Post Type: Media Scans

Land Matters Media Scan – 22 December 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. Women’s Empowerment, Agriculture and Land Rights – written by Sarah Lowery (12/5/17)
    Source: Agrilinks
  2. Online Training for Using the LandPKS App – Available Now! (11/14/17)
    Source: LandPKS
  3. There is No Sense in Doing Such a Complex Job to Lose it All in the End (12/7/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
  4. New Technology is Shaking Up The Diamond Mining Industry in Côte d’Ivoire (12/12/17)
    Source: USAID PRADD II: Côte d’Ivoire
  5. Cashew Trees Abuzz in The Diamond Mining Areas of Côte d’Ivoire (12/12/17)
    Source: USAID PRADD II: Côte d’Ivoire

Upcoming Events

  1. Land Tenure and Property Rights MOOC 3.0 (1/8-4/30/18)
    Source: USAID LandLinks

Sustainable Development Goals

  1. Laos: SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals (12/5/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Reports and Publications

  1. Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (12/19/17)
    Source: Oxford Development Studies
    Related report: Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices
  2. Pastoralism and Land Tenure Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflicting Policies and Priorities in Ngamiland, Botswana (12/11/17)
    Source: Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
    Related report: Pastoralism and Land Tenure Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conflicting Policies and Priorities in Ngamiland, Botswana
  3. Tree plantations could help Peru meet forest restoration goal (12/11/17)
    Source: CIFOR
    Related Report: Las plantaciones forestales en Perú: Reflexiones, estatus actual y perspectivas a futuro
  4. Grassroots Innovation Using Drones for Indigenous Mapping and Monitoring (12/7/17)
    Source: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México & University of Texas at Dallas
    Related Report: Grassroots Innovation Using Drones for Indigenous Mapping and Monitoring

Global

  1. Property rights have a storytelling problem: 5 tips for getting the story right (12/13/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  2. Creating “Solid Ground” for gender equality in land access (12/19/17)
    Source: The World Bank

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Brazil: Amazon forest sees new alliance emerge (12/19/17)
    Source: BBC
  2. Jamaican jungle safe from mining – for now (12/20/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Mexico: Thousands displaced as territory disputes continue in Chiapas (12/19/17)
    Source: Al Jazeera Video
  4. Philippines: Boracay’s Ati tribe seeks help vs ejection from ancestral land (12/14/17)
    Source: Inquirer.net
  5. Strengthening community forest rights – a key front in the battle against climate change (12/13/17)
    Source: Equal Times

Africa

  1. Kenya: Owners of idle land to lose titles in new leasing rules (12/11/17)
    Source: Daily Nation
  2. Rwanda’s agricultural revolution is not the success it claims to be (12/13/17)
    Source: The Conversation
  3. Zambia: Govt Reduces Land Lease to Foreigners to 25 Years (12/18/17)
    Source: Times of Zambia
  4. Zimbabwe’s widows left in the cold as in-laws seize property (12/12/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Asia

  1. Women land defenders in Asia need more protection as violence rises – rights groups (12/6/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  2. China: ‘Simply Kicked Out’: How Village Committees Deprive Women of Their Land Rights (12/15/17)
    Source: Caixin
  3. India: Centre looks at land pool model to boost farm income (12/5/17)
    Source: Business Standard
  4. India: TED Talks: Odisha CM praised for conferring land rights to slum dwellers (12/11/17)
    Source: Odisha Sun Times
  5. India: Election win for lower caste activist seen boosting Dalit land rights in India (12/19/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  6. Burma: Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar (12/5/17)
    Source: IIED

Land Matters Media Scan – 4 December 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. NETRIGHT Charts New Course In Agric Development And Gender – mentions USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative in Ghana (11/25/17)
    Source: Modern Ghana
  2. Coming to Life (11/27/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
  3. Proposed Tanzanian Land Policy addresses some shortcomings – mentions USAID’s Mobile Application to Support Tenure Project in Tanzania (11/14/17)
    Source: Danish Institute for International Studies
    Related report: Of Local People and Investors: The Dynamics of Land Rights Configuration in Tanzania
  4. Building Peace in the Diamond Mining Areas of the Central African Republic
    (11/21/17)
    Source: USAID PRADD II: CAR
  5. The Business Case for Land Rights: You Asked, We Answered (11/16/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  6. IAEG-SDGs Upgrade Indicator 1.4.2 to Tier II Status (11/20/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  7. USAID Land Champion: Silvia Petrova (11/28/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks

