#landownership — Public Fediverse posts

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/momentum-building-for-scottish-style-land-access-rights-in-england-says-film #LandRights #AccessToGreenSpace #LandOwnership #Walking #England #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Environment #UkNews #Culture #LifeAndStyle

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/momentum-building-for-scottish-style-land-access-rights-in-england-says-film #LandRights #AccessToGreenSpace #LandOwnership #Walking #England #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Environment #UkNews #Culture #LifeAndStyle

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/momentum-building-for-scottish-style-land-access-rights-in-england-says-film #LandRights #AccessToGreenSpace #LandOwnership #Walking #England #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Environment #UkNews #Culture #LifeAndStyle

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/momentum-building-for-scottish-style-land-access-rights-in-england-says-film #LandRights #AccessToGreenSpace #LandOwnership #Walking #England #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Environment #UkNews #Culture #LifeAndStyle

“The enclosure of the commons inaugurates a new ecological order. Enclosure did not just physically transfer the control over grasslands from the peasants to the lord. It marked a radical change in the attitudes of society toward the environment.”*…

Several days ago, juries in New Mexico and California found Facebook/Meta (and in California, also YouTube/Google) guilty of knowingly employing algorithms to serve content to minors that caused depression, anxiety, and other mental health harms… behavior par for the course of the (massive, “mechanical”) extractive behavior that is their business model. As NPR reports (on the California verdict):

While the financial punishment is miniscule for companies each worth trillions of dollars, the decision is still consequential. It represents the first time a jury has found that social media apps should be treated as defective products for being engineered to exploit the developing brains of kids and teenagers… The outcome of this case could influence thousands of other consolidated cases against the social media companies. The litigation has drawn comparisons to the legal crusade in the 1990s against Big Tobacco, which forced the industry to to stop targeting minors with advertising…

L. M. Sacasas draws on a comparison to the English “enclosure movement” (and here) to put the stakes of this battle against algorithmic extraction into historical context…

If you were to ask me something like “What’s the most urgent task before us?” or “What counsel do you have to offer in this cultural moment?” I would say this:

Resist the enclosure of the human psyche.

Don’t misunderstand me. I’m sure there are other necessary and urgent tasks. But this would be my contribution to the conversation. I would be offering not only an imperative to pursue, but also, and perhaps more importantly, an analogy to clarify and interpret the techno-economic forces at play in a digitized society. Such analogies or concepts can be useful. They can crystalize a certain understanding of the world and catalyze action and resolve. They can be a rallying cry.

In any case, I’ll say it again: resist the enclosure of the human psyche.

Some of you may immediately intuit the force of the analogy, but I suspect it needs a little unpacking.

Here’s the short version: I’m drawing an analogy between a historical development known as the enclosure of the commons and the condition of the human psyche in the context of a digitized society. The enclosure of the commons is the name given to the centuries-long process by which lands available to the many were turned into a resource to be managed and extracted by the few. My claim is that structurally similar processes are unfolding with the aim of enclosing the human psyche and transforming it into a resource to be managed and extracted…

The longer version, which follows, unpacks that analogy and explains what the impact of “enclosing the human psyche” could– would likely– be. Sacasas concludes…

… The individual human psyche does not seem like a thing held in common. But, in fact, that presumption may itself be a symptom of the enclosure of the psyche, although there are certainly many other forces leading toward that same conclusion. What if the psyche were a thing held in common? That is to say, what if our purchase on reality and the emergence of the self depended on human relationships and communities? From this perspective, the enclosure of the human psyche deprives us of a common world, which yields an experience of solidarity and belonging.

I’ve elsewhere developed this point at greater length, but here I’ll only note Hannah Arendt’s warning that we are deprived of a “truly human life” when we are “deprived of the reality that comes from being seen and heard by others, to be deprived of an ‘objective’ relationship with them that comes from being related to and separated from them through the intermediary of a common world of things.”

