This rapid scoping of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure sought views on the usefulness of the guidelines for promoting forest tenure reform in support of secure community land rights.
The allocation of land by the Cross River government to a South African firm for a massive agriculture project has pitched the Governor against over 400 farmers from Ochon settlement in Obubra Local Council of the state.
La décision du Président Macky Sall de régulariser les titres précaires se fait ressentir négativement dans le périmètre agricole de Bud Sénégal qui s’étend sur 1050 hectares.
A new report by Global Witness indicates that Feronia Inc destroyed secondary forest during its replanting programme in the DR Congo, on lands that are part of a Norsudtimber forestry concession.
Besides curbing corruption in the land rental market, the online auctions are expected to fill the state budget and make leasing land more convenient for potential investors.
Lutte contre le changement climatique, l’évasion fiscale ou encore l’accaparement des terres : autant de réformes censurées, vidées de leur substance ou avortées ces dernières années en France. Le rôle des lobbies là-dedans ?
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister says his country was ready to help Iran with extraterritorial farming in the face of the constraints of worsening land and water resources in Iran.
In Waingmaw alone, there are more than 11,000 ha of tissue-culture bananas being grown by Chinese and local companies, and there are more than 24,300 ha in the whole state.
This IMF/WB paper provides both theoretical and empirical evidence of farmland globalization whereby international investors directly acquire large tracts of agricultural land in other countries.
Indonesia’s national commission on human rights has vowed to investigate the death of a journalist who was being held on charges of defaming a palm oil company owned by a powerful tycoon.
Study's results in the Amazon “clearly” reinforce “the notion that oil palm plantations can be extremely hostile to native tropical forest biodiversity, as has been shown in more traditional oil palm countries in South-East Asia, such as Malaysia and Indonesia.”
At the Global Landscapes Forum Investment Case Symposium land tenure was the primary issue that was repeatedly pointed to by members of the research, development and finance communities alike as the biggest risk for landscape investment.
