The meaning of land in Myanmar

Jennifer Franco. Hannah Twomey. Khu Khu Ju. Pietje Vervest. Tom Kramer. [Autores]
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Países Bajos - Amsterdam
Noviembre de 2015

"Land is like our vein; it is vital for our living. After our land was confiscated, we don’t know what to do for our livelihood," says a farmer from Kachin State in Myanmar. Today many inhabitants of rural communities in Myanmar live under threat of losing their lands in a battle for resources spurred by ethnic conflict, exploitative land laws, and powerful economic actors. The existence of a legal right to the land does not translate into that right being respected in practice, and people across the country are now working to protect their right to the land.