Land Matters Media Scan – 5 April 2017

USAID

1. Securing Land Rights in Zambia – links to TGCC-related World Bank Paper (April 2017)
   Source: Food Tank

Reports and Publications

1. How to protect Peru’s rainforest? Indigenous land titles, researchers say (4/3/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
   Related report: Titling indigenous communities protects forests in the Peruvian Amazon (4/3/17)
2. Protect small farms to meet growing global food needs, study says (4/5/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin: Can technology revolutionise efforts to secure land rights? (March 2017)
   Source: Land Portal / DFID
4. New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring (3/28/17)
   Source: Mongabay
   Related study: Full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in forest monitoring for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): trial in Panama’s Darién (2/17/17)

Global

1. Improving Land Tenure Security with Low-cost Technologies (3/31/17)
   Source: GIM International
2. Land Information Ecosystem Declaration (3/29/17)
   Source: Land Portal

Africa

1. Namibia: Windhoek mayor asks residents not to grab land (4/4/17)
   Source: Namibia Broadcasting Corporation
2. Somaliland: Multi-million dollar deal for Somaliland’s historic port sparks land rush (4/4/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Rwandan forces accused of violence over land disputes (4/4/17)
   Source: eNews Channel Africa
4. Kenya: Samburu, Maasai elders resolve long-standing pasture conflict (4/1/17)
   Source: Citizen Digital
5. Kenya: Decades Old Tensions Are Driving the Conflict in Kenya’s Laikipia Region (4/2/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / The Conversation
6. Uganda: Fraud Cited As 230 Luweero Families Face Eviction From Land (3/30/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / The Monitor
7. Nigeria: Amnesty International tells Lagos govt to stop ‘forced evictions’ (3/28/17)
   Source: TheCable

Americas

1. Peruvian court: Indigenous communities must be consulted before drilling (4/4/17)
   Source: Catholic Philly / CNS
2. Brazil: Thieves or Robin Hood? Brazil squatters step up housing occupations (3/30/17)
   Source: Daily Mail / Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Venezuela: Saving the Venezuelan Amazon: mega-nature reserve? Or mega-mining frontier? (3/30/17)
   Source: The Ecologist

Pacific

1. Indonesia: Three decades of tenure reform in Indonesia (3/31/17)
   Source: CIFOR blog