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Let’s talk *𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢*
Scotland has the most concentrated pattern of land ownership in the developed world, with only 450 landowners owning half of the private land in the country, preventing new industries & stifling innovation.
This needs to change. 👇
Scotland has the most concentrated pattern of land ownership in the developed world, with only 450 landowners owning half of the private land in the country, preventing new industries & stifling innovation.
This needs to change. 👇
Land is essential to Scotland’s response to the climate crisis, but the current approach is simply failing to deliver what Scotland needs.
This transition should benefit everyone, not a small number at the expense of the rest. To do this we need to diversify land ownership. /2
This transition should benefit everyone, not a small number at the expense of the rest. To do this we need to diversify land ownership. /2
So what’s wrong with the way we do land now? 🤔
⛰ Hill farming
🦌 Deer stalking
🐦 Grouse shooting
…not to mention the undemocratic distribution of ownership & the impact this has on rural employment opportunities. But let’s focus on the direct environmental impacts first. /3
⛰ Hill farming
🦌 Deer stalking
🐦 Grouse shooting
…not to mention the undemocratic distribution of ownership & the impact this has on rural employment opportunities. But let’s focus on the direct environmental impacts first. /3
Our colleague Dr Farai Mtero will be doing this interview - catch him now! On Radio567 @CapeTalk on #landreform and @MYANC
Dr Mtero says that land donations is one way land can be made available for redistribution - but this can only complement state efforts and cannot substitute for them.
The state should not shy away from expropriating land and using its constitutional powers to redistribute land, says @FaraiMtero
Cam Dhoire (the crooked wood), an Ancient Woodland in Glen Mallie, Lochaber
like so many now remote woods in the Highlands, this place has almost been erased - culturally by the expulsion of people from the Glen during the clearances, and physically by centuries of overbrowsing
like so many now remote woods in the Highlands, this place has almost been erased - culturally by the expulsion of people from the Glen during the clearances, and physically by centuries of overbrowsing
the 2 are of course interrelated: much of the Highlands was cleared of people to make way for large scale sheep ranching, made possible by the extermination of wolves. without wolves or effective mgmt, deer now perpetuate ecological impacts of ranching even after sheep removal
consequently, places like Cam Dhoire are falling apart - for centuries sheep/deer have eaten all of the young trees, so when old ones die there is nothing to replace them. this is only possible because of earlier cultural erasure, which prevents us from responding effectively
How did the #farmers go from desperately wanting to sell land, to protesting against selling #land? And more importantly, how is India’s Constitution the culprit here? A #Thread, from our recent #hippoBrain conversation with @srajagopalan <1/29>
#threadstorytime #FarmersProtest
#threadstorytime #FarmersProtest
In 1950, when #India became a republic, one of the major things on the agenda was land reform. Understandable, because India was incredibly poor. ~95% were working in Agriculture. <2/29>
#landreform #FarmersProtest
#landreform #FarmersProtest
Most of them were not land owners; only 1-2% of the people working in Agriculture were land owners. So there was a push towards making this a more equitable system. Esp since the land was granted to zamindars due to on privileges given by the East India Company, etc. <3/29>
Webinar: The land of opportunity?
We will share the map we created to show *which* land government is offering for redistribution. #landreform
It's clear: mostly marginal state farms already occupied by black farmers
Starts 1pm today - or watch after
We will share the map we created to show *which* land government is offering for redistribution. #landreform
It's clear: mostly marginal state farms already occupied by black farmers
Starts 1pm today - or watch after
This is land acquired by the SADT (South African Development Trust) mostly in 1970s for homeland consolidation - ie. adjacent - but never incorporated. So they are only outside the 'homelands' in the sense that they are registered as 'farms' on the cadastral system. #landreform
Siyabu Manona says the EFF tail is wagging the ANC dog..... This is not land redistribution: it's reallocating state land that is already held by black farmers on leasehold. Making available 896 farms and 700,000ha sounds impressive, but it's not white land. @ManonaSiyabu
Media briefing underway now on Interministerial Committee on Land Reform. Minister @ThokoDidiza speaking now about land expropriation #landreform twitter.com/GovernmentZA
Minister @PatriciaDeLille announces that the revised Expropriation Bill was submitted to Parliament on Friday. The State Law Advisor has certified it as constitutional. It is now gazetted. Parliament will now scrutinise the Bill #landreform
In my view the Expropriation Bill is a well crafted law that brings our old expropriation framework from 1975 in line with the Constitution of 1996. Compensation will be provided where it is 'just & equitable' to do so, and not where it's not. Assess each case but move ahead.
#ArchieMafeje memorial lecture, LAND AND AGRARIAN REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA Lessons from other parts of the continent
4 September 2020 | 10:00 am to 12pm (CAT/SAST) | Online Seminar Zoom link: zoom.us/j/99768946836?…
4 September 2020 | 10:00 am to 12pm (CAT/SAST) | Online Seminar Zoom link: zoom.us/j/99768946836?…
Prof. Archie Mafeje (1936-2007) was a leading anthropologist and political economist whose ideas and work on African land and agrarian questions remain profoundly relevant today. An impressive panel discussing him @ #ArchieMafeje memorial.
Prof. @Jimiadesina of @unisa argues that #ArchieMafeje's thought lives on in the scholarly debates about African land, and his notion of a "lineage mode of production" as the dominant African form, rather than land commodification and market-based agrarian relations.
Excited to be in Cardiff today with @shared_assets for the public event to share the inspiration and learning from the @imaginemyvalley project #ProjectSkyline
Loving these poems about the future of Treherbert
... what would you put in your magic box of the future #5waysplace
