Post Type: Media Scans

USAID

1. On The Road Again (8/22/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
2. Mapping the Unmapped for Global Good (8/12/17)
   Source: USAID 2030
3. LEGEND Land policy bulletin: August 2017 – mentions USAID’s Pilot on Responsible Land-Based Investments (8/1/17)
   Source: ODI

Reports and Publications

1. South Africa: How the government is throttling land reform (8/24/17)
   Source: Financial Mail
   Related report: Elite capture and state neglect: new evidence on South Africa’s land reform

Upcoming Events

1. Community Land Initiative: Inaugural Call for Participants (2017-18) (9/15/17)
   Source: International Land Coalition
2. Mokoro Seminar: Women’s Land Tenure Security (9/1/17)
   Source: Mokoro

Global

1. A timely tribute to the power of women’s land rights (8/17/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indigenous Peoples

1. Indigenous chief says Trudeau needs ‘wake-up call’ on land rights (8/17/17)
   Source: The Globe and Mail
2. Human Roadblocks Prevent Takeover of West Java Indigenous Community’s ‘Holy Land’ (8/24/17)
   Source: Jakarta Globe
3. Indigenous people seize some facilities on Peru oil field – chieftain (8/23/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. Maps reveal how Amazon development is closing in on isolated tribes (8/17/17)
   Source: Science

Africa

1. Liberia: ‘Land Rights Act Must Protect Rural Landowners’ (8/21/17)
   Source: Daily Observer
2. Madagascar Sets an Example for Land Reform (8/2/17)
   Source: World Bank
3. Tanzania: Oxfam, Stakeholders to Address Women Land Ownership Challenges (8/23/17)
   Source: The Citizen
4. Tanzania seizes ex-PM’s farm in crackdown on ‘idle’ land (8/17/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. Uganda: Land Disputes – Acholi Residents Resort to Local Council Courts (8/23/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / The Monitor
6. Zimbabwe: Zim’s evicted white farmers to launch fresh bid for justice, compensation (8/23/17)
   Source: News24
7. Women across Africa call for greater land-ownership rights (8/18/17)
   Source: Talk of the Town

Americas

1. Brazil abolishes huge Amazon reserve in ‘biggest attack’ in 50 years (8/24/17)
   Source: The Guardian

Asia

1. Cambodia: Outcome in land dispute delayed again (8/22/17)
   Source: Khmer Times
2. Cambodia: Villagers protest over land disputes (8/24/17)
   Source: Khmer Times
3. Cambodia: Protecting the forest before it’s too late (8/15/17)
   Source: Oxfam
4. Myanmar: Speaker rebukes Supreme Court judge over land conflicts (8/24/17)
   Source: Frontier Myanmar

USAID

1. Request for Proposal: Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights II (8/18/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Sources Sought Notice: Communications, Evidence and Learning Project (8/17/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
3. The Cloud With A Silver Lining (8/9/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
4. Cagayan de Oro City Unlocks Potential of Land (8/15/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks / USAID SURGE
5. Chiefs Ready to Release Lands to Women – Mentions USAID (8/14/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency

Global

1. Opinion: 7 ways to use blockchain for international development (8/11/17)
   Source: Devex
2. Fertile land the most important resource for the future of food security (8/13/17)
   Source: The Weekly Times

Indigenous Peoples

1. SATIIM launches Maya lands registry to celebrate UN Indigenous Peoples day (8/9/17)
   Source: Breaking Belize News
2. Brazilian supreme court upholds land rights of indigenous people (8/17/17)
   Source: The Guardian
3. For secure land rights, indigenous forest communities need more than just titles (8/14/17)
   Source: CGIAR

Africa

1. Ghana: Government working to reclaim encroached state lands – Minister (8/9/17)
   Source: Ghana Business News
2. Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers’ rights to land (8/10/17)
   Source: IIED
3. Sierra Leone News: Reviewing mining and agricultural land issues (8/10/17)
   Source: Awoko
4. South Africa: Put land in the hands of women – PAP MPs (8/10/17)
   Source: The Independant
5. Tanzania: Kilombero residents to receive over 2,000 land certificates (8/13/17)
   Source: Daily News

Americas

1. Modernizing land records in Honduras can help stem violence, says analyst (8/11/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Asia