Reports and Publications

  1. Key Considerations for Land Tenure Policies that Affect Youth (11/17/17)
    Source: Chemonics

Upcoming Events

  1. Global Landscapes Forum: Bonn 2017 (12/19-20/17)
    Source: GLF

Global

  1. Eight Practical Blockchain Use Cases for International Development (11/27/17)
    Source: ICTworks
  2. Moving the Needle Forward on Land Rights in the Sustainable Development Goals – Written by Tim Hanstad (11/20/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  3. With Reclassification, SDG Indicator 1.4.2 Has Made it to the Starting Gate: Collaboration is Key to Finishing the Race (11/30/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  4. A Jedi Approach for Companies to Manage Grievances and Land-Related Risk (11/28/17)
    Source: Landesa
  5. Can agroforestry propel climate commitments? Interview with Peter Minang (11/16/17)
    Source: Mongabay
  6. Four Bottom-up Solutions to Strengthen Land Rights in Emerging Markets (11/20/17)
    Source: Next Billion
  7. Natural disasters are in 3D – and the rights that protect against them should be as well (11/21/17)
    Source: The World Bank

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Indonesian president recognizes land rights of nine more indigenous groups (11/12/17)
    Source: Mongabay
  2. Malaysia: Sarawak’s Penan mapping their way to land rights recognition (11/20/17)
    Source: The Malaysian Insight
  3. Peru: Indigenous leaders halt protests after Peru agrees to meet their demands (11/16/17)
    Source: Oxfam

Africa

  1. Drones are taking to the skies above Africa to map land ownership (11/27/17)
    Source: Sunday Times
  2. Calls to end Africa’s ‘horrific’ land deals after Indian firm’s fallout (11/28/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Ivory Coast May Allow Cocoa Farms in Some Protected Forests (11/16/17)
    Source: Bloomberg
  4. Ethiopia: Empowering Women in Ethiopia’s Rural Communities (11/14/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  5. Sierra Leone News: Land tenure pledge developed (11/15/17)
    Source: Awoko
  6. Tanzania to go digital on land management systems to avoid corruption (11/25/17)
    Source: Xinhua Net
  7. Uganda: Naked force meets naked resistance in northern Uganda land conflict (11/24/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  8. Zimbabwe: Land reform is a Zimbabwe success story – it will be the basis for economic recovery under Mnangagwa (11/29/17)
    Source: The Conversation

Americas

  1. Colombia: In post-conflict Colombia, land-rights and funding for peacebuilding face off (11/22/17)
    Source: The Christian Science Monitor
  2. Colombian rural women are building peace (11/16/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  3. As Mexico Builds Green Airport of the Future, Age-Old Mistakes Loom (11/18/17)
    Source: The New York Times

Asia

  1. Cambodia: Life returns to exploited land (11/10/17)
    Source: Khmer Times
  2. India: Ethical data use needed as India embraces blockchain for land records (11/28/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

 

Land Matters Media Scan – 10 November 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. A Century and a Half of Schooling (11/9/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP

Reports and Publications

  1. Agri SA Land Audit Report Released (11/3/17)
    Source: Forestry South Africa
    Related report: Land Audit: A Transactions Approach
  2. Water Rights on Community Lands: LandMark’s Findings from 100 Countries (11/3/17)
    Source: Land Portal
    Related report: Water Rights on Community Lands: LandMark’s Findings from 100 Countries
  3. Community Land Conflicts: How Local Land Disputes Affect Private Sector Investments and Development Projects (10/31/17)
    Source: The Cloudburst Group
    Related report: Community Land Conflicts: How Local Land Disputes Affect Private Sector Investments and Development Projects

Upcoming Events

  1. Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs (11/11-14/17)
    Source: United Nations IAEG-SDG
  2. Related: Full implementation of the SDGs land rights indicators needed to ensure a successful Agenda 2030 (11/9/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Global

  1. Is There a Human Right to Land? (11/8/17)
    Source: Columbia University’s Earth Institute
  2. How women’s land rights drive action on climate change (11/8/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indigenous Peoples

