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The act or process of making amends for something.

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Flickr Nigeria agriculture

Nigeria: LASG releases N8 billion as compensation to displaced property owners

1 August 2017
Nigeria
compensation
displacement
land governance
land ownership
property rights

Lagos state government has disclosed that it has disbursed the sum of N8 billion as compensation to individuals and groups whose properties were affected by ongoing construction projects in the state in the last one year.

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Switzerland to Mugabe's government: Compensate white farmers & attract investors

1 August 2017
Zimbabwe
Switzerland
Land & Investments
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
eviction
farmers
land investments
land reform

The Swiss Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ruth Huber, says investment in will remain stagnant as long as the Harare fails to compensate whites whose farms were forcibly taken without proper dialogue.

She was speaking during the Swiss National Day Tuesday.

Native title holders hail victories in Pilbara and Northern Territory

20 July 2017
Australia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
compensation
extractive industries
indigenous peoples' land rights
land governance
land law
land titling
mining
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Ethiopia's deadly rubbish dump landslide sparks landrights battle

3 May 2017
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
compensation
customary tenure
eviction
land ownership
land rights
squatters

 

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aworar Meka had been living and working at the Reppi rubbish dump in Addis Ababa for only one month when tragedy struck.

A giant landslide at the 50-year-old dump, the Ethiopian capital's only landfill site, hit his neighborhood on March 11, destroying dozens of homes and killing at least 115 people.

ANC must lobby society on expropriation of land, says Dlamini-Zuma

6 April 2017
South Africa
agricultural and rural legislation
compensation
land access
land distribution
land law
land reform

 

 

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calls for ’clever’ lobbying if the ANC wants to amend the Constitution to allow expropriation of land without compensation

Caucasus "Land grab" feared in remote UNESCO heritage site

20 February 2017
Georgia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
expropriation
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land grabbing
land registration
water management

For the people of Upper Svaneti, a remote sliver of land nestled high in the gorges of Georgia, the last words uttered by the dying are portents of the future.

And the future looks bleak.

Residents say the same ominous rattle has echoed over so many of its death beds this past year - "The Svans are in danger, be careful" - that villagers are now braced for battle.

Cambodia’s Land Compensation Issues Persist

Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
compensation
land rights

Date: 11 January 2017

Source: Radio Free Asia

About 70 people from three different communities in Cambodia staged a demonstration in front of Banteay Meanchey provincial hall on Wednesday in an effort to prod the government into action over unsettled land claims.

Uganda: Tax idle land in urban centres, expert urges Govt

Uganda
compensation
land law
land management
land ownership
land policies
land tax
land use mapping
urbanization

By: David Lumu
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: New Vision Uganda

Key among the solutions is reforming the land laws in the country to provide escape routes for Government in case land owners refuse compensation

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Odisha is one of the federal States of the Union of India which came into existence from 1936. The Government of Odisha has number of Departments under it, like the Ministry in case of Government of India, to deal with administration and governance of the State of Odisha. As land is under the State list of the Constitution of India, Revenue and Disaster Management Department of the Government of Odisha has been mainly dealing with matters related to land.

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Nicholas K. Tagliarino (NKT)

The legal data collected for Nicholas Tagliarino's dissertation and posted on Land Book examines whether national expropriation, compensation, and resettlement laws in developing countries are adopting international standards designed to secure tenure rights and ensure responsible land governance. The analysis conducted for this dataset is based on Section 16 of the UN Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, which establishes standards on expropriation, compensation, and resettlement.

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