Full Coverage: Land

29.11.2005 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and Indonesia must provide more appropriate land on which to build permanent shelter for survivors of last year's tsunami, aid charity Oxfam says.

28.11.2005 In a move that could shut down one of Coca-Cola's largest bottling plant in India permanently, the Kerala government has notified the area as "over-exploited" where one of Coca-Cola's largest bottling plants is located in southern India. The government seeks to regulate the use of groundwater due to scarcity.

24.11.2005 The Punjab farmers continue to do their bit even now to ensure the countryÂ’s self-sufficiency in food. But not many of us realize that the same farmers, who produce enough food for us, are grossly indebted, suffering from multiple incurable diseases and staring at the severe problem of unemployment of wards and dependents. We need to remedy this situation very fast, through some honest and credible action. It is only then that we can say the country is getting empowered.

22.11.2005 A Zimbabwean government minister has admitted that farm seizures have led to repeated crop failures and severe food shortages.

14.11.2005 Kenya's new draft constitution--set to be voted on November 21--does not protect indigenous ownership of natural resources or land and neglects the needs of Kenya's ethnic minorities, argue many in the Maasai community.

10.11.2005 The eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana has been condemned by a group of non-governmental organisations from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland and France.
* Bushman woman found dead in reserve

07.11.2005 The Temuan people of Bukit Tampoi village in peninsular Malaysia have won a ten-year battle for their land.

03.11.2005 After a year and a half of fighting against clearcutting for soy plantations, Argentinean celebrities--including soccer star Diego Maradona--and Greenpeace convinced the government to re-establish the Pizarro Reserve, protecting wildlife and the livlihoods of the indigenous Wichi people.