Land Matters Media Scan – 2 February 2018

USAID

1. Gaining Ground in 2017 (1/30/18)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Of local people and investors: The dynamics of land rights configuration in Tanzania – references USAID’s Mobile Application to Secure Tenure (1/10/18)
   Source: Danish Institute for International Studies
   Related report: Of local people and investors: The dynamics of land rights configuration in Tanzania
3. Bolívar is the Pioneer of Secondary Occupants (1/22/18)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
4. Location Matters! LandPKS Can Provide Point-Scale Soil Information (1/22/18)
   Source: USAID LandPKS
5. USAID Mobile Applications: Helping Smallholder Farmers Document Their Land Rights (1/25/18)
   Source: USAID LTS

Upcoming Events

1. Land Tenure and Property Rights MOOC 3.0 (1/8-4/15/18)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Making Rangelands More Secure (1/29-2/9/18)
   Source: International Land Coalition / Land Portal Foundation
3. Webinar: Women and Land Rights (2/14/18)
   Source: Namati
4. India Land And Development Conference 2018 (2/19-21/18)
   Source: NRMC

Reports and Publications

1. Thousands of people forcibly removed (1/25/18)
   Source: Norwegian Refugee Council
   Related report: Back to Square One
2. Women left out of forest decisions (1/31/18)
   Source: CIFOR
   Related report: Challenges for women’s participation in communal forests: Experience from Nicaragua’s indigenous territories
3. African women remain marginalized in land access (report) (1/23/18)
   Source: Econfin Agency
   Related report: Reward work, not wealth
4. From Tree-Planting Drones to Shade-Grown Tea: Businesses Are Making Money by Reforesting the Planet (1/18/18)
   Source: World Resources Institute
   Related report: The Business of Planting Trees: A Growing Investment Opportunity

Global

1. Q&A: Why land rights are worth a multimillion dollar investment – Interview with Tim Hanstad (1/25/18)
   Source: Devex
2. Podcast: Land Ownership Is Key to Addressing Poverty, Especially for Women, Charity Leader Says – Discussion with Chris Jochnick (1/26/18)
   Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Indigenous Peoples

1. Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Vital to the Global Environment (1/25/18)
   Source: Inter Press Service
2. Land grabbing: An urgent issue for indigenous peoples around the world (1/25/18)
   Source: Slow Food
3. Kenya flushes out ‘criminals’ in forest dispute after Sengwer killing (1/19/18)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. Peru: Protect the Amazon from big business and greed, Pope Francis urges (1/19/18)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. Indonesia: ‘The forest belongs to the community’ (1/22/18)
   Source: CIFOR

Africa

1. Chad: Climate Change and Conflict in Chad – Using P3DM to secure peace (1/24/18)
   Source: CTA
2. Senegal: Women sow seeds, not division to build climate resilience in Senegal (1/18/18)
   Source: National Observer
3. South Africa is getting land reform wrong (1/25/18)
   Source: The Economist
4. South Africa: King Goodwill Zwelithini set for bruising battle with the ANC over rural land (1/22/18)
   Source: Business Day
5. In Uganda, change is afoot for rights to forests (1/18/18)
   Source: CIFOR
6. Zimbabwe: Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe (1/24/18)
   Source: fin24
7. Zimbabwe: Resolving Who Owns What Land Lies at Heart of Zimbabwe’s Future (1/20/18)
   Source: The New York Times

Americas

1. Brazil: ‘I used to see them as a bunch of rioters’: Brazil’s radical farmers (1/25/18)
   Source: The Guardian
2. Colombia: Land title gives new hope to displaced Colombians (1/23/18)
   Source: UNHCR

Asia

1. Bangladesh: CHT people to enjoy ownership of their land: PM (1/21/18)
   Source: Business News 24 Bd
2. China: Land rights and agricultural efficiency (1/22/18)
   Source: Vox Dev
3. India: The Great Indian Land Grab Being Carried out in the Name of Compensatory Afforestation (1/30/18)
   Source: The Wire
4. The Philippines: ARMM starts Maguindanao land titling to settle disputes (1/20/18)
   Source: Philippine News Agency