Thailand’s military junta is staking its legacy on a plan to direct more than $45bn of investment into three eastern seaboard provinces.
Tag: land grabbing
Thailand’s Urban Planning: a Weapon against the Poor
The downtrodden of Thailand’s cities are being driven out of the city in the name of condos and infrastructure.
KIO releases a warning against land-grabbing
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) released a statement recently asking the authorities not to allow others to grab war victims’ land by force in the resource rich state.
Ministry to investigate Prey Lang land grabs
Community network has asked the government to investigate homes in a protected area by a group of families claiming they were granted a social land concession.
Call to protect rights of indigenous peoples
Key member of Cambodia’s Ntional Assembly calls for a united effort to safeguard the rights and interests of indigenous peoples.
Lao Police Beat Villagers Arrested in Lengthy Land Dispute in Sekong Province
The residents of Yeub village have been fighting for alternative land and additional compensation since the government granted their land to LVF in 2006 for rubber cultivation.
Protected birds come under threat
A protected bird species has come under renewed threat after land-grabbers invaded Preah Vihear province’s Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary and destroyed their habitat.
Minister Agrees Local Should Be Compensated For Confiscated Land
Hpa-an residents who lost their 40 acres of land to a construction project in town’s industrial zone want compensation from the government for the loss of their rubber plantations.