  1. How to scale up indigenous peoples’ land rights: Lessons shared by the experts (11/2/17)
    Source: Devex
  2. ‘For us, the land is sacred’: on the road with the defenders of the world’s forests (11/4/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  3. Argentina’s indigenous Wichi community fights eviction (11/9/17)
    Source: Al Jazeera
  4. Bangladesh: The ballad of the Santals (11/6/17)
    Source: Dhaka Tribune
  5. Democratic Republic of Congo: Congo’s young pygmy reporters take to the airwaves to fight exclusion (11/7/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  6. Malaysia: End of the road for Sarawak natives in land battle as court rules in favour of developers (11/7/17)
    Source: The Malaysian Insight

Africa

  1. ‘A long way to go’ to equality for women cocoa farmers (11/2/17)
    Source: Confectionerynews.com
  2. Côte d’Ivoire: Death of youth leader stirs tensions in Ivory Coast cocoa belt (11/3/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Ghana: Amewu Targets Illegal Land Grabbers (11/8/17)
    Source: Modern Ghana
  4. Uganda: They Fled Their Land During Civil War; Now They Have to Prove It Belongs to Them (10/30/17)
    Source: Global Press Journal
  5. Related: Q&A: Why Every Landowner Needs a Land Title (10/29/17)
    Source: Global Press Journal

Americas

  1. Brazil: Afro-Brazilian Quilombo fear change in land laws (11/9/17)
    Source: Al Jazeera

Asia

  1. Asian farmers can’t meet rising food demand: Rabobank (11/5/17)
    Source: Nikkei Asian Review
  2. Cambodia: Women lead sugar fight as Cambodia sours on land deals (11/9/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Indonesia: Empowering Village Paralegals to Protect Indonesia’s Peat Lands (10/31/17)
    Source: International Development Law Organization
  4. Burma: Calls for action after Myanmar land rights activist beaten to death (11/9/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

 

Land Matters Media Scan – 3 November 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. Recorded Webinar: The Business Case for Land Rights: Private Sector Perspectives on Responsible Land-Based Investment (11/2/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  2. USAID Launches New Learning Platform to Promote Land Technology Solutions (10/27/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  3. LTA Baseline Report: Impact Evaluation of the Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance Activity (10/26/17)
    Source: USAID LTA
  4. LTA Success Story: Land Registration Opens Economic Doors for Women in Kiponzelo (10/26/17)
    Source: USAID LTA
  5. PRADD II Snapshot: How Simple Terraces and Bore Holes Could Transform Diamond Mining (10/23/2017)
    Source: USAID PRADD II
  6. TGCC Burma: Steps Toward Land (10/20/17)
    Source: USAID TGGC Burma
  7. TGCC Burma: Strengthening Women’s Land Tenure (10/20/17)
    Source: USAID TGGC Burma
  8. TGCC Burma: Mapping Our Land [Full-Version] (10/20/17)
    Source: USAID TGGC Burma

Reports and Publications

  1. “Forced to Leave”: Commercial Farming and Displacement in Zambia (10/25/17)
    Source: Human Rights Watch
    Related report: Forced to Leave: Problems for people in Zambia when company farms take over land
  2. Brazil’s land registration program has slowed deforestation, study finds (11/1/17)
    Source: UPI
    Related report: Avoided Deforestation Linked to Environmental Registration of Properties in the Brazilian Amazon
  3. Indonesia: Communities want collaboration, customary law (10/25/17)
    Source: CIFOR
    Related report: Securing tenure rights in Maluku, Indonesia: Searching for common action

Upcoming Events

  1. Women’s Land Rights in India and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (10/30-11/10/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Global

  1. Why secure land rights matter for climate change and inequality (10/23/17)
    Source: Devex
  2. Why indicator 1.4.2 deserves tier II status within the Global SDGs indicators framework (10/30/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Cambodia: Guardians of land, forest, and culture (11/1/17)
    Source: Oxfam
  2. Colombia: Battle for the mother land: indigenous people of Colombia fighting for their lands (10/28/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  3. Colombia: The Victims of Salaminita: The road to land restitution in Colombia (10/31/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Africa

  1. Ghana: NETRIGHT implements project to protect rural women livelihoods (10/25/17)
    Source: Ghana News Agency
  2. Ghana: We need land reforms now to grow agric— Dr Alhassan (11/1/17)
    Source: Graphic Online
  3. Nigeria: Land ownership tussle threatens growth in mining investment (10/23/17)
    Source: Daily Trust
  4. Sierra Leone: 5 Lessons Learned From Applying a Legal Empowerment Approach to Community Land Protection in Sierra Leone (10/27/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Americas

