Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:
USAID
- Taking Back the Trees – Published by USAID’s Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) program (5/15/18)
Source: USAID CARPE - Factoring in Land Rights in the Push for Sustainable Landscapes – Interview with Frank Pichel, co-founder of Cadasta Foundation and former USAID Land Tenure & Property Rights specialist (5/17/18)
Source: Global Landscapes Foundation
Upcoming Events
- Global Landscape Forum Washington, D.C. 2018 (5/30/18)
Source: Global Landscape Forum
Reports and Publications
- The Necessity for Open Data on Land and Property Rights (4/30/18)
Source: Land Portal Foundation
Global
- Landscape Transformation: What Does Power Have to Do with It? (5/13/18)
Source: Global Landscapes Forum - Sustaining Sustainable Development: Leveraging Human Rights Norms to Implement Land-Related Goals (5/17/18)
Source: Impakter - Why Measuring Land Tenure Matters: From the SDGs to Impact Evaluation (5/4/18)
Source: Land Portal Foundation
Indigenous Peoples
- UNPFII 17 Adopts Recommendations on Collective Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources (4/27/18)
Source: IISD - Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts: UNPFII Urges Respect of Accord Amidst Violations from Bangladeshi Government (5/7/18)
Source: UNPO - Brazil: A Forgotten People: Traditional Amazon Hamlet Fights for its Territory (5/9/18)
Source: Mongabay - ‘Freedom, but No Dignity’ – Brazil Slave Descendants Fight for Land (5/11/18)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - India: After Decades of Struggle, Rajasthan’s Bhil Adivasis Hope to get Land Rights (5/14/18)
Source: The Wire - Tanzania: Maasai Herders Driven Off Land to Make Way for Luxury Safaris, Report Says (5/10/18)
Source: The Guardian
Africa
- Men that Champion Women’s Land Rights (5/4/18)
Source: International Land Coalition - Why Merely Owning Land isn’t Enough to Empower Africa’s Women Farmers (5/14/18)
Source: The Conversation - Ghana: Upper West Region: Local Authorities Lobby Landlords To Release Lands For Women Farmers (5/5/18)
Source: Modern Ghana - Why Kenya Hopes Blockchain Can End Land Grabbing (5/4/18)
Source: BBC News - Women in Kenya Risk Their Livelihoods to Stand Up for Land Rights (5/9/18)
Source: News Deeply - Kenyan Lawyers Wrangle with Government Over Land Registry Digitisation (5/7/18)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Liberia: Senators Brace for Heated Land Rights Act Debate (5/9/18)
Source: Daily Observer - Namibia: Why The Herero Of Namibia Are Suing Germany For Reparations (5/6/18)
Source: NPR - Sierra Leone’s Small Towns Learn to Fight Against Land Grabs (5/7/18)
Source: Ozy - South Africa: This Land Is Our Land (5/3/18)
Source: Foreign Policy - South Africa: Land Redistribution: Government Announce Plans to Fast-track the Policy (5/11/18)
Source: The South African - Tanzania: Yes, Land Documents are Acceptable as Collateral (5/9/18)
Source: Daily News
The Americas
- This Ungoverned Haitian City is Fighting to Stay Alive (5/15/18)
Source: Ozy - Venezuela: Maduro Visits Disgruntled Campesino Communities on Campaign Trail, Converses with Communal Leader Prado (4/30/18)
Source: Venezuela Analysis
Asia
- Cambodia: Hundreds Protest Over Land Dispute (5/3/18)
Source: Khmer Times - India: Land Continues to Remain a Major Concern for Infra, Energy Sector in India (5/12/18)
Source: Business Standard - India: Land — The Forgotten Issue in Farmers’ Unrest (5/7/18)
Source: The Hindu - India: Slum Dwellers Get Land Right Certificates (5/8/18)
Source: The Statesman - Myanmar Court Convicts Farmers of Trespass in ‘Blow’ to Land Rights (5/8/18)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Nepal: Govt Mulls Leasing Land to Run Transmission Lines (5/9/18)
Source: The Kathmandu Post - Philippines: Messy Land Ownership in Marawi Complicates Rehabilitation (5/15/18)
Source: Rappler - Thailand: Anger Over Land Rights Spills into Street Protests in Thailand (5/16/18)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation