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Tembec to sell nearly 50,000 hectares of B.C. land for at least $37 million
2014-04-25 21:40:33| Agriculture - Topix.net
RACE PACKAGE PICKUP IS LOCATED AT BC PLACE STADIUM'S EAST ENTRANCE Individual race package pickup is at BC Place Stadium for three days only.
Indonesia: Fires scorch 6,000 hectares of land, forests in Riau
2014-03-03 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Antara: Six thousand hectares of land and forests were destroyed by fire in Riau province, according to a disaster mitigation agency official. "Based on data taken through aerial and land surveys, the land and forests that have been set on fire reached 6,000 hectares," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the head of the data information center of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said here on Saturday. The locations set on fire included the world nature preserves Biospher Giam Siak Kecil, Bukit Batu...
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Zimbabwe: Masvingo Wants Tongaat to Surrender 10000 Hectares
2014-01-10 08:31:25| Sugar Industry News
MASVINGO Masvingo'S political leadership has written to Government seeking the nod to acquire 10 000 hectares of land from sugar producer Tongaat Hulett for resettlement purposes.
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Indigenous people of Honduras granted one million hectares rainforest
2013-09-12 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: One-hundred and fifty years after a treaty with England granted the Miskito people rights over their land--a treaty which was never fully respected--the government of Honduras has officially handed over nearly a million hectares (970,000 hectares) of tropical forest along the Caribbean Coast to the indigenous people. The Miskito are found along the eastern coast of both Honduras and Nicaragua and number around 200,000. "This is an unprecedented and historic moment for our peoples," said Norvin...
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In landmark ruling, Indonesia's indigenous people win right to millions of hectares of forest
2013-05-17 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land, potentially giving indigenous and local communities the right to manage their customary forests, reports Mongabay-Indonesia. In a review of a 1999 forestry law, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled [PDF - Indonesian] that customary forests should not be classified as "State Forest Areas". The move is significant because Indonesia's central government...