  1. Colombia: With New Peace, Colombia Finds Hope for Saving Its Wild Lands (10/25/17)
    Source: Yale Environment 360

Asia

  1. Cambodia: Firms lose land rights (10/25/17)
    Source: Khmer Times
  2. Cambodia: Buddhist monks speak up for land rights protesters in Cambodia (10/23/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. India: Green shoots of dignity sprout in Dalits’ fields (11/1/17)
    Source: The Times of India
  4. Indian farmers’ widows suffer threats to children over land – report (10/24/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  5. Kyrgyzstan: The Dark Side of Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Affordable Housing’ (10/20/17)
    Source: The Diplomat

 

Land Matters Media Scan – 20 October 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. Investor Survey On Land Rights (10/13/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  2. Could restoring degraded lands cut down on labour migration in Niger? (10/16/17) – Mentions USAID’s Food for Peace
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. LGSA Success Story: Totota’s Mayor Applauds Land Information Awareness (10/16/17)
    Source: USAID LGSA Liberia
  4. LGSA Success Story: Johnsonville Township Commissioner Embraces Land Conference (10/16/17)
    Source: USAID LGSA Liberia
  5. LGSA Success Story: Press Union of Liberia Winner Celebrates Land Reporting (10/16/17)
    Source: USAID LGSA Liberia
  6. As Soon as a Ruling Comes In, We Know Who Should Do What (10/19/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP

Reports and Publications

  1. Urgent Need to Address Plight of Vidarbha’s ‘Farm Widows,’ Finds Study (10/17/17)
    Source: The Wire
    Related report: Surviving Stigma: Housing and Land Rights of Farm Widows of Vidarbha, Maharashtra

Upcoming Events

  1. The Business Case for Land Rights: Private Sector Perspectives on Responsible Land-Based Investment Webinar (11/2/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks

Global

  1. Securing land rights for all is key to building disaster-resilient communities (10/13/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  2. Let’s work together to make land rights for women a reality (10/15/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  3. Women’s land rights are key in poverty reduction – but more needs to be done to link the two (10/14/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  4. Rural Women Must Not Be “Left Behind” (10/15/17)
    Source: Women Deliver

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Q&A: Indigenous peoples in the driver’s seat for a sustainable future (10/13/17)
    Source: Devex
  2. Tanzania: ‘Land means life’: Tanzania’s Maasai fear their existence is under threat (10/16/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  3. Uganda: Indigenous minorities want fair land policies (10/12/17)
    Source: Daily Monitor

Africa

  1. Kenya: Land ownership is key to better incomes for rural women (10/15/17)
    Source: Daily Nation
  2. South Africa: How land reform failure ‘puts SA at risk’ (10/19/17)
    Source: Business Day
  3. South Africa: OPINION: Agricultural sector needs transformation (10/17/17)
    Source: Business Report
  4. Uganda: Mine to maker: the journey of the world’s first Fairtrade African gold – in pictures (10/12/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  5. Zambia: ‘We slept out in the open air like wild animals’ (10/18/17)
    Source: Al Jazeera
  6. Zambia: Quest For Women Land Ownership (10/16/17)
    Source: Times of Zambia

Americas

  1. Jamaica: LICJ to Make Submission for Geospatial Legislation (10/13/17)
    Source: Jamaica Information Service

Asia

  1. For Asia, the path to prosperity starts with land reform (10/12/17)
    Source: The Economist
  2. Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project – GIS Map (10/13/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  3. Bangladesh: Bringing rural Bangladesh up to speed (10/15/17)
    Source: Dhaka Tribune
  4. Bangladesh: Land Settlement Empowers: Bangladesh Sets an Example (10/13/17)
    Source: IPS
  5. Cambodia: Smart technology helps Cambodia residents beat eviction (10/18/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  6. India: Assam government’s move to regularise landholdings can improve the fortunes of small tea growers (10/15/17)
    Source: The Economic Times
  7. Pakistan: From poor harvests to a lack of property rights: The struggles of Sindhi rural women (10/15/17)
    Source: Dawn

Land Matters Media Scan – 13 October 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. 5 Ways USAID Will Support the Next 5 Years of the VGGT (10/10/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  2. The Long Journey Home: A Colombian Story of Land Restitution (10/11/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
  3. TGCC Burma: Mapping Our Land (10/10/17)
    Source: USAID TGCC Burma