1. India: Securing Land Rights for the Poor is Key to Telangana’s Success (8/8/17)
   Source: Landesa
2. Indian state to give property rights to slum dwellers in ‘historic’ step (8/8/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Indian states look to digitize land deals with blockchain (8/10/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. India: Can Amaravati set land pooling example for a city built from scratch? (8/11/17)
   Source: Citizen Matters
5. India: GIS-enabled portal maps land-related information (8/13/17)
   Source: The Hindu
6. India: Cidco offers perpetual lease of land in lieu of freehold, to give more rights to buyers (8/13/17)
   Source: The Times of India
7. Poverty, land rights feature at film festival in Indonesia’s Papua (8/11/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. Indonesia: Government accelerates land certification for agrarian reform: Jokowi (8/16/17)
   Source: Antara News
9. Malaysia: International investment blamed for violence and oppression in Sarawak (8/15/17)
   Source: Mongabay

USAID

1. Land Portal Foundation Rwanda Country Portfolio provides comprehensive understanding of post-conflict land governance – mentions USAID’s Rwanda publications (8/2/17)
   Source: Land Portal
2. A Mobile Application to Secure Land Tenure (8/4/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks / New America
3. Strengthening the Liberian Land Authority to Promote Peace and Security (8/7/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks / Tetra Tech

Reports and Publications

1. New paper discusses women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction (7/26/17)
   Source: CGIAR
   Related IFPRI paper: Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence
2. Capital investment worth worth 3% of GDP “stalled” in India due to land aquisition problems: High profile report (8/9/17)
   Source: Counterview
   Related NRMC report: India: Land Governance Country Narrative (Full Report)

Global

1. The Land Toolbox Is Full (7/24/17)
   Source: GIM
2. Land Update: Stakeholders Present Progress on Tenure Security and Monitoring (8/3/17)
   Source: IISD
3. Prerequisites for Incorporating Blockchain into a Registry (7/31/17)
   Source: New America

Indigenous Peoples

1. Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights (8/1/17)
   Source: Mongabay
2. Egypt’s indigenous Nubians continue their long wait to return to ancestral lands (7/24/17)
   Source: PRI
3. For secure land rights, indigenous forest communities need more than just titles (8/9/17)
   Source: CIFOR

Africa

1. Loss of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa (7/29/17)
   Source: New York Times
2. Related: In the news: Degraded land spurs conflict in Kenya (7/29/17)
   Source: Conservation International
3. Ghana: Surveyors Urged to have Leadership Skills (8/1/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency
4. Ghana: Queen Mothers engaged to champion women land rights (8/3/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency
5. Sierra Leone News: Land rights policy contributes to poverty reduction (7/28/17)
   Source: Awoko
6. Sierra Leone News: Land Title registration does not guarantee security (8/1/17)
   Source: Awoko
7. Sierra Leone News: Compulsory land registration to be enforced (8/7/17)
   Source: Awoko
8. South Africa: Job losses at tea estate a ‘failed example of ANC’s land reform policy’ (8/2/17)
   Source: Capricorn Voice

Americas

1. Bolivia Produces More Than 95% of Its Food: Minister (7/31/17)
   Source: TeleSUR

Asia

1. Mongolia: How a group of Mongolian herders took on a mining giant — and won (8/9/17)
   Source: Devex
2. Cambodia: Rubber giant to give back land (7/27/17)
   Source: Khmer Times
3. INTERVIEW-India plans overhaul of colonial-era land titles (7/26/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. India: Kashmiri woman challenges state’s ‘discriminatory’ property law (7/31/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. India: Landless and widowed women in south India bear brunt of drought (8/7/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. India: A field of her own (8/4/17)
   Source: The Indian Express
7. Forbidden fruit: Indonesia palm oil plantations boost security to stop thieves (8/9/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. Philippines: Duterte wants land-use law, strict mining rules (7/25/17)
   Source: Business Mirror
9. Thailand: Harassed by palm oil company, Thai village defends land (8/9/17)
   Source: Al Jazeera
10. Vietnam: ‘outrageous’ jailing of land rights activist is latest in growing crackdown (7/25/17)
    Source: Amnesty International UK

USAID

1. Rwanda: RISD Embarks on New Formula for Land Conflict Resolution – mentions USAID’s Rwanda LAND project(7/22/17)
   Source: Rwanda Eye

Global

1. How Could Land Tenure Security Affect Conservation? (7/20/17)
   Source: Cool Green Science
2. Want to protect forests in poor nations? Pay landowners not to cut, study says (7/20/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Using the Tenure Guidelines for Action Research (7/26/17)
   Source: Transnational Institute

