Land & Environment

TIQUIPAYA, BOLIVIA – More than 35,000 people responded to Bolivia’s call for the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (PWCC) in Cochabamba this past 19-22 April.

Reading about the recent demolition of shacks by the City of Cape Town in Hangberg and the comments made by the City on the issue could leave one thinking that newcomers have illegally occupied land.

Links on biofuels, land rights in Africa and global land grabbing

Solidarity Statement by the South African Poor People's Alliance
2 October 2010 – For immediate release

We are calling for an immediate investigation into the atrocious
violence and repression by police forces against the residents of
Hangberg in Hout Bay, Cape Town.

Films shot two decades apart reveal environmental recovery and
improved livelihoods in Africa