Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:
USAID
- Taking Stock of the Voluntary Guidelines of Tenure: Lessons Learned and Best Practices (10/27/16)
Source: LandLinks - Toward a Carbon-Neutral Future: Why Land and Resource Rights Matter – written by Stephen Brooks (10/27/16)
Source: Columbia University’s Earth Institute blog
Upcoming Events
- Climate Change and Sustainable Investment in Natural Resources: From Consensus to Action (11/2/16)
Source: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Global
- Three myths about rural women (10/14/16)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - “Barefoot surveyors” flag needs in world’s slums, key to urban development – activist (10/20/16)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Women and land – how to get from intentions to change on the ground (10/25/16)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Could giving wild animals property rights help stop their decline? (10/27/16)
Source: The Guardian
Africa
- Uganda: Why Uganda is a model for dealing with refugees (10/25/16)
Source: The Economist - Uganda: Jennifer Musisi Warns Investors Against Grabbing Schools’ Land (10/27/16)
Source: AllAfrica / The Monitor - Uganda: Government Blames District Land Boards for Illegal Land Titles (10/24/16)
Source: AllAfrica / The Monitor - Ethiopians adjust to life in Africa’s most ambitious social housing project (10/25/16)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Ethiopia vows to protect European companies after farms attacked (10/26/16)
Source: The Guardian - Kenya: ‘I haven’t been given my share’: young Kenyans’ long wait to inherit land (10/26/16)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Zimbabwe: How land reform is transforming a small town in southern Zimbabwe (10/24/16)
Source: Zimbabweland blog - Sudan: Tear gas fired as hundreds protest Sudan ‘land grab’ (10/26/16)
Source: The Daily Star / AFP - Malawi: From Drought to Green Revolution? Malawi’s—and Africa’s—Quest for Food Security (10/25/16)
Source: World Politics Review
Americas
- Colombia: Despite ‘No’ Vote, Colombian Indigenous Groups Say They’ll Implement Peace Accord (10/17/16)
Source: Latin America News Dispatch - Brazil land grab threatens isolated tribes: activists (10/27/16)
Source: Yahoo! / AFP
Asia
- Vietnam: Forest land tenure yet to yield full benefits: experts (10/27/16)
Source: Viet Nam News - India: ‘This forest is like an old friend’ – India’s tribal women fight for land ownership (10/21/16)
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - China needs to protect property rights for all sectors (10/23/16)
Source: Global Times - Cambodia: Families Living Near Sihanoukville Waterfall to Get Land Titles (10/28/16)
Source: The Cambodia Daily