in India. The objective of this study is to investigate how farmers perceive the severity of soil erosion in the rainfed watershed areas of Telangana , India . The study is based on a detailed survey of 400 households in two sub …
WASHINGTON - Nearly one in three people living in West and Central Africa fear losing their homes and land in the next five years, according to a survey of 33 countries, making it the region where people feel most insecure about their property. More than two in five respondents from …
Millions of women worldwide are still unable to access and own land despite laws recognising their rights, researchers and campaigners said on Monday as they urged countries to bridge the gap between policy and practice. Patriarchal attitudes towards women and girls and a lack of knowledge of their own rights …
Brazil possesses vast tracts of public lands, especially in the Amazon, which exist in the public domain. Traditional peoples, landless movements, quilombolas (communities established more than a century ago by Afro-Brazilian slave descendants), and other homesteaders have the legal right to lay claim to these lands. It is the job …
Social activists unite against PLPA amendment A group of social activists has launched a signature campaign against the recent amendment brought by the Haryana Government to reduce the area falling under preserved forest in Faridabad and Gurugram districts. The campaign aims to get signatures of at least one lakh residents …
Seychellois who had land taken away by the government have until December to submit claims for compensation to the Land Compensation Tribunal, said the chairperson. Joseph Athanasius told SNA that the length of time given is for the public to have ample time to submit their claim as the tribunal. …
South African parliament's Ad Hoc Committee, tasked with amending the Constitution to pave the way for land expropriation without compensation, decided on Wednesday to refer its work to the next parliament. The committee agreed to refer the task to the next parliament, committee chairperson Thoko Didiza said. The committee's report …
The African Union (AU) is conducting a public campaign for sustainable mining in the 55 member states, an official of the bloc said Tuesday. Frank Mughenyi, senior industrial advisor at the Office of the Commissioner for Trade and Industry of the AU Commission, said the campaign is being carried out …
The South African government will continue to pursue land expropriation without compensation until land is returned to those who were forced to be deprived of it, Deputy President David Mabuza said Tuesday. Land expropriation without compensation will not stop because of opposition, Mabuza said while answering questions in Parliament. However, …
