Land Matters Media Scan – 11 August 2017

USAID

1. Land Portal Foundation Rwanda Country Portfolio provides comprehensive understanding of post-conflict land governance – mentions USAID’s Rwanda publications (8/2/17)
   Source: Land Portal
2. A Mobile Application to Secure Land Tenure (8/4/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks / New America
3. Strengthening the Liberian Land Authority to Promote Peace and Security (8/7/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks / Tetra Tech

Reports and Publications

1. New paper discusses women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction (7/26/17)
   Source: CGIAR
   Related IFPRI paper: Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence
2. Capital investment worth worth 3% of GDP “stalled” in India due to land aquisition problems: High profile report (8/9/17)
   Source: Counterview
   Related NRMC report: India: Land Governance Country Narrative (Full Report)

Global

1. The Land Toolbox Is Full (7/24/17)
   Source: GIM
2. Land Update: Stakeholders Present Progress on Tenure Security and Monitoring (8/3/17)
   Source: IISD
3. Prerequisites for Incorporating Blockchain into a Registry (7/31/17)
   Source: New America

Indigenous Peoples

1. Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights (8/1/17)
   Source: Mongabay
2. Egypt’s indigenous Nubians continue their long wait to return to ancestral lands (7/24/17)
   Source: PRI
3. For secure land rights, indigenous forest communities need more than just titles (8/9/17)
   Source: CIFOR

Africa

1. Loss of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa (7/29/17)
   Source: New York Times
2. Related: In the news: Degraded land spurs conflict in Kenya (7/29/17)
   Source: Conservation International
3. Ghana: Surveyors Urged to have Leadership Skills (8/1/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency
4. Ghana: Queen Mothers engaged to champion women land rights (8/3/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency
5. Sierra Leone News: Land rights policy contributes to poverty reduction (7/28/17)
   Source: Awoko
6. Sierra Leone News: Land Title registration does not guarantee security (8/1/17)
   Source: Awoko
7. Sierra Leone News: Compulsory land registration to be enforced (8/7/17)
   Source: Awoko
8. South Africa: Job losses at tea estate a ‘failed example of ANC’s land reform policy’ (8/2/17)
   Source: Capricorn Voice

Americas

1. Bolivia Produces More Than 95% of Its Food: Minister (7/31/17)
   Source: TeleSUR

Asia

1. Mongolia: How a group of Mongolian herders took on a mining giant — and won (8/9/17)
   Source: Devex
2. Cambodia: Rubber giant to give back land (7/27/17)
   Source: Khmer Times
3. INTERVIEW-India plans overhaul of colonial-era land titles (7/26/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. India: Kashmiri woman challenges state’s ‘discriminatory’ property law (7/31/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. India: Landless and widowed women in south India bear brunt of drought (8/7/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. India: A field of her own (8/4/17)
   Source: The Indian Express
7. Forbidden fruit: Indonesia palm oil plantations boost security to stop thieves (8/9/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. Philippines: Duterte wants land-use law, strict mining rules (7/25/17)
   Source: Business Mirror
9. Thailand: Harassed by palm oil company, Thai village defends land (8/9/17)
   Source: Al Jazeera
10. Vietnam: ‘outrageous’ jailing of land rights activist is latest in growing crackdown (7/25/17)
    Source: Amnesty International UK