Land Matters Media Scan – 19 January 2018

USAID

1. “Gender, Land and Mining in Mongolia” – new report from WOLTS team – cites USAID LandLinks’ Mongolia country profile and other research (1/10/18)
   Source: Mokoro
   Related report: Gender, Land and Mining in Mongolia
2. The Data Revolution Should Not Leave Women and Girls Behind – cites Susan Markham, USAID’s Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (1/9/18)
   Source: Inter Press Service
3. USAID Land Champion: Daler Asrorov (1/11/18)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
4. Ownership, Simplified (1/12/18)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
5. USAID joins first ASEAN Land Governance Summit in Manila (1/18/18)
   Source: USAID SURGE Cities Development Initiative Newsletter

Upcoming Events

1. Land Tenure and Property Rights MOOC 3.0 (1/8-4/15/18)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Customary Land Recognition: Zambian Approach to Documentation and Administration (1/15-2/6/18)
   Source: Land Portal Foundation
3. Making Rangelands More Secure (1/29-2/9/18)
   Source: International Land Coalition / Land Portal Foundation

Reports and Publications

1. From the Ground Up: Multi-Level Accountability Politics in Land Reform in the Philippines (1/5/18)
   Source: Accountability Research Center
   Related report: From the Ground Up: Multi-Level Accountability Politics in Land Reform in the Philippines

Global

1. What is counted will count: why getting SDG land indicators to Tier I matters (1/5/18)
   Source: Land Portal Foundation
2. A new UN declaration could finally protect rural and landless peoples (1/4/18)
   Source: OpenGlobalRights

Indigenous Peoples

1. U.N. lambasts Latin America for abusing indigenous rights (1/11/18)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. Defiance of the Mapuche (1/11/18)
   Source: Al Jazeera
3. Brazil: Kunumi MC, the indigenous rapper protecting his people’s land (1/12/18)
   Source: BBC
4. Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands (1/15/18)
   Source: Mongabay
5. Kenya: EU suspends its support for Water Towers in view of reported human rights abuses (1/18/18)
   Source: Land Portal Foundation
6. The Philippines: Video: Indigenous Filipinos risk their lives to defend their land (1/11/18)
   Source: France 24
7. Venezuela’s Mining Arc boom sweeps up Indigenous people and cultures (1/15/18)
   Source: Mongabay

Africa

1. Cape Verde: Land Rights Open Economic Opportunities in Cabo Verde (1/9/18)
   Source: Millenium Challenge Corporation
2. Ethiopia: Women’s Land Rights and the Problem of Polygamy: A Proposal in Ethiopia (1/17/18)
   Source: DAI
3. Kenya: End of conflict in sight as herders agree to leave Kitui (1/8/18)
   Source: Daily Nation
4. Liberia: Double Land Sale Fueling Land Dispute in Liberia (1/17/18)
   Source: Front Page Africa
5. Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 people killed in communal violence (1/11/18)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. Is South Africa’s ANC bent on radical policies? Here’s why the answer is no (1/9/18)
   Source: The Conversation
7. South Africa: ANC president pledges to carry out land reform (1/8/18)
   Source: Xinhua Net
8. Uganda: “First, know your rights”- networks for resolving land conflicts in northern Uganda (1/15/18)
   Source: SaferWorld
9. Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system (1/14/18)
   Source: The Conversation

Americas

1. Colombia: Undecided land claims in Colombia put slave descendants at risk, study says (1/17/18)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Asia

1. Denied land, Indian women stake claims in collectives (1/10/18)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. The Philippines: LMB bats for single office to tackle land issues nationwide (1/18/18)
   Source: Update