Tag: land rights
Vietnam’s minorities lose right to farm forests
Traditional slash and burn farming lands ethnic minorities in jail as authorities try to preserve country’s forests.
Developers target a ‘protected’ forest in Cambodia
Wildlife rescue center and environmentalists call for clarity over development plans for the Phnom Tamao Forest.
Foundation of Fear: 25 years of villagers’ voices from southeast Myanmar
Chronicling ongoing rights abuses by Myanmars most powerful actors against minority groups.
Loss of State-owned land affecting Lao national development
Somsack Pongkhao Inspection authorities are concerned about State land that has been unlawfully sold by some district and village authorities over the past decades. The loss of State-owned land will make it difficult for the government to develop mega projects, including infrastructure and public spaces, since many of the plots that have been sold have […]
Sesan villagers seek land titles
They are now seeking indigenous collective land status to protect themselves from being displaced by future development.
Speed up land titles: Indigenous groups
The Indigenous People Network and civil society organisations yesterday asked the government to speed up registration of indigenous collective lands.
25 Most Popular Research Papers on Lao Land and Food Issues: LaoFAB
In commemoration of LaoFAB’s 10th anniversary, the top 25 most popular research papers and reports in its repository have been made public. The list is dominated by studies of land concessions and food security.
Government to distribute state land for the landless
Thai government plans to allocate about 195,000 rai of state land in 47 provinces for landless poor so they will have a land plot to build a living quarter and to make a living. Government spokesman said that the government intends to narrow the gap of social disparity by distributing land plots in degraded forest, public land, land for land reform project to the landless poor.