That last bit about a common world of things, a material, not only virtual world, is key. The logic of enclosure seeks to lock us into a private virtual world of “bespoke realities,” thus excluding us from the common world of things that yields as well a public consciousness. As Arendt put it, “Only the experience of sharing a common human world with others who look at it from different perspectives can enable us to see reality in the round and to develop a shared common sense.”…

Eminently worth reading in full: “The Enclosure of the Human Psyche“

* Ivan Illich, “Silence is a commons” in In the Mirror of the Past (to which Sacasas alludes in the essay linked above)

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As we cosset commons, we might recall that it was on this date in 1867 that a bilateral treaty was signed effecting the sale of Alaska by Russia to the United States. It was ratified on May15 and American sovereignty took effect on October 18 of that year. The price for the 586,412 square miles that changed hands was $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to about $132 million in 2024), or about $0.02 per acre ($0.37 per acre in 2024).

Relevantly to the piece above, the land was and is largely commonly held, by the federal government, by the state, and by Native American tribes. Only roughly 1% of Alaska is in private hands. But that sliver is growing as the Trump Administration moves to “liquidate” federal real estate holdings (sell them to private owners) and in the meantime, licenses huge swathes of Alaska for oil and gas development, mineral extraction, and the infrastrucutre (roads, pipelines) needed to service them. Alaskans are worried.

“The enclosure of the commons inaugurates a new ecological order. Enclosure did not just physically transfer the control over grasslands from the peasants to the lord. It marked a radical change in the attitudes of society toward the environment.”*…

Several days ago, juries in New Mexico and California found Facebook/Meta (and in California, also YouTube/Google) guilty of knowingly employing algorithms to serve content to minors that caused depression, anxiety, and other mental health harms… behavior par for the course of the (massive, “mechanical”) extractive behavior that is their business model. As NPR reports (on the California verdict):

While the financial punishment is miniscule for companies each worth trillions of dollars, the decision is still consequential. It represents the first time a jury has found that social media apps should be treated as defective products for being engineered to exploit the developing brains of kids and teenagers… The outcome of this case could influence thousands of other consolidated cases against the social media companies. The litigation has drawn comparisons to the legal crusade in the 1990s against Big Tobacco, which forced the industry to to stop targeting minors with advertising…

L. M. Sacasas draws on a comparison to the English “enclosure movement” (and here) to put the stakes of this battle against algorithmic extraction into historical context…

If you were to ask me something like “What’s the most urgent task before us?” or “What counsel do you have to offer in this cultural moment?” I would say this:

Resist the enclosure of the human psyche.

Don’t misunderstand me. I’m sure there are other necessary and urgent tasks. But this would be my contribution to the conversation. I would be offering not only an imperative to pursue, but also, and perhaps more importantly, an analogy to clarify and interpret the techno-economic forces at play in a digitized society. Such analogies or concepts can be useful. They can crystalize a certain understanding of the world and catalyze action and resolve. They can be a rallying cry.

In any case, I’ll say it again: resist the enclosure of the human psyche.

Some of you may immediately intuit the force of the analogy, but I suspect it needs a little unpacking.

Here’s the short version: I’m drawing an analogy between a historical development known as the enclosure of the commons and the condition of the human psyche in the context of a digitized society. The enclosure of the commons is the name given to the centuries-long process by which lands available to the many were turned into a resource to be managed and extracted by the few. My claim is that structurally similar processes are unfolding with the aim of enclosing the human psyche and transforming it into a resource to be managed and extracted…

The longer version, which follows, unpacks that analogy and explains what the impact of “enclosing the human psyche” could– would likely– be. Sacasas concludes…

… The individual human psyche does not seem like a thing held in common. But, in fact, that presumption may itself be a symptom of the enclosure of the psyche, although there are certainly many other forces leading toward that same conclusion. What if the psyche were a thing held in common? That is to say, what if our purchase on reality and the emergence of the self depended on human relationships and communities? From this perspective, the enclosure of the human psyche deprives us of a common world, which yields an experience of solidarity and belonging.

I’ve elsewhere developed this point at greater length, but here I’ll only note Hannah Arendt’s warning that we are deprived of a “truly human life” when we are “deprived of the reality that comes from being seen and heard by others, to be deprived of an ‘objective’ relationship with them that comes from being related to and separated from them through the intermediary of a common world of things.”

