http://africa.oneworld.net/article/archive/526 en_GB OneWorld Africa - OneWorld Africa/English/Topics/Development/Land Murders spark palm oil alert http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83718 British shoppers have been warned that some products on sale may contain palm oil grown in Colombia after paramilitaries murdered or forced poor people off their land amid mounting demand to use the fruit of palm oil trees. UK Lobbies For 'Disastrous' Bangladesh Mine http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83717 The British government has been actively supporting plans by a British company to build an open-cast mine in Bangladesh that would destroy the homes of more than 40,000 people and threaten the water supplies of a further 100,000. Decades on, no shelter for flood-displaced http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160497/1/526 Displaced by devastating floods more than two decades ago, residents of Bihar in eastern India have been forced to live on a century-old British constructed levee. Living in abject poverty and in fear of criminals, these landless farm workers have not seen any government official in the last 25 years. Australia's Climate Change Victims http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83672 Like Kiribati and Tuvalu, the islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged. But unlike their Pacific neighbours, the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked. From: The Independent Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160386/1/526 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns. Biopolttoaineiden viljely uhkaa 60 miljoonan alkuperäiskansoihin kuuluvan maita http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83649 Biopolttoaineiden viljely voi pahimmillaan johtaa ihmisoikeusloukkauksiin, pakolaisuuteen ja koflikteihin, varoittaa YK:n alkuperäiskansojen foorumi uudessa raportissaan. Biopolttoaineiden tarpeen lisääntyminen uhkaa jopa 60 miljoonan maailman alkuperäiskansoihin kuuluvan maita. Biofuel Threat To 60 Million Tribal People http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83630 Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoples’ land and lives, according to a new report. Palm oil is one of the most destructive crops followed by sugar cane, soy, corn, manioc and jatropha. From: Survival Coping at land’s end http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160308/1/526 Environmental activist Sunita Narain offers a glimpse of what the future holds for coastal towns and villages as sea waters rise at a high rate. Climate change, rising salinity in waters and intense winds are eroding and depressing land at the same time in the Sunderbans, leaving people with no ways to survival. Two villages in eastern India gobbled up by sea http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160270/1/526 Villages in Orissa on the eastern coast of India are sinking into the sea. In last four months many families have been forced to flee as rising waters have submerged their homes and farmlands. Despite assurances from government, the displaced families are yet to be resettled. Death of a poet-farmer http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160062/1/526 Shreekrishna Kalamb, a poet-farmer in Vidarbha region of western India, ended his life on March 24. His death and those of 250 others, who have committed suicide since January, are symbolic of an agrarian crisis that the country is reeling under for past many years. Women’s right to land and housing http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160006/1/526 Women’s contribution to the economy and society remains largely unrecognised, underpaid and unpaid in most cases. The need for women to secure land and property is even more critical now, writes Dr Vibhuti Patel of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India. Food Crisis Set to Get Worse - Experts http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159936/1/526 NEW YORK, Apr 19 (OneWorld) - The current food crisis causing hunger and starvation for millions of people across the world is not going to end as long as those who dominate the international grain markets remain unwilling to change their behavior, according to experts specializing in international trade and environmental economics. Tremendous potential for agriculture in Afghanistan http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159907/1/526 With its fertile land and abundant rivers, a long-term investment in agricultural infrastructure from donors can make Afghanistan self-sufficient in food, says a UN official. Up to 70% of Afghans are suffering from acute food insecurity due to poverty, drought and years of conflict. Congo Villagers Use Satellites to Save Forests http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159555/1/526 Hundreds of Cogolese villagers - mostly hunter-gatherers or subsistence farmers - will use high-tech GPS (Global Positioning System) devices to produce digital maps to prove their existence to the government and to loggers. Protracted struggle forces ADB to pull out of Phulbari http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159553/1/526 Asian Development Bank withdrawing from controversial Phulbari coal mining project in Bangladesh is being seen as a major victory for human rights movement. Drawing inspiration from this success, national and international civil society groups are now urging other financial institutions to pull the rug from under the British mining company.