Southeast Asia: UN Rights Experts Raise Alarm On Land Development Mega-Projects

Southeast Asia: UN Rights Experts Raise Alarm On Land Development Mega-Projects   Two United Nations experts on food and indigenous peoples today urged South-East Asian states not to sideline the human rights of communities across the region who derive their livelihoods, traditions and ways of life directly from their natural environments.   “Governments must not be seduced by the promises of developers when assessing large-scale land acquisitions for export-led crops and agrofuel...

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