That last bit about a common world of things, a material, not only virtual world, is key. The logic of enclosure seeks to lock us into a private virtual world of “bespoke realities,” thus excluding us from the common world of things that yields as well a public consciousness. As Arendt put it, “Only the experience of sharing a common human world with others who look at it from different perspectives can enable us to see reality in the round and to develop a shared common sense.”…

Eminently worth reading in full: “The Enclosure of the Human Psyche“

* Ivan Illich, “Silence is a commons” in In the Mirror of the Past (to which Sacasas alludes in the essay linked above)

###

As we cosset commons, we might recall that it was on this date in 1867 that a bilateral treaty was signed effecting the sale of Alaska by Russia to the United States. It was ratified on May15 and American sovereignty took effect on October 18 of that year. The price for the 586,412 square miles that changed hands was $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to about $132 million in 2024), or about $0.02 per acre ($0.37 per acre in 2024).

Relevantly to the piece above, the land was and is largely commonly held, by the federal government, by the state, and by Native American tribes. Only roughly 1% of Alaska is in private hands. But that sliver is growing as the Trump Administration moves to “liquidate” federal real estate holdings (sell them to private owners) and in the meantime, licenses huge swathes of Alaska for oil and gas development, mineral extraction, and the infrastrucutre (roads, pipelines) needed to service them. Alaskans are worried.

Community discussion from Inverness

The Bike Shed screening of Fires and Fascism offered a diverse range of topics. As ever there are threads that link them all!

Burning of muirs is (sorry...) a hot topic. While there's traditional land management which includes intentional burning, how do bloodsports - grouse shooting and the like - fit into this! Wealthy landowners are a small proportion of the population and yet, they have a lot of the land, on which they do these activities.

A sense of belonging should be accessible to everyone, and some raised the positive perspective that XR has enhanced a feeling of connection for autistic people.

But communities may need mediation, for issues within themselves or with others. Tensions can arise over things like the location of a bottle bank - perhaps no surprise when space simply isn't accessible to everyone.

Third spaces and venues like the Bike Shed are essential. When so much space is owned by the wealthy few, where can communities find a home?

#community #belonging #Inverness #muirburn #grouseShooting #mediation #spatialJustice #landownership #Scotland

But will Holyrood have the bottle?

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25949242.plan-limit-much-scottish-land-can-bought-individual/

#Scotland #ScotsPol #Landownership #ScottishGreens #LandReform

#OhioHouse narrows #foreign #landownership bill, critics contend it doesn’t go far enough

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/01/ohio-house-narrows-foreign-land-ownership-bill-critics-contend-it-doesnt-go-far-enough/

‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’ - Reform UK under fire as Kent council holds first full meeting since video leak – live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/06/prisoner-release-david-lammy-latest-live-politics-news-updates #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Immigrationandasylum #Prisonsandprobation #Scottishpolitics #Preventstrategy #Localgovernment #Conservatives #RobertJenrick #Landownership #Climatecrisis #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy #Migration #Politics #Scotland #ReformUK

The Landlord’s Game

" Monopoly’s roots trace back to The Landlord’s Game (1903), created by Elizabeth Magie to critique monopolistic land ownership.

It featured two sets of rules – one emphasising wealth accumulation, the other wealth distribution. The aim was to demonstrate how different policy levers, taxing income versus taxing land, affect economic outcomes of players.

The two sets of rules in the Landlord’s Game demonstrate how wealth is either concentrated in the hands of landlords (taxing income) or is more fairly distributed across society (taxing land).

Monopoly reflects the world’s economic systems, embodying both the dream of wealth and the realities of financial inequality. "
>>
https://theconversation.com/90-years-of-monopoly-how-the-new-craze-morphed-from-socialist-critique-to-capitalist-dream-252738

Landlordism, not supply, is causing the housing crisis >>
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/cities/2024/07/13/landlordism-the-lucky-country
#monopoly #regulation #housing #LandOwnership #landlordism #rentierisation #PayToPlay #culture #housing #HousingCrisis

The Landlord’s Game

" Monopoly’s roots trace back to The Landlord’s Game (1903), created by Elizabeth Magie to critique monopolistic land ownership.

It featured two sets of rules – one emphasising wealth accumulation, the other wealth distribution. The aim was to demonstrate how different policy levers, taxing income versus taxing land, affect economic outcomes of players.

