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Mekong Solidarity: Way forward
(Part 3 Of A Three-Part Features Series) The Mekong sub-region is shaping up to be a flashpoint for land grabs carried out not only with impunity but also with callous
Land and rights under siege in Mekong
(Part 2 Of A Three-Part Features Series) The past decade has intensified a sense of siege for the rural populations in the Mekong. State-sponsored corporate firms, having staked lands once
Mekong Solidarity for Land and Life
(Part 1 Of A Three-Part Features Series) Connected by Southeast Asia’s longest transboundary waterway, downstream Mekong countries likewise share a characteristic that is perhaps nowhere near as disputable as in
Indigenous Ifugao say no to destructive mining in Northern Philippines
Nueva Vizcaya, PHILIPPINES – Since 1 July, indigenous peoples from Kasibu, an upland town in the province of Nueva Vizcaya (some 289 kilometers north of Manila), have barricaded the entrance
Democracies in Decline: Repression amid land struggles under Duterte and Bolsonaro
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rarely misses an opportunity to make headlines. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) probe is an exception. His presidential spokesperson insisted there are no state-backed
Up in Smoke: Myanmar farmers under attack with new land law
At sunup, Myint Aung, 63, awoke to scribble a series of messages in red marker on loose sheets and a piece of plywood, and carrying all this and a jerrycan,
Igenum: PANAP’ s agroeocology exchange programme in Sri Lanka
In February 2019, PANAP partners working with youth and are Field Learning Sites of the International People’s Agroecology Multiversity (IPAM) converged and exchanged learnings in the different agroecological zones of
Liberating the Landless: Reclaiming lands, reclaiming the future
Part 2 of a two-part features series on the Asian Peasant Coalition in commemoration of the Day of the Landless on March 29 Though they do not have lands to
Power to the Peasants: Reclaiming lands, reclaiming the future
Part one of a two-part features series on the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) in commemoration of the Day of the Landless on 29 March. Perhaps there is no greater irony