Park politics

Video wars

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Hanged to life

Defeminisation of Indian agriculture

While reorganising land rights for rural women may be an arduous and long-drawn task, alternative solutions can be adopted

Victory for aborigines

In black and white, but..

A step ahead

Landmark legislation

Plotting progress

Land grabbing intensity doubled in last four years, says report

Land deals primarily target areas previously used for agriculture, which increases competition for land and the potential for conflicts

Canal of woes

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Fenced out

The Delhi administration's move to make the Asola and Bhatti sanctuaries exclusively protected areas ring alarm bells in the local villages

Tribals protest

Tribal travails

Continue in Kerala over land

Divide and rule

Customary land governance holds in Ghana. But times are changing and not for the better

Studies have shown that liberal policies have resulted in a growing tendency of titleholders to abuse their powers

Land for ladies

Rural women in Uttar Pradesh join hands to end gender bias in agriculture and claim joint ownership of land

Steering into turbulence

Australian politicians are finding it hard to live with a landmark judgment, which puts in jeopardy the landholding rights of colonialists by …

Egypt

Shady deal

Land rights of Brazil's local people being usurped

Kenya enacts law to give land titles to marginalised communities

The Community Land Bill lays down steps for communities to acquire titles to their ancestral land

Possessed by land

Landholding can affect marital prospects. It can also affect sex ratios and lead to polyandry. A village in Alwar provides a snapshot

No to afforestation

Furious at losing their traditional rights over land, residents of a south Delhi village say...