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In defense of land rights: A monitoring report on land conflicts in six Asian countries
Table 1. Data collection sources of land conflict cases, per country
Country/Researcher
Bangladesh
Data collection sources for land conflict cases
n
Community Development
Association (CDA)
n
Cambodia
n
STAR Kampuchea (SK)
n
n
n
India
n
Ekta Parishad (EP)
Centre for Legislative
Research for Advocacy
(CLRA)
Indonesia
Konsorsium Pembaruan
Agraria (KPA)
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
ANGOC
Nepal
Annual reports (2015-2017) by the Kapaeeng Foundation
entitled “Human Rights Report on Indigenous People in
Bangladesh” which analyze data culled from media reports
and CSO networks across the country
Collected cases by Kapaeeng Foundation for January-June
2018
Official summary reports from the Ministry of Land
Management, Urban Planning and Construction
(MLMUPC)
Monitoring reports from Radio Free Asia (RFA), 2017-2018
Data from the Provincial Government of Kampong Chhnang
Province, 2016-2018
Discussions with commune leaders and local people in
Teukphos district, Kampong Chhnang Province
Land Conflict Watch portal (https://www.landconflictwatch.
org/) which is a network of researchers and journalists
across India that records the major ongoing land conflicts in
the country
In turn, the Land Conflict Watch portal draws its case data
from:
l Regional newspapers
l Official documents (court papers, police records, public
hearings, recordings or transcripts, memorandums and
petitions, resolutions passed by village councils, etc.)
l CSO databases
l Internet sources (Google alerts)
l Resource persons and local non-profit organizations
Agrarian conflict victims who report directly to KPA National
and Regional Secretariats
Land conflict victims whose cases are followed up by KPA
through assistance or case reports
Data collection in specific localities
Field investigations of land conflict cases
Mass media reports (printed and electronic)
Reports from other organizations in specific sectors
(fisheries) and issues (palm oil) – within the agrarian reform
network
n Reports
Community Self-Reliance
Centre (CSRC)
by households and communities at CSRC’s District
Land Rights Forums (DLRF), based on a simple reporting
format
n Mass media monitoring of four national daily newspapers
n Field follow-up of reported land conflict cases
n Summary reports from CSOs and government
Philippines
n
Asian NGO Coalition for
Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development (ANGOC)
n
n
n
n
Reports and documents from national government line
agencies involved in land issues; Commission on Human
Rights
Civil society organizations (CSOs) working with communities
on land and natural resource issues
Online reports by human rights organizations
Mainstream mass media reports (online)
Leaders from affected communities attending the FGDs
and national consultations