Reports and Publications

  1. The future of farming in Africa is not agriculture but agribusiness (10/10/17)
    Source: Quartz
    Related report: African Transformation Report 2017: Agriculture Powering Africa’s Economic Transformation
  2. Colombia: During peacetime, a sound strategy for saving Colombian forests? A new study points to collective land titling (10/5/17)
    Source: CIAT
    Related report: Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict

Recent Events

Coverage of “Land rights — combating climate change and advancing peace and gender equality,” a Sida Development Talks:

  1. Expert views: Why do land rights matter to communities and companies? (10/5/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  2. UN says land rights defenders gagged, criminalized (10/4/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Justice, not just money, should drive fairer land rights: top U.S. philanthropist (10/6/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Global

  1. VGGT: The global guidelines to secure land rights for all (10/5/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  2. Related: Securing land-tenure rights vital for the eradication of global hunger (10/11/17)
    Source: Business Mirror
  3. We Need to Improve GIS Boundary Data Accuracy for Better Development Decisions (10/12/17)
    Source: ICTworks

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Cambodia: Call to protect rights of indigenous peoples (10/12/17)
    Source: Khmer Times
  2. Malaysia: No end in sight to Dayak land rights dispute in Sarawak (10/6/17)
    Source: The Malaysian Insight
  3. Peru urged to ban oil firms from isolated indigenous peoples’ land (10/6/17)
    Source: The Guardian

Africa

  1. Launch of the African Land Policy Centre heralds better governance of land (10/10/17)
    Source: Africa Business Communities
  2. Opinion: How women can transform African agriculture — and the economy (10/10/17)
    Source: Devex
  3. Côte d’Ivoire: Ethnic land dispute forces thousands to flee in Ivory Coast cocoa belt (10/9/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  4. Ghana: Transparency Is Essential To Proper Land Administration – GGA West Africa (10/9/17)
    Source: Peace FM
  5. Kenya: Files have scanty records, which means genuine land owners are at risk of losing their property to fraudsters (10/9/17)
    Source: Standard Digital
  6. Kenya: Technique developed in Kenya offers a refined way to map tree cover (10/8/17)
    Source: The Conversation
  7. Nigeria: Oyo begs land owners to release them for farming (10/10/17)
    Source: The News
  8. South Africa: New public participation process on land reform to begin (10/9/17)
    Source: IOL
  9. South Africa: Protests test tribal authority on South Africa’s platinum belt (10/8/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  10. Uganda: Judge: Most land grabs are by govt officials, soldiers (10/11/17)
    Source: The Observer

Americas

  1. Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale? (10/11/17)
    Source: IRIN

Asia

  1. Cambodia: Pressure kept on for land dispute solutions (10/11/17)
    Source: Khmer Times
  2. India: Blockchain builder ChromaWay partners with Indian state for smart land registry (10/10/17)
    Source: International Business Times
  3. India: Fertiliser reforms were linked to digitised land records – but the database is far from complete (10/11/17)
    Source: Scroll.in
  4. India: Villagers in India’s Rajasthan reclaim common land with maps, petitions (10/10/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  5. Indonesia: Female farmers face multi-layered struggle (10/7/17)
    Source: The Jakarta Post

 

Land Matters Media Scan – 7 October 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. How Land Rights Can Help End Hunger – written by Sarah Lowery (10/4/17)
    Source: Agrilinks
  2. The Fight for Land (10/4/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
  3. Request for Information: USAID/DRC’s Responsible Minerals Program Planning (9/27/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks / FBO
  4. Securing Land Rights: Making Land Titling Work in Rwanda, 2012-2017 – cites USAID’s Rwanda LAND Project (9/1/17)
    Source: Innovations for Successful Societies
  5. Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco: Procurement Notice (10/4/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks / MCA-Morocco

Events

  1. Responsible Large Scale Agricultural Investment in the Mekong Region: an online dialogue, 9-20 October 2017 (10/9-20/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  2. Learning Initiative on Innovative practices and tools to reduce land use conflicts between farmers and livestock keepers (9/22-10/1/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Reports and Publications

