Land is central to human existence. Land is a key asset for livelihood and development globally; there is virtually nothing man does that is not rooted on the land. In other words, all human ...

Marc Wegerif receives research funding from the DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS). He is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Pretoria and a Principal ...

Global Health Equity Research in Translation brings academic research to broader audiences: decision makers, policy makers, advocacy groups, philanthropists, and journalists. The series draws on ...

RMIT University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Ghana’s current system of land administration generates a lot of conflicts for a number of reasons. Firstly, under Ghana’s ...

DESPITE global progress in strengthening land tenure and governance, more than a billion people worldwide – nearly one in four adults – fear they could lose ...

Small family farmers waiting for years to obtain documents validating their land claims often need to pay a small bribe to speed up bureaucracy. More flagrant abuses of the land tenure system are ...

Nairobi Senator and governor aspirant Johnson Sakaja has said there is a need to address the land tenure system in the city’s informal settlements. Mr Sakaja noted that there are about 200 informal ...

Land Ownership is often mired in controversies and experts are of the opinion that the challenges in the sector can be extensively checked if there are reforms in the Land Use Act. The “Land Use Act” ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...