If you have paid attention to the news in recent times, you may have caught wind of a number of cases where innocent people usually villagers are being dispossessed of their land and being rendered landless and tossed into poverty. This has been pushed by a variety of reasons. Here is a short summary of umbrella causes.
- Mining Activity – Usually perpetrated by foreign mining corporations with strong ties to government therefore skipping mandatory regulatory checks such as EIAs. Thousands of people and animals usually affected by both displacement and toxic chemicals discharged into the environment.
- Agricultural Activity – Usually perpetrated by food giants for large scale farming. They gobble up the land of neighboring peasant farmers with unjust or no compensation. Hundreds of families usually affected.
- Urban Property Demolitions – Usually occurs when land barons within and outside the government or with their blessing, swindle victims and sell them illegally zoned land for residential development. When the planning authority catches up, the dubious seller disappears and the victims are left in squalor. development.
State Of Tenure 