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Landesa’s Telangana Land Caravan | Daily Photo Journal
February 18, 2014 — News Update: Indian Parliament Voting to Create New State of Telangana On Tuesday, the Lower House
Balancing Protection for China’s Forests and the Livelihoods of Surrounding Communities
By Yu Gao and Michael Lufkin Amid all the coverage of the Communist Party’s third plenum last November, one important
What ‘Downton Abbey’ can teach us about women and inheritance
As fans of Downton Abbey know, women’s lack of inheritance rights have brought down dynasties, impelled marriages, and divided families. What may
Mandela’s Legacy of Land Rights
When Nelson Mandela assumed the presidency of South Africa almost 20 years ago, he recognized that the country could not
The High Cost of Migration in China
Over the last three decades, more than 260 million rural residents of China have moved to the cities in one
World’s poorest need land rights to cope with climate change
We are not all equally affected by climate change. While the recent tornados in the U.S. Midwest and last year’s
Myth Busting: How We Can Really Achieve Food Security
The majority of the world’s hungry make their living from agriculture – a cruel irony. They are hungry generation after
What We Can Learn From the Last Case of Polio
A two-year-old girl named Arshi was one of last people in India to get polio. Her case is remarkable for a
Fighting Poverty with Land
This post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel. In 2005, our non-profit, Landesa, partnered with the government
How to manage African land conflicts through informal justice systems
This post originally appeared on Devex as part of their Land Matters campaign. Conflicts and disputes are a natural and
