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LokNiti Land Grab (Full Document)

Land grabs and dispossession: A review of six land grab cases in Asia

When agricultural land is plundered for investments: A sectoral study on land grabbing in Bangladesh

The bitter truth behind the sugar industry in Preah Vihear Province: Land grabbing sectoral study in Cambodia

When laws are bent to grab land from the poor and marginalized in India

Appetite for destruction: Rising global demand for palm oil spurs land grabbing in Indonesia

When one private firm reigns supreme over many: State of land grabbing in Nepal

A growing concern – oil palm plantations encroach on IP lands: A sectoral study on land grabbing in the Philippines

ANGOC’s contribution to the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights’ Draft General Comment No. 26 on Land and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Land Watch Asia Working Group on Mainstreaming Land Rights as Human Rights

Lok Niti “Land grabs and dispossession”

Jun 8, 2022

Driven by the desire for profit and investments, the rich and powerful were able to tilt the playing field firmly toward their side. As a result, the poor and marginalized are being systematically dispossessed of coveted precious land that is theirs by right. This growing land grabbing phenomenon and the conflicts that it has inevitably spawned are seen across the region and detailed in this edition of Lok Niti, which aims to provide key perspectives on how and why land grabbing is happening in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines. Given these dire conditions, a number of recommendations have been outlined in the papers presented in this journal.

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ANGOC
Publish Date
2021
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LokNiti Land Grab (Full Document)

Land grabs and dispossession: A review of six land grab cases in Asia

When agricultural land is plundered for investments: A sectoral study on land grabbing in Bangladesh

The bitter truth behind the sugar industry in Preah Vihear Province: Land grabbing sectoral study in Cambodia

When laws are bent to grab land from the poor and marginalized in India

Appetite for destruction: Rising global demand for palm oil spurs land grabbing in Indonesia

When one private firm reigns supreme over many: State of land grabbing in Nepal

A growing concern – oil palm plantations encroach on IP lands: A sectoral study on land grabbing in the Philippines

ANGOC’s contribution to the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights’ Draft General Comment No. 26 on Land and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Land Watch Asia Working Group on Mainstreaming Land Rights as Human Rights

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.

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