The two sets of rules in the Landlord’s Game demonstrate how wealth is either concentrated in the hands of landlords (taxing income) or is more fairly distributed across society (taxing land).

Monopoly reflects the world’s economic systems, embodying both the dream of wealth and the realities of financial inequality. "
>>
https://theconversation.com/90-years-of-monopoly-how-the-new-craze-morphed-from-socialist-critique-to-capitalist-dream-252738

Landlordism, not supply, is causing the housing crisis >>
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/cities/2024/07/13/landlordism-the-lucky-country
#monopoly #regulation #housing #LandOwnership #landlordism #rentierisation #PayToPlay #culture #housing #HousingCrisis

The Landlord’s Game

" Monopoly’s roots trace back to The Landlord’s Game (1903), created by Elizabeth Magie to critique monopolistic land ownership.

It featured two sets of rules – one emphasising wealth accumulation, the other wealth distribution. The aim was to demonstrate how different policy levers, taxing income versus taxing land, affect economic outcomes of players.

The two sets of rules in the Landlord’s Game demonstrate how wealth is either concentrated in the hands of landlords (taxing income) or is more fairly distributed across society (taxing land).

Monopoly reflects the world’s economic systems, embodying both the dream of wealth and the realities of financial inequality. "
>>
https://theconversation.com/90-years-of-monopoly-how-the-new-craze-morphed-from-socialist-critique-to-capitalist-dream-252738

Landlordism, not supply, is causing the housing crisis >>
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/cities/2024/07/13/landlordism-the-lucky-country
#monopoly #regulation #housing #LandOwnership #landlordism #rentierisation #PayToPlay #culture #housing #HousingCrisis

The Landlord’s Game

" Monopoly’s roots trace back to The Landlord’s Game (1903), created by Elizabeth Magie to critique monopolistic land ownership.

It featured two sets of rules – one emphasising wealth accumulation, the other wealth distribution. The aim was to demonstrate how different policy levers, taxing income versus taxing land, affect economic outcomes of players.

The two sets of rules in the Landlord’s Game demonstrate how wealth is either concentrated in the hands of landlords (taxing income) or is more fairly distributed across society (taxing land).

Monopoly reflects the world’s economic systems, embodying both the dream of wealth and the realities of financial inequality. "
>>
https://theconversation.com/90-years-of-monopoly-how-the-new-craze-morphed-from-socialist-critique-to-capitalist-dream-252738

Landlordism, not supply, is causing the housing crisis >>
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/cities/2024/07/13/landlordism-the-lucky-country
#monopoly #regulation #housing #LandOwnership #landlordism #rentierisation #PayToPlay #culture #housing #HousingCrisis

The Landlord’s Game

" Monopoly’s roots trace back to The Landlord’s Game (1903), created by Elizabeth Magie to critique monopolistic land ownership.

It featured two sets of rules – one emphasising wealth accumulation, the other wealth distribution. The aim was to demonstrate how different policy levers, taxing income versus taxing land, affect economic outcomes of players.

The two sets of rules in the Landlord’s Game demonstrate how wealth is either concentrated in the hands of landlords (taxing income) or is more fairly distributed across society (taxing land).

Monopoly reflects the world’s economic systems, embodying both the dream of wealth and the realities of financial inequality. "
>>
https://theconversation.com/90-years-of-monopoly-how-the-new-craze-morphed-from-socialist-critique-to-capitalist-dream-252738

Landlordism, not supply, is causing the housing crisis >>
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/cities/2024/07/13/landlordism-the-lucky-country
#monopoly #regulation #housing #LandOwnership #landlordism #rentierisation #PayToPlay #culture #housing #HousingCrisis

Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/15/right-to-swim-and-wild-camp-in-england-should-be-enshrined-in-law-labour-mps-say #Accesstogreenspace #Landownership #Environment #Landrights #England #Rivers #UKnews

Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/15/right-to-swim-and-wild-camp-in-england-should-be-enshrined-in-law-labour-mps-say #Accesstogreenspace #Landownership #Environment #Landrights #England #Rivers #UKnews

Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/15/right-to-swim-and-wild-camp-in-england-should-be-enshrined-in-law-labour-mps-say #Accesstogreenspace #Landownership #Environment #Landrights #England #Rivers #UKnews

