Land Rights

Jakarta, February 2025—The Asia Land Forum (ALF) 2025 unfolded in Jakarta, bringing together over 500 participants from 14 countries across Central, South, and Southeast Asia. The forum lasted from February 17 to 21. It served as a dynamic…
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P.V. Rajagopal, the founder of Ekta Parishad and a prominent Gandhian, will receive the Niwano Peace Foundation Award (Rs. 1.23 crore), also known as the Japanese Nobel Prize. The Niwano Peace Foundation Award is the highest honour given by…
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Indigenous peoples, rural women, youth, nomadic pastoralists, and local communities are the changemakers in ecosystem restoration and conservation. That was one of the important findings from the 2021 Asia Land Forum, organised by the…
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The important role of using data to monitor the progress of securing land rights in Asia, particularly in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets and indicators, was reiterated at the opening day of the 2021 Asia…
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In a new study Uneven Ground: Land Inequality at the Heart of Unequal Societies, released, researchers say that land inequality is rising in most countries. Worse, new measures and analysis proves that land inequality is significantly…
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Livestock keeping is one of the major occupations in South Asian countries. For instance, herders and pastoralists contribute to 15 per cent of GDP in Afghanistan, 11.5 per cent in Nepal, 4.11 per cent in India and 2 per cent in…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the globe overwhelming health systems and causing distress among millions of people. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached almost 1.7 million as on 12 April 2020, with over…
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Six country members of International Land Coalition, Asia (ILC Asia) were gathered recently in Jakarta, Indonesia for a regional planning meeting. The members also participated in a two-day training for monitoring land conflicts in…
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In light of increasing land investments in Asia and intensifying conflicts over scarce resources, civil society organisations (CSOs) working with rural communities, national human rights institutions and inter-governmental organisations…
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