Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:
Global
- Defending Earth Every Day With Women Around The World (4/20/17)
Source: The Huffington Post - Earth Day: Eight amazing facts that prove tribal people are the best conservationists (4/21/17)
Source: Survival - Land Rights as a Centerpiece of Climate Change Resiliency: From Washington State to Kenya’s Coast Region (4/20/17)
Source: Landesa / Medium - Collective forest tenure reforms: Where do we go from here? (4/25/17)
Source: Forests News - Land 2030: Land rights and inclusive sustainable growth (4/27/17)
Source: World Bank
Recent Events
- Conference Roundup: India Land And Development Conference, 2017 (4/5/17 – 4/6/17)
Source: Land Portal
Indigenous
- Argentina’s indigenous march for lost land (4/25/17)
Source: Al Jazeera - FEATURE-Indigenous group takes Brazil to court in landmark case (4/25/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - Brazil indigenous protest over land rights turns violent (4/25/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - Brazil: A government of death is plundering our ancient Munduruku lands. Help us stop it (4/25/17)
Source: The Guardian - Brazil’s Indigenous Leaders Convene To Shore Up Eroding Rights (4/21/17)
Source: Ecosystem Marketplace - Indigenous communities protect forests from onslaught of palm oil industry in Guatemala (4/26/17)
Source: Land Rights Now - INTERVIEW-Winner of “Green Nobel” says India is plundering not protecting tribal lands (4/24/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - On Nicaragua’s Mosquito Coast, conflict over indigenous land turns violent (4/27/17)
Source: Daily Mail / Thompson Reuters Foundation - Indonesia: Mapping indigenous lands in Indonesia’s tallest mountains (4/21/17)
Source: Mongabay
Africa
- Ghana: Take over Nkonya-Alavanyo lands – Government urged (4/21/17)
Source: Ghana Web - Kenya: Rural women struggle to secure land rights (4/23/17)
Source: Ureport - Nigeria: Clashes Over Grazing Land In Nigeria Threaten Nomadic Herding (4/24/17)
Source: NPR - DRC: Diamonds Aren’t Forever (4/24/17)
Source: Slate - South Africa’s ANC to introduce amended land claims bill in May (4/34/17)
Source: Reuters - Tanzanian polygamist’s puzzle: how to stop six wives warring over 500 acres? (4/25/17)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Americas
- The Land is Forever: Rodrigo Tot Wins Goldman Prize for Land-Title Quest (4/24/17)
Source: Daily Mail / Thompson Reuters Foundation - Peru: Amazon natives in Peru take over oil field in land use dispute (4/25/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - Brazil: Hooded gunmen kill civilians in rural Brazil land conflict – security officials (4/21/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - Related: Nine people killed in Brazilian land dispute massacre (4/22/17)
Source: The Express Tribune
Asia
- India: Lords of all they survey: land rights project Telangana (4/22/17)
Source: The Hans India - FEATURE-India’s Muslim women fight tradition and family for right to property (4/27/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - Vietnam land protesters free final hostages after city official visits (4/22/17)
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation - Related: Vietnamese Villagers Release 19 Officials Held Hostage in Land Dispute (4/22/17)
Source: The New York Times