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Human rights and desertification

This study, conducted with the appreciated and committed participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr Jean Ziegler, illustrates, in the context of the 16th and 17th
session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, how human rights can and must be mainstreamed in sustainable development issues. It contains a reflection offered

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Secretariat of the UNCCD
Tags:
Environment, Ecosystems, Land Degradation, Desert Spread, Climate Change, Drought, Poverty, Human Rights, Food Security, UNCCD
Land

Farmers allege forcible land acquisition by Mangalore SEZ

Rituparna Bhuyan / New Delhi December 1, 2008, 0:43 IST

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Farmers, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Karnataka, Dakshin Kannad
Land

Farmers to move court against land acquisition

Expressing resentment over acquisition of agriculture land by the government for developing an industrial sector adjacent to the GT road, farmers of Jatheri, Badkhalsa, Badmalik, Liwan, Rai and Peetampura have decided to move court as well as to launch an agitation against the acquisition move of the government.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Farmers, Compensation, Sonipat (T)
Land

Linkages between land management, land degradation, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda

Understanding the linkages between land degradation, land management, and poverty is essential for designing policies that simultaneously reduce poverty, reverse land degradation, and encourage the adoption of sustainable land management practices.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
& et al, John Pender, Ephraim Nkonya, Kayuki C. Kaizzi
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Land, Land Use, Land Degradation, Poverty, Africa, Uganda
Land

Improving access to land and tenure security policy

The aim of this policy is to enhance IFAD

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
IFAD
Tags:
Land, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Tenure, Land Reforms, Land Use, Rural Development, Global
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Acres Of Despair

Crippled by the Nano row, families in resort to desperate measures-----

Publication Date: 
30/11/2008
Rabi Banerjee
Week (Kochi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Farmers, Compensation, Auto Industry, Tata Motors, West Bengal
Land

 SEZ duped us

Mangalore farmers say land not sold the Mangalore Special Economic Zone limited, or msez, has been razing crops over six hectares (ha) of farmland belonging to the Kudubi tribe living in Perumude village in Dakshin Kannada district of Karnataka since the night of October 21. While the company claimed that the Karnataka Industrial Development Board had transferred the land to the

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
Deepa Kozhisseri
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land, Land Resources, Land Acquisition, Displacement, Farmers, Tribals, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Karnataka, Dakshin Kannad, Mangalore
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 In court

State

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land, Land Acquisition, Milk, Food Contamination, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Wildlife, Lion, Gir NP, Poaching, High Court, Bangladesh, Raigarh (D), Gujarat, Junagadh (D), Maharashtra
Land

Singur: What happened, what next and time to pay the cost

Since Tata Motors has shifted the Nano project from Singur, the company will have to meet the cost of land acquisition, development and the police protection that was provided for two years. The state government should issue a global expression of interest to set up an automobile plant in the area

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
D Bandyopadhyay
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Land, Land Acquisition, Singur, Tata Motors, Private Sector, West Bengal
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CM cautions industry on land development

After experiencing failure in Singur and Nandigram, chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee urged caution to industries keen on developing agricultural land.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2008
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Rehabilitation, West Bengal

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