Indigenous Peoples

1. Australian Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Group in Fortescue Mining Land Case (7/20/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Africa

1. Africa’s Land Commissions Commit To Securing Community Land Rights (7/20/17)
   Source: New Business Ethiopia
2. Ghana: COCOBOD implores chiefs to release land for ‘Youth-in-Cocoa Farming Programme’ (7/20/17)
   Source: My Joy Online
3. Ghana proposes a land access policy to boost Africa’s Growth (7/18/17)
   Source: News Ghana
4. Kenya: State to introduce land lease models to attract youth to agriculture (7/21/17)
   Source: The Star
5. Kenya: Squatters battle Kenya’s ex-president and charities over wildlife park (7/21/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. South Africa: OPINION : Changing lives of people for the better in rural areas (7/20/17)
   Source: Business Report
7. South Africa: Place Animations: Upgrading lives in South Africa (7/19/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. Uganda: Government Seeks to Run Roughshod over Ugandans’ Land Rights (7/24/17)
   Source: Human Rights Watch
9. Uganda’s plan to allow forceful takeover of private land stirs anger (7/26/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
10. Zimbabwe: Land Tenure Systems Under Review (7/21/17)
    Source: The Herald
11. Zimbabwe farmers’ union leader warns S.Africans to share land (7/25/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Americas

1. Belize: Garifuna Members Meet with Belize Delegates to Build Ties (7/19/17)
   Source: TeleSUR

Asia

1. Cambodia: Push for an end to sugarcane land row (7/20/17)
   Source: Khmer Times
2. India plans overhaul of colonial-era land titles (7/26/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. India: How Tree Plantations Are Violating Citizens’ Land Rights in an Odisha Village (7/20/17)
   Source: The Wire

Europe

1. Serbia May Give Youngsters Land To Revive Countryside (7/21/17)
   Source: Balkan Insight

USAID

1. Colombia: IT Systems Facilitate Our Work by Offering Stability, Agility, and Transparency (7/20/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
2. Colombia: Starbucks Partners with NGOs to Invest Nearly $5 Million USD in Colombian Coffee Industry (7/13/17)
   Source: Finance Colombia

Reports and Publications

1. Four land activists killed each week in 2016 in bloodiest year on record (7/13/16)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. Related report: Defenders of the Earth (7/13/17)
   Source: Global Witness

Events

1. Webinar: The Ogiek Victory: A Closer Look at Strategic Litigation for Land Rights (August 2nd) (8/2/17)
   Source: Namati
2. Sustainable Development Goals: a time for innovations and investment in land administration and management (8/10/17 – 8/11/17)
   Source: Land Portal

Global

1. HLPF Reviews Implementation of SDGs 1, 2, 3 and 5 (7/13/17)
   Source: IISD
2. Green Climate Fund steps up to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (7/14/17)
   Source: CIFOR

Indigenous Peoples

1. Canada: What is the significance of acknowledging the Indigenous land we stand on? (7/12/17)
   Source: CBC News

Africa

1. Ghana: Regional Workshop on Securing Community Land Rights opens (7/17/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency
2. Namibia: Consultations Crucial for Land Conference – Nujoma (7/12/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / New Era
3. Sierra Leone: The price of palm oil in Sierra Leone (7/17/17)
   Source: DW
4. Swaziland: Human Rights Committee Discusses Implementation of Civil and Political Rights in Swaziland (7/10/17)
   Source: OHCHR
5. Tanzania: Farmers pushed off their land to save Tanzania’s Great Ruaha River (7/18/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
6. Uganda: Can tech help Uganda’s women combat land corruption? (7/16/17)
   Source: Land Portal
7. Zimbabwe: A new land administration system for Zimbabwe (7/17/17)
   Source: Zimbabweland blog

Americas

1. Brazil: New data shows 49 land rights activists were killed last year in Brazil (7/13/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. Guatemala: The Canadian company mining hills of silver – and the people dying to stop it (7/13/17)
   Source: The Guardian

Asia

1. India’s land conflicts will persist until acquisition policy is inclusive, says expert (7/17/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. India: PLACE : Animation Conversations – Bina Agarwal on women and land in India (7/18/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation (video)
3. For Pakistan, China’s huge energy investments may have serious political costs (7/14/17)
   Source: The Conversation
4. Thailand’s women land defenders face risk of rising violence, rights groups say (7/19/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. Timor-Leste island community fears large-scale tourism development on Atauro (7/17/17)
   Source: ABC

