Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:
USAID
- Land security to boost PH economy – US envoy – quotes Heath Cosgrove (2/8/17)
Source: The Manila Times - Related: Overhaul land policy to stop ‘urban nightmare’ (2/9/17)
Source: The Manila Times - Kosovo launches drive to encourage women to claim property rights – mentions USAID’s country profile and work in Kosovo (1/20/17)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - U.S. launches new program to support land reform in Tajikistan – mentions the new Feed the Future Tajikistan Land Market Development Activity Project (2/9/17)
Source (requires subscription): The Times of Central Asia - Philippines: Coalition seeks overhaul of land governance policies – mentions USAID’s SURGE project (2/14/17)
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Reports and Publications
- Related: Forced evictions fuel African land disputes, hit investments – activists (2/9/17)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Related: Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights (2/13/17)
Source: Mongabay
Global
- Four tourist hotspots hit by land rights disputes (2/8/17)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Land Rights and Global Development (2/7/17)
Source (registration required): Foreign Affairs
Africa
- Land Policy Initiative: Generating African-led policies and strategies on land issues (2/8/17)
Source: IFAD - Kenya: Maasai and Kipsigis elders to meet, iron out land dispute (2/10/17)
Source: The Star - DRC: Does ‘conflict free mineral’ compliance really help the DR Congo? (2/12/17)
Source: Africa Times - Nigerian land conflict sharpened by religious divisions (2/13/17)
Source: Deutsche Welle - Ethiopia dam causes Kenya water shortage: rights group (2/14/17)
Source: AFP
Asia
- Cambodia: Land Dispute a Litmus Test for Ruling Party Ahead of Vote (2/8/17)
Source: Voice of America - Cambodia: Three Years On, Government, EU Still at Odds Over Sugar Evictions (2/10/17)
Source: The Cambodia Daily - India: Powered by Aadhaar, Chandigarh set to be India’s first city to have conclusive land titling system (2/10/17)
Source: The Financial Express
Pacific
- Philippines: ‘Land registration woes setting back Philippine economy’ (2/7/17)
Source: ABC-CBN News