Land Matters Media Scan – 22 June 2017

USAID

1. Request for Proposal: Investor Report on Land Risks and Mitigation Strategies (6/21/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Without Coordination, Development Does Not Work (6/14/17)
   Source: USAID  LRDP

Reports and Publications

1. Guatemala: Land rights help fight fires in Guatemala nature reserve – study (6/15/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. Honduras: Land-rights policies in Latin America still fall short, studies show (6/18/17)
   Source: CIFOR

Global

1. The Politics of Death (6/20/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Africa

1. Kenya: Politics poses problem to issuance of title deeds (6/14/17)
   Source: Daily Nation
2. Kenya: Maasai land loss raises tensions in Kenya ahead of elections (6/20/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Liberia: Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Land Concession Management Underway in Liberia (6/20/17)
   Source: Front Page Africa
4. Nigeria: The deadly conflict tearing Nigeria apart (and it’s not Boko Haram) (6/13/17)
   Source: IRIN News
5. Sierra Leone: How to ease tensions in Sierra Leone (6/15/17)
   Source: D+C
6. Uganda: Understanding the Deepening Land Crisis (6/16/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / The Observer

Americas

1. Canada: Google adds more than 3,000 Canadian indigenous lands to Google Maps, Google Earth (6/21/17)
   Source: Financial Post

Asia

1. India: When Women Have Land Rights, the Tide Begins to Turn (6/14/17)
   Source: The Citizen / Inter Press Service News Agency
2. Indian police thwart indigenous people in land complaints, activists say (6/19/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Indonesia: Purwokerto people enjoying land reform program (6/16/17)
   Source: The Jakarta Post