USAID

1. Land Rights are Women’s Rights (7/5/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
2. Getting Answers (6/21/17)
   Source: USAID Colombia LRDP
3. Kenya’s nomads swap guns for tourist dollars to end turf wars – mentions USAID’s partnership with the Northern Rangelands Trust (6/30/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Reports and Publications

1. Kenya Drought Crisis: A Call for Action (7/4/17)
   Source: Oxfam / ReliefWeb
2. Here’s why growing cities should tax land to pay for essential services (7/3/17)
   Source: CityMetric
   Related brief: Financing fast-growing cities
3. Related paper: Large scale land acquisitions and REDD+: a synthesis of conflicts and opportunities

Global

1. This company helps African farmers secure their land rights – written by Karol Boudreaux (6/29/17)
   Source: Learn Liberty
2. Is REDD+ playing fair? (7/5/17)
   Source: CIFOR
3. Ivanka Trump and the World Bank have a new idea to help women globally (7/8/17)
   Source: The Washington Post

Indigenous Peoples

1. Australia: How Indigenous Australians Are Still Fighting for Their Lands 25 Years After a Landmark Court Case
   (6/30/17)
   Source: Smithsonian
2. Brazil: Google integrates Brazil’s indigenous territories into its maps (7/2/17)
   Source: The Economic Times
3. Peru: ‘Politicians only see gold and oil in our lands’: the Wampis nation of Peru – photo essay (7/4/17)
   Source: The Guardian

Africa

1. Ghana: Cocoa stakeholders meet on government’s new Inputs policy (7/7/17)
   Source: Ghana News Agency
2. Ghana: Lands Ministry urged to constitute Minerals Development Fund Board (6/29/17)
   Source: News Ghana
3. DRC: Challenging Family and Custom, Women Assert Legal Right to Inherit Land (7/2/17)
   Source: Global Press Journal
4. Kenya: Power to Africa Volume 3: Kenya – Part 2 (7/4/17)
   Source: Lexology
5. Liberia: Law Society Urges the Passage of the Land Rights Act (6/28/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / The Capitol Times (Monrovia)
6. Conflict averted as Nigeria’s warring herdsmen and farmers find common ground (6/29/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
7. Sierra Leone: Food And Agriculture Organization Sensitizes Parliament (6/28/17)
   Source: Sierra Express Media
8. Sierra Leone: Civic society calls on government to take land management issue “seriously” (6/28/17)
   Source: Ecofin Agency
9. South Africa: Three policies at the ANC’s national conference that should worry investors (6/29/17)
   Source: Business Tech
10. Related: REFILE-South African ANC leadership battle overshadows policy debate (6/29/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
11. Tanzania: History Made As Maasai Women Own Land (6/29/17)
    Source: AllAfrica / The Citizen
12. Zambia: Sub-Saharan Africa Widows Increase Worries Gender Link (6/3/17)
    Source: AllAfrica / Times of Zambia
13. Zimbabwe: Beyond the freehold title obsession: generating land tenure security (7/3/17)
    Source: The Zimbabwaen
14. Zimbabwe: How badly implemented land reform can affect wildlife: a Zimbabwean case study (7/3/17)
    Source: The Conversation

Americas

1. Brazil: Shady slaughterhouses, ‘cow laundering’ drive spike in Amazon deforestation (7/4/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. Brazil: Rural Amazon violence rises amid bureaucratic mess over land titles (7/6/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Colombia: Land Reform and Food Security Key to Peace in Colombia: FAO (7/6/17)
   Source: TeleSUR
4. Colombia: Deforestation soars in Colombia after Farc rebels’ demobilization (7/11/17)
   Source: The Guardian

Asia

1. India: ‘Give her property, not dowry’: Online campaign seeks equal rights for women in South Asia (7/5/17)
   Source: The News Minute
2. Related: Property rights campaign for women takes aim at patriarchy in South Asia (7/6/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. India: Digital land mapping faulty, will lead to conflict: Congress (7/6/17)
   Source: Indian Express

Pacific

1. Solomon Islands: Life along the vanishing shorelines of the Solomon Islands – in pictures (6/23/17)
   Source: The Guardian

USAID

1. Côte d’Ivoire: Projustice-Usaid trains Ivorian lawyers on land legislation (6/23/17)
   Source: Ecofin Agency

Reports and Publications

1. Women’s Land: Closing the Gender Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa (June 2017)
   Source: Landesa
2. Shelter in Displacement (June 2017)
   Source: Oxford / Forced Migration Review

