Land Matters Media Scan – 22 December 2017

USAID

1. Women’s Empowerment, Agriculture and Land Rights – written by Sarah Lowery (12/5/17)
   Source: Agrilinks
2. Online Training for Using the LandPKS App – Available Now! (11/14/17)
   Source: LandPKS
3. There is No Sense in Doing Such a Complex Job to Lose it All in the End (12/7/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
4. New Technology is Shaking Up The Diamond Mining Industry in Côte d’Ivoire (12/12/17)
   Source: USAID PRADD II: Côte d’Ivoire
5. Cashew Trees Abuzz in The Diamond Mining Areas of Côte d’Ivoire (12/12/17)
   Source: USAID PRADD II: Côte d’Ivoire

Upcoming Events

1. Land Tenure and Property Rights MOOC 3.0 (1/8-4/30/18)
   Source: USAID LandLinks

Sustainable Development Goals

1. Laos: SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals (12/5/17)
   Source: Land Portal

Reports and Publications

1. Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (12/19/17)
   Source: Oxford Development Studies
   Related report: Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices
2. Pastoralism and Land Tenure Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflicting Policies and Priorities in Ngamiland, Botswana (12/11/17)
   Source: Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
   Related report: Pastoralism and Land Tenure Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflicting Policies and Priorities in Ngamiland, Botswana
3. Tree plantations could help Peru meet forest restoration goal (12/11/17)
   Source: CIFOR
   Related Report: Las plantaciones forestales en Perú: Reflexiones, estatus actual y perspectivas a futuro
4. Grassroots Innovation Using Drones for Indigenous Mapping and Monitoring (12/7/17)
   Source: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México & University of Texas at Dallas
   Related Report: Grassroots Innovation Using Drones for Indigenous Mapping and Monitoring

Global

1. Property rights have a storytelling problem: 5 tips for getting the story right (12/13/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. Creating “Solid Ground” for gender equality in land access (12/19/17)
   Source: The World Bank

Indigenous Peoples

1. Brazil: Amazon forest sees new alliance emerge (12/19/17)
   Source: BBC
2. Jamaican jungle safe from mining – for now (12/20/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Mexico: Thousands displaced as territory disputes continue in Chiapas (12/19/17)
   Source: Al Jazeera Video
4. Philippines: Boracay’s Ati tribe seeks help vs ejection from ancestral land (12/14/17)
   Source: Inquirer.net
5. Strengthening community forest rights – a key front in the battle against climate change (12/13/17)
   Source: Equal Times

Africa

1. Kenya: Owners of idle land to lose titles in new leasing rules (12/11/17)
   Source: Daily Nation
2. Rwanda’s agricultural revolution is not the success it claims to be (12/13/17)
   Source: The Conversation
3. Zambia: Govt Reduces Land Lease to Foreigners to 25 Years (12/18/17)
   Source: Times of Zambia
4. Zimbabwe’s widows left in the cold as in-laws seize property (12/12/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Asia

1. Women land defenders in Asia need more protection as violence rises – rights groups (12/6/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. China: ‘Simply Kicked Out’: How Village Committees Deprive Women of Their Land Rights (12/15/17)
   Source: Caixin
3. India: Centre looks at land pool model to boost farm income (12/5/17)
   Source: Business Standard
4. India: TED Talks: Odisha CM praised for conferring land rights to slum dwellers (12/11/17)
   Source: Odisha Sun Times
5. India: Election win for lower caste activist seen boosting Dalit land rights in India (12/19/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. Burma: Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar (12/5/17)
   Source: IIED