  1. Related report: Tenure and Investment in Southeast Asia
  2. FIDH report warns of “potential land conflict epidemic” (9/29/17)
    Source: Myanmar Times
    Related report: Land of Sorrow: Human rights violations at Myanmar’s Myotha Industrial Park
    Related report: Securing Community Land Rights
  3. Human rights in tension: guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts (9/29/17)
    Source: Survey Review
    Related report: Human rights in tension: guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts
  4. Dutch-Libyan report on resolving property disputes in post-Qaddafi Libya published (9/27/17)
    Source: Libya Herald
    Related report: Resolving real property disputes in post-Qaddafi Libya, in the context of transitional justice

Global

  1. Opinion: Leaving no one behind — Why land rights must be the linchpin of sustainable development (10/3/17)
    Source: Devex
  2. Land Governance Assessment Framework (10/2/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  3. Habitat for all: secure land tenure and property rights matter (10/2/17)
    Source: Royal Town Planning Institute
  4. Community Land Protection and the SDGs (9/29/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  5. Lorenzo Cotula and Thierry Berger: On Transparency around Land Investment Contracts (9/26/17)
    Source: Earth Institute, Columbia University
  6. Farmland Investments Are Finding their Way to International Arbitration (9/20/17)
    Source: IISD

Indigenous Peoples

  1. First global funding pact launched to secure indigenous land rights (10/3/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  2. Mobile app uses real-time satellite data to strengthen forest and land rights (9/26/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Land tenure for forest peoples, part of the solution for sustainable development (9/29/17)
    Source: The World Bank
  4. Legalization of Indigenous Territories in Colombia (9/29/17)
    Source: The Amazon Conservation Team
  5. “Stewards Of The Forest”: New Film Shines Light On Indigenous Life Plans (9/29/17)
    Source: Ecosystem Marketplace
  6. Wapichan Set Up Ground-breaking System to Defend Human Rights and Monitor Ancestral Lands (9/20/17)
    Source: Intercontinental Cry

Africa

  1. Securing Land Rights in Africa – written by Frank Pichel (10/4/17)
    Source: Project Syndicate
  2. Mozambique: Sustainable Investments Are Not Always What They Seem (9/21/17)
    Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
  3. Sierra Leone News: Fourth stakeholder’s platform on VGGT implementation ends (9/27/17)
    Source: Awoko
  4. South Africa: Court declares land tenure act invalid (9/27/17)
    Source: GroundUp
  5. Tanzania: Achieving SDGs through land rights (tenure security) for women (10/5/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  6. Tanzania: Throwing money at displaced communities is not enough (9/26/17)
    Source: Oxfam

Americas

  1. Canada: Nova Scotia Giving Black Residents $2.7 Million To Settle Land Rights (9/27/17)
    Source: Huffington Post Canada
  2. Colombia: The FARC, land reform, and the future of Colombia’s security (10/1/17)
    Source: Global Risk Insights

Asia

  1. India: In State-Level Changes to Land Laws, a Return to Land Grabbing in Development’s Name (9/28/17)
    Source: The Wire
  2. India’s bullet train project reignites debate on land for ‘public purpose’ (9/25/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Myanmar Govt to Redistribute Vacant Land (9/26/17)
    Source: The Irrawaddy
  4. Thailand: Rural Thais Converge on Bangkok to ask Gov’t to end Evictions (9/25/17)
    Source: Khaosod English

 

Land Matters Media Scan – 22 September 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. Laying the Foundation: Land and Livelihoods (9/20/2017)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
  2. ‘Liberia’s Land Problem Needs Proper Legal Framework’ – mentions USAID’s Land Governance Support Activity (9/19/17)
    Source: Daily Observer
  3. How Mobile Applications are Documenting Property Rights in Zambia – written by Dr. Matt Sommerville, USAID’s TGCC Program Chief of Party (9/18/17)
    Source: ICTworks
  4. Opportunity: Democracy Fellow, Conflict, Fragility & Peacebuilding, Washington, D.C. (10/15/17)
    Source: USAID/DCHA/CMM / IIE
  5. Land restitution: Chengue dances again – mentions USAID’s Land and Rural Development Program (9/18/17)
    Source: The Bogotá Post

Upcoming Events

  1. Land and Conflict Webinar (9/28/2017)
    Source: USAID LandLinks

Global

  1. Land and the SDGs (9/6/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  2. Land defenders call on UN to act against violence by state-funded and corporate groups (9/21/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  3. More than a billion live on degraded land, at risk of hunger – UN (9/12/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  4. Giving new life to degraded lands in Small Island Developing States (9/14/17)
    Source: FAO