Global

1. The Water Conflict Chronology: Water Conflicts over the Centuries and Millennia | PODCAST | (6/22/17)
   Source: Circle of Blue
2. Story-telling app and website help communities improve their ‘backyards’ (6/23/17)
   Source: Mongabay
3. Burger King pledges to end deforestation by 2030, scientists sceptical (6/23/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. On International Day, UN says widows’ rights to independent life, livelihood after loss must be ensured (6/23/17)
   Source: UN News Centre
5. Time to act to secure property rights (6/26/17)
   Source: Devex
6. ‘It’s up to us’: why business needs to take a stand on palm oil (6/26/17)
   Source: The Guardian
7. Sophie’s Choice for Communities: Sacrificing Land Rights to Gain Security (6/26/17)
   Source: WRI

Indigenous Peoples

1. Brazil: Warnings and protests mark Brazilian President Temer’s trip to Norway (6/22/17)
   Source: Mongabay
2. Brazil: Amazon tribes stand up for their survival (6/23/17)
   Source: National Geographic
3. Canada: Vancouver International Airport, Musqueam band sign 30-year ‘friendship’ agreement (6/21/17)
   Source: Vancouver Sun
4. Chile’s President asks forgiveness from indigenous Mapuche (6/23/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. Australia: Noongar who won federal court challenge only to have it reversed vow to fight on (6/21/17)
   Source: The Guardian

Africa

1. Cameroon: Land Certificates – Marked Improvement in Issuance Since 2005 (6/21/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / Cameroon Tribune
2. For Ethiopia’s farmers, landscape management and tenure lead to more resilience and income (6/22/17)
   Source: The World Bank
3. Guinea-Bissau: Theatre sheds light on conflicts (6/23/17)
   Source: D+C
4. Liberia: Deputy SRSG Calls for Restructuring National Land Tenure System (6/23/17)
   Source: Daily Observer
5. Sierra Leone News: Land issues, if not addressed, will lead to conflict – ALLAT (6/27/17)
   Source: Awoko
6. Tanzania: Villages near national parks, game reserves to be surveyed (6/24/17)
   Source: The Citizen
7. In Uganda, row over land shines light on historic kingdom (6/26/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. Uganda: Reasons land conflicts are on the rise (6/27/17)
   Source: New Vision

Americas

1. Colombia’s FARC disarmament confirmed by United Nations (6/27/17)
   Source: Deutsche Welle

Asia

1. UN representative makes case for Myanmar women (6/26/17)
   Source: Myanmar Times
2. Indonesia: Can “One Map” solve Indonesia’s land tenure woes? (6/27/17)
   Source: Eco-Business
3. Sri Lanka: Land Mediation Boards For Reconciliation in N-E Implementing the LLRC Recommendations (6/28/17)
   Source: Daily Mirror
4. Thailand: Going too far with S44 (6/22/17)
   Source: Bangkok Post

Europe

1. Ukrainian Government to Start Blockchain Land Registry Trial in October (6/23/17)
   Source: Coindesk

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

USAID

1. Colombia: A Crop That Restores (6/1/17)
   Source: USAID LRDP

Upcoming Events

1. Webinar: Tenure Security & SDG Indicator 1.4.2: How do we mesasure perceptions on land tenure security? (6/19/17)
   Source: Land Portal

Reports and Publications

1. Peru: Indigenous women can protect the Amazon forest – if only their rights are respected (6/9/17)
   Source: International Business Times
2. Related: When Will Land Rights for South Asian Women Become a Reality? (6/13/17)
   Source: The Wire
3. Land Rights in China Report 2017: Land circulation area of 26 provinces in China, as of Oct. 2016 – Research and Markets (6/9/17)
   Source: Business Wire
4. Cambodia: communities in protracted struggle against Chinese sugar companies’ land grab (6/8/17)
   Source: Grain

Global

1. Opinion: 5 innovations to tackle property rights (5/22/17)
   Source: Devex
2. Opinion: 4 recommendations to prepare for climate-related migration (6/5/17)
   Source: Devex
3. Need for New Players and Leaders to Enter the Land Sector (6/1/17)
   Source: GIM International
4. Optimism about Land Rights for All (6/8/17)
   Source: GIM International
5. Quicker recognition of property rights for the poorest can unleash greater willingness to invest (6/12/17)
   Source: Financial Express