A New Geodatabase Of Fuel Treatments Across Federal Lands In The USA
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05859-z <-- shared paper
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https://nft.garphub.org/ <-- National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) page
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“The National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) is a collaborative, scalable data collection effort which aims to build a standardized map of nationwide fuels treatment locations occurring across all land ownership types…”
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#NationalFuelsTreatmentsInitiative #NFT #datacollection #fedscience #fedservice #opendata #fire #fuel #fedopendata #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #GIS #spatial #map #mapping #economics #publicgood #landownership #federalland #mitigation #technical #database #naturalhazard #infrastructure #residential #transportation #accessibility #portal #online #coordination #teatment #WildfireInteragencyGeodatabase #TWIG #nation #nationwide #management #landuse #landcover #policy #research #spatialdata
@DOI @USFS @USGS

A New Geodatabase Of Fuel Treatments Across Federal Lands In The USA
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05859-z <-- shared paper
--
https://nft.garphub.org/ <-- National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) page
--
“The National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) is a collaborative, scalable data collection effort which aims to build a standardized map of nationwide fuels treatment locations occurring across all land ownership types…”
--
#NationalFuelsTreatmentsInitiative #NFT #datacollection #fedscience #fedservice #opendata #fire #fuel #fedopendata #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #GIS #spatial #map #mapping #economics #publicgood #landownership #federalland #mitigation #technical #database #naturalhazard #infrastructure #residential #transportation #accessibility #portal #online #coordination #teatment #WildfireInteragencyGeodatabase #TWIG #nation #nationwide #management #landuse #landcover #policy #research #spatialdata
@DOI @USFS @USGS

A New Geodatabase Of Fuel Treatments Across Federal Lands In The USA
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05859-z <-- shared paper
--
https://nft.garphub.org/ <-- National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) page
--
“The National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) is a collaborative, scalable data collection effort which aims to build a standardized map of nationwide fuels treatment locations occurring across all land ownership types…”
--
#NationalFuelsTreatmentsInitiative #NFT #datacollection #fedscience #fedservice #opendata #fire #fuel #fedopendata #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #GIS #spatial #map #mapping #economics #publicgood #landownership #federalland #mitigation #technical #database #naturalhazard #infrastructure #residential #transportation #accessibility #portal #online #coordination #teatment #WildfireInteragencyGeodatabase #TWIG #nation #nationwide #management #landuse #landcover #policy #research #spatialdata
@DOI @USFS @USGS

A New Geodatabase Of Fuel Treatments Across Federal Lands In The USA
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05859-z <-- shared paper
--
https://nft.garphub.org/ <-- National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) page
--
“The National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) is a collaborative, scalable data collection effort which aims to build a standardized map of nationwide fuels treatment locations occurring across all land ownership types…”
--
#NationalFuelsTreatmentsInitiative #NFT #datacollection #fedscience #fedservice #opendata #fire #fuel #fedopendata #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #GIS #spatial #map #mapping #economics #publicgood #landownership #federalland #mitigation #technical #database #naturalhazard #infrastructure #residential #transportation #accessibility #portal #online #coordination #teatment #WildfireInteragencyGeodatabase #TWIG #nation #nationwide #management #landuse #landcover #policy #research #spatialdata
@DOI @USFS @USGS

A New Geodatabase Of Fuel Treatments Across Federal Lands In The USA
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05859-z <-- shared paper
--
https://nft.garphub.org/ <-- National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) page
--
“The National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) is a collaborative, scalable data collection effort which aims to build a standardized map of nationwide fuels treatment locations occurring across all land ownership types…”
--
#NationalFuelsTreatmentsInitiative #NFT #datacollection #fedscience #fedservice #opendata #fire #fuel #fedopendata #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #GIS #spatial #map #mapping #economics #publicgood #landownership #federalland #mitigation #technical #database #naturalhazard #infrastructure #residential #transportation #accessibility #portal #online #coordination #teatment #WildfireInteragencyGeodatabase #TWIG #nation #nationwide #management #landuse #landcover #policy #research #spatialdata
@DOI @USFS @USGS

>>...since some 96 percent of Texas land is private property, access to a place like Hunt, the town of about 1,100 that sits at the confluence of the North and South Forks, is rare. It has become tradition for generations of families to return to the same retreat centers, campsites, vacation rentals, cabins, and RV parks throughout Texas’s exceptionally long swimming season. <<

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/beauty-and-danger-of-guadalupe-river/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#Texas #GuadalupeRiver #Flood
#LandOwnership #Recreation

One of the other activities to take place on 5th July is this ....

