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What’s New on LandLinks – 27 April 2018

April 27, 2018

In lieu of our weekly scan of recent land tenure and resource management media items, we are highlighting the latest content on LandLinks at the end of each month. In case you missed it, here is a roundup of the new content on LandLinks, from USAID land-related project documents to blogs by our land experts,…Read More

Indigenous people of Cagayan de Oro City receive land titles

April 27, 2018

Originally appeared in USAID SURGE Project’s Cities Development Initiative Newsletter. “I am grateful to finally receive the title for the land where I was born, raised, and now where I live with my own family,” said Fernando Abungan, 34, from Barangay Tumpagon, Cagayan de Oro City. Abungan and his wife are among the indigenous people…Read More

What’s New on LandLinks – 26 January 2018

January 26, 2018

In lieu of our weekly scan of recent land tenure and resource management media items, we are highlighting the latest content on LandLinks at the end of each month. In case you missed it, here is a roundup of the new content on LandLinks, from USAID land-related project documents to blogs by our land experts,…Read More

USAID joins first ASEAN Land Governance Summit in Manila

January 18, 2018

Originally appeared in USAID SURGE Project’s Cities Development Initiative Newsletter. USAID’s SURGE Project joined the first ASEAN Land Governance Summit in Manila on December 4 to 5, 2017. The summit, with the theme “Aligning Competencies toward Sustainable Good Land Governance”, gathered more than 400 public and private sector representatives from the ASEAN member countries, as…Read More

Land Matters Media Scan – 18 August 2017

August 18, 2017

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items: USAID Request for Proposal: Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights II (8/18/17) Source: USAID LandLinks Sources Sought Notice: Communications, Evidence and Learning Project (8/17/17) Source: USAID LandLinks The Cloud With A Silver Lining (8/9/17) Source: USAID Colombia LRDP Cagayan de Oro City Unlocks Potential of Land (8/15/17) Source: USAID…Read More

Cagayan de Oro City Unlocks Potential of Land

August 15, 2017

Originally appeared in USAID SURGE Project’s Cities Development Initiative Newsletter. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno and Department of Natural and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Director for Northern Mindanao Edwin Andot signed a Memorandum of Partnership Agreement (MOPA) on May 12, 2017, which will pave way for land administration and management reforms in the…Read More