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Indigenous Rappers from Brazil Are Using the Internet to Bring Their Message to the Masses (9/18/17)
    Source: Global Voices
  2. Indigenous victory: Brazil’s Temer decrees 1.2 million Amazon reserve (9/18/17)
    Source: Mongabay
  3. Twenty years after peace accord, indigenous Bangladeshis still attacked over land (9/18/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  4. Argentina: Indigenous land conflicts threaten Vaca Muerta investment (9/18/17)
    Source: Verisk Maplecroft

Africa

  1. Liberia: CSO Group Wants Land Rights Act Amendment Before Passage (9/19/17)
    Source: Front Page Africa
  2. South Africa: Why red lights are flashing over consultation on communal land bills (9/18/17)
    Source: Business Day
  3. South Africa: What is a fair price for expropriated land? (9/18/17)
    Source: GroundUp
  4. Zimbabwe: Address land ownership, tenure disputes: Farmers (9/14/17)
    Source: The Herald

Asia

  1. India: Small tea growers in India’s Assam to get land rights for first time (9/13/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  2. India: Conflicts across India as states create land banks for industry, investment (9/19/17)
    Source: Business Standard
  3. Burma: Confiscated Land Returned to Farmers in Magwe (9/14/17)
    Source: The Irrawaddy
  4. Iraqis track abandoned homes with digital tools (9/21/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  5. Thailand: Land row stirs hornet’s nest (9/14/17)
    Source: Bangkok Post
  6. The Philippines: ADB study shows only a third of Filipinos own a dwelling (9/13/17)
    Source: Business Mirror

Land Matters Media Scan – 15 September 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. Does De Facto Forest Tenure Affect Forest Condition? Community Perceptions from Zambia (9/6/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks / Forest Policy and Economics

Reports and Publications

  1. Better land use and management critical for achieving the 2030 Agenda, says a new UN report (9/12/17)
    Source: UNDP
  2. Land Tenure Tensions in Maputo. A Study of the Neighborhood of Polana Caniço (9/11/17)
    Source: Institut Français des Relations Internationales
    Related report: Land Tenure Tensions in Maputo: A Study of the Neighborhood of Polana Caniço
  3. The road to zero deforestation food (9/7/17)
    Source: Oxfam
    Related report: Pathways to Deforestation-Free Food: Developing supply chains free of deforestation and exploitation in the food and beverage sector

Upcoming Events

  1. Ask the Experts: Webinar on the Future of Land-Related Indicators in the 2030 Agenda (9/18/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Global

  1. In fight for secure land rights, corporations and communities find common ground (9/7/17)
    Source: Devex
  2. Success in Manama Hinges on GLII Partners’ Momentum and Focus (9/12/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  3. The Fight for Land Rights is the Fight for the Forests (9/11/17)
    Source: Rainforest Action Network

Indigenous Peoples

  1. PMO nudges tribal affairs ministry to set deadline for granting land rights to tribals (9/8/17)
    Source: Hindustan Times
  2. Native communities in danger in Argentina (9/11/17)
    Source: openDemocracy
  3. Six farmers shot dead over land rights battle in Peru (9/6/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  4. ‘They lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more (9/11/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  5. ‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Are Reported Killed in Brazil (9/10/17)
    Source: The New York Times
  6. Cameroon forest people: Land rights abuses threaten survival (9/13/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Africa

  1. Mahama urges women to invest in agriculture (9/12/17)
    Source: GhanaWeb
  2. Malawi: Expert says controversy continues to surround land issues in Malawi (9/8/17)
    Source: Nyasa Times
  3. YES! Malian women make progress in fight for land rights (8/23/17)
    Source: ONE
  4. Uganda: Govt asks for more time to rewrite amendment to land acquisition law (9/10/17)
    Source: The EastAfrican
  5. Zimbabwe: Pay rentals or move out, farmers told (9/7/17)
    Source: The Herald
  6. Zimbabwe: Government duty-bound on land use (9/7/17)
    Source: The Herald

Americas

  1. Argentina: Property rights and poverty reduction: Effects of land titling on Argentina’s urban poor (9/5/17)
    Source: VoxDev
  2. Barbudans to get title ownerships of lands they occupy (9/12/17)
    Source: The Daily Observer
  3. Brazilian officials seek land rights for rainforest dwellers at risk (9/8/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Asia