Free Range is a celebration of joyful meandering through places known and unknown, regarding them as spaces or adventures yet to be defined. It is not a guided tour

As part of Ignite Liverpool’s theme – Who owns the land and how did they get it? We're delighted to be participating in Liverpool Makefest.

Like its sibling event Joy Diversion, Free Range’s underlying theme is one of ownership: how we as citizens have rights to and ownership of public space, but also how we have ownership of our own experiences. Our cities have become transactional affairs where we pass through them to get from one place to another, where our presence is legitimised by work or consumption. Yet this functional concept of the city leads to a certain sterility and soullessness, where those who don't wish to spend are unwelcome.

#LandOwnership #PowerAndProperty

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/opendatamanchestercic/1746604

📣 CALL FOR SPEAKERS 📣
🗓️ Event Date: 5th July
📍 Topic: Land Ownership in the UK

From feudal lords to offshore trusts — who owns Britain, and why does it matter?

We’re looking for engaging speakers to explore the past, present, and future of land in the UK. Whether you want to talk about medieval manors, enclosure, colonial legacies, or today’s land justice movements — we want to hear from you!

💬 Talks can be academic, creative, personal, or political.

🔗 Submit your proposal via the link in bio.

#powerandproperty #LandJustice #UKHistory #WhoOwnsTheLand #CallForSpeakers #LandReform #Enclosure #LandOwnership #PowerAndProperty

Foreign ownership of South Korean residential properties exceeded 100,000 units at the end of 2024, with Chinese nationals holding the largest share, while Americans dominate foreign land ownership, according to government data.
#YonhapInfomax
#ForeignOwnership #ResidentialProperties #ChineseNationals #LandOwnership #MinistryOfLandInfrastructureAndTransport
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=65478

Labour MPs press for right to roam policy in England after supreme court ruling https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/24/labour-mps-press-for-right-to-roam-policy-in-england-after-supreme-court-ruling #Accesstogreenspace #Landownership #Greenpolitics #Environment #Landrights #Politics #Dartmoor #UKnews #Labour

The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
>>
https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
>>
https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
>>
https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
>>
https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

BREAKING NEWS: Property Registration Fees Slashed to ₹100!
#PropertyRegistration #IndiaRealEstate #AffordableHousing #LandOwnership #May1Policy #Budget2025

https://todaynewsheadlines.com/new-property-registration-rule-from-may-1-register-land-for-under-rs100/

BREAKING NEWS: Property Registration Fees Slashed to ₹100!
#PropertyRegistration #IndiaRealEstate #AffordableHousing #LandOwnership #May1Policy #Budget2025

https://todaynewsheadlines.com/new-property-registration-rule-from-may-1-register-land-for-under-rs100/

BREAKING NEWS: Property Registration Fees Slashed to ₹100!
#PropertyRegistration #IndiaRealEstate #AffordableHousing #LandOwnership #May1Policy #Budget2025

https://todaynewsheadlines.com/new-property-registration-rule-from-may-1-register-land-for-under-rs100/

Campaigners call for right to roam on edges of private farmland in England https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/call-for-right-to-roam-on-edges-of-private-farmland-england-walking #Accesstogreenspace #Landownership #Environment #England #Walking #UKnews

'There will be many #footpaths simply lost'

August 19, 2024
Emily Unia & Miguel Roca-Terry

"Thousands of miles of footpaths could be lost due to a massive backlog in local councils dealing with applications, campaigners say.

"The government has set a deadline of 2031 for all rights of way in England to be added to an official map.

"But data gathered by the BBC suggests nearly 8,000 requests to get public paths and bridleways added to the map have not been processed – and some date back to the 1980s.

"The government said processing applications was the responsibility of local authorities."

[...]

