Land rights of peoples must be protected to improve prospects for peace. The Government of Myanmar’s approach to land policy risks increasing land conflicts and exacerbating current challenges in formal peace negotiations. Civil society organizations strongly oppose implementation of the recently-amended Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land Management Law (VFV Land Law), due to well-founded fears […]
Implementation of burma’s vacant, fallow and virgin land management law: at odds with the nationwide ceasefire agreement and peace negotiations
December 17, 2018 by
Myanmar Ancestral Land to be Protected
December 30, 2014 by
Unregistered ancestral lands and those under shifting cultivation will be registered and protected from confiscation under a draft land use policy, a change land rights groups say would be a major step forward for tenure security. The policy would mean that land could only be confiscated at the market price for public use, such as […]
