The uproar over reports that the FARC rebels own over 40,000 hectares of land in two of Colombia’s departments is a red herring, distracting from the monumental political and logistical task the ...

Colombian authorities captured the alleged leader of a paramilitary-style group dedicated to opposing a government program to return stolen land to displaced peasants, meaning more details on this ...

Munich, Germany, 16 February, 2025 – As global leaders convene at the Munich Security Conference 2025 (MSC2025) to address pressing security challenges, land restoration is emerging as a crucial ...

Global food systems are responsible for 80% of the world’s deforestation, 70% of freshwater use, and contribute to 40% of the planet’s degraded land, according to the latest report by the U.N.’s ...

The government's land restitution programme could have bought twice as much land if beneficiaries were not given money, a survey has found. “Despite the provincial difference in land costs, the bottom ...

Drylands are one of the world’s largest land types, covering nearly half of the earth’s land surface. Comprised of arid and semi-arid regions, drylands include true deserts like the Sahara, as well as ...

Amnesty International (AI) welcomed on Tuesday Itaipu Binacional’s decision to finance the restitution of indigenous land in Brazil to the Avá Guaraní Paranaense people (“the Avá Guaraní”). These ...

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Colombia is expanding its land restitution programme into former no-go areas in the country's war-torn south aiming to return land stolen from farmers by illegal ...