"'We’ve got tens of thousands of miles of public rights of way that are not recorded or protected across #England and #Wales.'

"'If we have a deadline then there will be many paths that are simply lost.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k3719g0p4o

#RightsOfWay #Trespassing #Landownership #Commons #Nature #Woods #Fields

Cairngorms estate goes back on sale after criticism of ‘green laird’ owner https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/cairngorms-estate-on-sale-criticism-green-laird-scotland-far-ralia #Treesandforests #Nationalparks #Landownership #StandardLife #Environment #Landrights #Scotland #UKnews

Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/06/englands-restrictive-rural-access-rules-cost-six-times-that-of-scotlands-figures-show #Accesstogreenspace #Landownership #Ruralaffairs #Environment #Scotland #Walking #England #UKnews

Who's Buying Nebraska?

Ted Turner, Longtime #Nebraska #LandBaron, Still Buying as Next Chapter Nears.

The media mogul's many Nebraska land purchases in the late 1990s made him the single largest landowner in the state while sparking speculation and concern.

But what will become of the land once the 85-year-old Turner is gone?

#landowner #landownership

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2023/12/29/ted-turner-longtime-nebraska-land

Who's Buying Nebraska?

Ted Turner, Longtime #Nebraska #LandBaron, Still Buying as Next Chapter Nears.

The media mogul's many Nebraska land purchases in the late 1990s made him the single largest landowner in the state while sparking speculation and concern.

But what will become of the land once the 85-year-old Turner is gone?

#landowner #landownership

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2023/12/29/ted-turner-longtime-nebraska-land

Who's Buying Nebraska?

Ted Turner, Longtime #Nebraska #LandBaron, Still Buying as Next Chapter Nears.

The media mogul's many Nebraska land purchases in the late 1990s made him the single largest landowner in the state while sparking speculation and concern.

But what will become of the land once the 85-year-old Turner is gone?

#landowner #landownership

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2023/12/29/ted-turner-longtime-nebraska-land

Who's Buying Nebraska?

Ted Turner, Longtime #Nebraska #LandBaron, Still Buying as Next Chapter Nears.

The media mogul's many Nebraska land purchases in the late 1990s made him the single largest landowner in the state while sparking speculation and concern.

But what will become of the land once the 85-year-old Turner is gone?

#landowner #landownership

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2023/12/29/ted-turner-longtime-nebraska-land

Who's Buying Nebraska?

Ted Turner, Longtime #Nebraska #LandBaron, Still Buying as Next Chapter Nears.

The media mogul's many Nebraska land purchases in the late 1990s made him the single largest landowner in the state while sparking speculation and concern.

But what will become of the land once the 85-year-old Turner is gone?

#landowner #landownership

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2023/12/29/ted-turner-longtime-nebraska-land

Land grabbing and land concentration: Mapping changing patterns of farmland ownership in three rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, Canada

Annette Aurélie Desmarais
Darrin Qualman
André Magnan
Nettie Wiebe

#LandGrab #Land #CanAg #Farmland #Rural #LandOwnership

#OpenScholarship from CFS.

#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/52/61

“There are over 30 countries where women don’t have the same rights to #landownership and face severe customary and normative constraints"

Marlene Elias, @CGIAR and @BiovIntCIAT_eng, shared hopes and expectations for the GBF framework regarding the formalization of #landtenure
#COP15
https://twitter.com/IISD_ENB/status/1603115819126464520?t=qUnY3DlVmj156gQZ88ZXzw&s=19

Watching OpenData in Education livestream right now - https://youtu.be/z3vxUu_2cAg

Part of the State of #OpenData live stream round tables this week. 
5 panels focusing on #Education, #Agriculture, #Crimeandjustice, #Landownership & #Corporateownership.
📅2-4 November 2022
🔗RSVP: https://www.d4d.net/events/the-state-of-open-data-roundtables-49/
More info - https://stateofopendata.od4d.net/

State of #OpenData live stream round tables this week. 
5 panels focusing on #Education, #Agriculture, #Crimeandjustice, #Landownership & #Corporateownership.
📅2-4 November 2022
🔗RSVP: https://www.d4d.net/events/the-state-of-open-data-roundtables-49/
More info - https://stateofopendata.od4d.net/