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No land, means no livelihood. Minority communities are vulnerable to evictions from their ancestral land – often they are not the registered owners under modern legal systems and they lack the political clout to oppose evictions for development projects such as mines and dams. This project will support 12 communities who are facing eviction from their land and who have decided to fight this through the courts.
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Land is not only important for livelihoods, it is also important for culture and identity. Minority communities who have been evicted have often lost access to ancestral burial sites as well as sites of religious significance. Minorities have been moved off land to make way for nature reserves and game parks as well as dams, mines, tourist developments in coastal areas. This project will bring together representatives of 12 communities who are facing and fighting evictions legally with others who have already been through this process. The experienced delegates will share their experiences with those facing the issue more recently and this will help avoid each community having to “reinvent the wheel”. The successful cases will also help to inspire communities through what can be a difficult process. The project will also support communities through providing detailed legal advice on international precedents and will generate a website of resources that any community facing this issue in the future can turn to for help and information.