  1. Burma: Will land seized by the military ever be returned? (9/10/17)
    Source: Frontier Myanmar
  2. China extends rural land reform trial to end-2018 (9/12/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. India: Climate change, womens land rights inter-related: Speaker (9/7/17)
    Source: India Today / PTI
  4. India: Monsoon session: Land rights to slum-dwellers on agenda (9/7/17)
    Source: Orissa Post

Europe

  1. Georgia: Land Deeds Follow the Money (9/11/17)
    Source: Georgia Today

Land Matters Media Scan – 8 September 2017

Posted on by Amrit Bhandari

Here are the recent land tenure and resource management media items:

USAID

  1. To Effectively Reach a Population, We Need to Coordinate with All Institutions (9/6/17)
    Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
  2. Tracking Land-Related SDGs: New Addition to the Land Portal (9/6/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks / Land Portal
  3. Dialogue that Matters: USAID Talks Tenure with University Students (9/6/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks / LTP
  4. Volunteers for International Security and Prosperity (VISP) (9/6/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks
  5. Global Donor Working Group on Land Updates on the SDG Land Indicator 1.4.2 (9/7/17)
    Source: USAID LandLinks / GDWGL

Upcoming Events

  1. Ask the Experts: Webinar on the Future of Land-Related Indicators in the 2030 Agenda (9/18/17)
    Source: Land Portal

Global

  1. Finding a way in for better landscape governance (8/15/17)
    Source: CIFOR
  2. Opinion: Forging the link between land administration and sustainable communities (8/25/17)
    Source: Devex
  3. Easing Land Conflict in DRC: An Introduction to Open-Source Mapping Tools (8/30/17)
    Source: Engineering for Change

Indigenous Peoples

  1. INTERVIEW-Engaging with indigenous people benefits business, environment – U.N. expert (8/8/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  2. Site C Dam Project Will ‘Irreversibly Damage’ Indigenous Lands, UN Panel Says (8/28/17)
    Source: Huffington Post Canada
  3. Native title claims: federal court delivers stinging criticism of NSW government (8/31/17)
    Source: The Guardian
  4. Tribal leaders worried as battle to open up the Amazon to mining rages (9/1/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  5. Adani’s Australian mine won’t start until they have a land agreement with us: Indigenous activist (9/2/17)
    Source: National Herald
  6. Land Law Should Honor Native Claims: Malaysian Activists (9/4/17)
    Source: Benar News

Africa

  1. Liberia: ‘Senate Not Pressurized to Pass Land Rights Act’ (8/29/17)
    Source: Daily Observer
  2. South Africa: Court orders lawyers to resolve conflicts over land invasions (9/2/17)
    Source: IOL / Independent on Saturday
  3. South Africa: Land reform beneficiaries can help alleviate poverty (9/3/17)
    Source: IOL / The Sunday Independent
  4. Uganda: Land Portal Foundation and Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) launch Uganda Country Portfolio that identifies key land governance challenges and trends (8/28/17)
    Source: Land Portal
  5. Zimbabwe: Be transparent, Govt urges Land Commission (9/5/17)
    Source: The Herald

Americas

  1. Brazil: Quilombolas’ community land rights under attack by Brazilian ruralists (8/25/17)
    Source: Mongabay
  2. Brazil suspends Amazon mining decree in face of criticism (8/31/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  3. Canada: Lacking land rights, historic black communities in Canada seek change (9/6/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  4. Guyana goes after stolen ancestral Afro land (8/31/17)
    Source: Amsterdam News

Asia

  1. Cambodia: Under Threat of Jail, Women Activists Fight Cambodian Lake Land Grab (8/25/17)
    Source: News Deeply
  2. Cambodia: Solution in sight for land disputes (9/4/17)
    Source: Khmer Times
  3. Cambodia: Protected land to become state property (9/5/17)
    Source: Khmer Times
  4. India: As men migrate to cities, women farmers seek Indian land rights (8/30/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  5. Malaysia: Gatco settlers get stay order against company developing land (8/28/17)
    Source: Free Malaysia Today
  6. Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ critics say (8/31/17)
    Source: Mongabay
  7. The Philippines: DAR: Farmers can occupy farmlands under protest (8/26/17)
    Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
  8. Risk and reward in Vietnam’s real estate as investors ignore uncertainty over future of land rights (8/24/17)
    Source: Duane Morris

Europe

  1. Ukraine: Justice Ministry developing new online services for landowners (8/31/17)
    Source: Ukrinform