Land Matters Media Scan – 20 October 2017

USAID

1. Investor Survey On Land Rights (10/13/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Could restoring degraded lands cut down on labour migration in Niger? (10/16/17) – Mentions USAID’s Food for Peace
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. LGSA Success Story: Totota’s Mayor Applauds Land Information Awareness (10/16/17)
   Source: USAID LGSA Liberia
4. LGSA Success Story: Johnsonville Township Commissioner Embraces Land Conference (10/16/17)
   Source: USAID LGSA Liberia
5. LGSA Success Story: Press Union of Liberia Winner Celebrates Land Reporting (10/16/17)
   Source: USAID LGSA Liberia
6. As Soon as a Ruling Comes In, We Know Who Should Do What (10/19/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP

Reports and Publications

1. Urgent Need to Address Plight of Vidarbha’s ‘Farm Widows,’ Finds Study (10/17/17)
   Source: The Wire
   Related report: Surviving Stigma: Housing and Land Rights of Farm Widows of Vidarbha, Maharashtra

Upcoming Events

1. The Business Case for Land Rights: Private Sector Perspectives on Responsible Land-Based Investment Webinar (11/2/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks

Global

1. Securing land rights for all is key to building disaster-resilient communities (10/13/17)
   Source: The World Bank
2. Let’s work together to make land rights for women a reality (10/15/17)
   Source: The World Bank
3. Women’s land rights are key in poverty reduction – but more needs to be done to link the two (10/14/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. Rural Women Must Not Be “Left Behind” (10/15/17)
   Source: Women Deliver

Indigenous Peoples

1. Q&A: Indigenous peoples in the driver’s seat for a sustainable future (10/13/17)
   Source: Devex
2. Tanzania: ‘Land means life’: Tanzania’s Maasai fear their existence is under threat (10/16/17)
   Source: The Guardian
3. Uganda: Indigenous minorities want fair land policies (10/12/17)
   Source: Daily Monitor

Africa

1. Kenya: Land ownership is key to better incomes for rural women (10/15/17)
   Source: Daily Nation
2. South Africa: How land reform failure ‘puts SA at risk’ (10/19/17)
   Source: Business Day
3. South Africa: OPINION: Agricultural sector needs transformation (10/17/17)
   Source: Business Report
4. Uganda: Mine to maker: the journey of the world’s first Fairtrade African gold – in pictures (10/12/17)
   Source: The Guardian
5. Zambia: ‘We slept out in the open air like wild animals’ (10/18/17)
   Source: Al Jazeera
6. Zambia: Quest For Women Land Ownership (10/16/17)
   Source: Times of Zambia

Americas

1. Jamaica: LICJ to Make Submission for Geospatial Legislation (10/13/17)
   Source: Jamaica Information Service

Asia

1. For Asia, the path to prosperity starts with land reform (10/12/17)
   Source: The Economist
2. Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project – GIS Map (10/13/17)
   Source: The World Bank
3. Bangladesh: Bringing rural Bangladesh up to speed (10/15/17)
   Source: Dhaka Tribune
4. Bangladesh: Land Settlement Empowers: Bangladesh Sets an Example (10/13/17)
   Source: IPS
5. Cambodia: Smart technology helps Cambodia residents beat eviction (10/18/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. India: Assam government’s move to regularise landholdings can improve the fortunes of small tea growers (10/15/17)
   Source: The Economic Times
7. Pakistan: From poor harvests to a lack of property rights: The struggles of Sindhi rural women (10/15/17)
   Source: Dawn