[Aidwatch] In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land

[AID/Watch E-Bulletin]

AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Thursday 20 May 2010 

1.   Publication: In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land

2.   Melanesian Land Speaking Tour 

3.   AID/WATCH in the News: AID/WATCH going to the High Court

4.   AID/WATCH in the News: Concerns about climate aid budget

5.   Publication: South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System?

6.   Donate to AID/WATCH

 

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1.   Publication: In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land

This AID/WATCH publication presents Melanesian and Australian perspectives on the broad themes of customary land in the region, as well as particular issues in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Read about the crucial importance of customary lands to the lives and livelihoods of Melanesian peoples, and the threats posed by the current push to reform land tenure systems in the region 

 

Click here to view the publication

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2.   AID/WATCH in the News: Melanesian Land Speaking Tour
In March, AID/WATCH travelled around Australia for two weeks with Steven Sukot (Bismarck Ramu Group, PNG) and Joel Simo (Vanuatu Cultural Centre). These leading campaigners for land rights in Melanesia spoke about the importance of customary land to Melanesian peoples and concerns about the impacts of land reforms on their cultures, economies and livelihoods.

 

For media coverage of the tour click here 

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3.         AID/WATCH in the News: AID/WATCH going to the High Court

AID/WATCH was granted application for special leave to appeal to the High Court and is now set to run an historic test case to clarify the definition of a charity, with the High Court hearing set for 15 and 16 June. 

 

For media coverage and background information, click here  

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4.   AID/WATCH in the News: Concerns about climate aid budget

AID/WATCH said the measures announced in the overseas aid budget to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions are "inadequate and misleading". 

Click here for AID/WATCH media release  

Click here for Radio Australia article on the budget 

Click here for joint AID/WATCH and Friends of the Earth report, What a Scam! Australia's REDD offsets for Copenhagen (November 2009)

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5.   Publication: South-South Cooperation: A Challenge to the Aid System?

This new report by the Reality of Aid Network takes a critical look at the nature, shortcomings and potential of South-South Development Cooperation. It includes a chapter by AID/WATCH Committee member, Dr. Tim Anderson, on Cuban health cooperation programs in Timor Leste and the South West Pacific. 

 

To download report, see: http://www.realityofaid.org/roareports/index/secid/373/part/3

 

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6.    Donate to AID/WATCH

AID/WATCH is a community-based organisation and does not accept government or corporate funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent monitor of Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of development on the planet and its people. Only through being financially self-sufficient can we have the freedom to criticise or applaud with objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today: http://www.aidwatch.org.au/donate

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