Indigenous Peoples

1. Australia: Indigenous sovereignty is on the rise. Can it shape the course of history? (5/30/17)
   Source: The Guardian
2. Australia: Marking Mabo: How Has Native Title Changed Since the Landmark Ruling? (6/2/17)
   Source: Pursuit
3. Brazil: Nestlé competition for the Guarani Aquifer threatens Guarani land rights (5/31/17)
   Source: Intercontinental Cry
4. Brazil: Indigenous and Environmental Rights Underscored in EP Conference on the Guarani-Kaiowá (6/2/17)
   Source: UNPO
5. Brazilian tribal leader tours Europe to plead for help to stop killings and land grabs (6/8/17)
   Source: The Guardian
6. Brazil: Indigenous and environmental rights under attack in Brazil, UN rights experts warn (6/8/17)
   Source: UN News Centre
7. Indonesia: First woman to lead Indonesia’s indigenous peoples alliance (5/29/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. Philippines’ indigenous Higaonon fight for return of ancestral land (6/1/17)
   Source: Mongabay

Africa

1. Côte d’Ivoire successfully experiments pilot project on land governance (6/1/17)
   Source: Ecofin Agency
2. Kenya: African Court rules Kenya violates forest people’s land rights (5/26/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Kenya: Handheld Land Administration Mapping Methods in Kenya (6/1/17)
   Source: GIM International
4. Kenya: After Long Struggle, Kenya’s Nubian Minority Secures Land Rights (6/5/17)
   Source: Relief Web / Open Society Foundations
5. Liberia: Equatorial Palm Oil Accused of Breaching Land Rights Agreement in Bassa (6/7/17)
   Source: Front Page Africa
6. Madagascar: Small Farmers in Madagascar Say Chinese Investors Forced Them to Sell Their Land for Dirt Cheap (6/5/17)
   Source: Global Voices
7. Malawi: Land rights now! A loud calling from the homeless and destitute (5/28/17)
   Source: Maravi Post
8. Mali: In drought-stricken Mali, women manoeuvre for land – and a future (5/28/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
9. Namibia: Land Tenure Hampers Rural Development (6/9/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / The Namibian
10. Nigeria: Hard times for Lagos slum dwellers caught in race for land (6/13/17)
    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
11. Uganda: Former Lands Ministers Explain Loopholes Breeding Land Conflicts (5/29/17)
    Source: AllAfrica / The Observer
12. Uganda: Women Left in the Dark Over Land Rights (6/13/17)
    Source: NBS TV

Americas

1. Brazil: Feature-Amazon protectors: Brazil’s indigenous people struggle to stave off loggers (6/6/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
2. As Colombia’s FARC disarms, rebels enlisted to fight deforestation (6/9/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Asia

1. Bangladesh: Forest dwellers losing their rights (6/5/17)
   Source: Prothom Alo
2. Cambodian elections: The women who lost their land and are now fighting for power (6/3/17)
   Source: The Guardian
3. As Cambodia’s economy grows, low-income residents left behind (6/3/17)
   Source: PBS
4. China: Rare public protest in China’s Shanghai over property rule change (6/11/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
5. India: What is the connection between women, land and the sea in Tamil Nadu? (6/7/17)
   Source: The Indian Express
6. India: Deadly protests in India highlight despair of poor landless farmers (6/9/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
7. India: ‘No place for the poor’ in India’s Smart Cities, campaigners say (6/12/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
8. India’s ‘locked up’ land is enough to build housing for all, experts say (6/13/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
9. Indonesia: ‘Give us back our land’: paper giants struggle to resolve conflicts with communities in Sumatra (6/9/17)
   Source: Mongabay

Middle East

1. Jordan: Pollution, desertification and women’s rights linked — SIGI (6/7/17)
   Source: The Jordan Times

USAID

1. Job: The Development of Agriculture Land Use and Management Guidelines (6/2/17)
   Source: USAID Rwanda
2. Northern Ghana benefits from USAID (5/16/17)
   Source: News Ghana

Upcoming and Past Events

1. Webinar on Land Tenure in Tanzania (5/24/17)
   Source: USAID LandLinks
2. Conference to provide insight on land tenure, future skills for agriculture (5/23/17)
   Source: Biz Community
3. Brazilian Journlists Invited to Apply for 4-Day “Reporting Land Rights” Course (5/23/17)
   Source: Pulitzer Center
4. Gender Lens Program: Saturday June 3 and Sunday June 4 (6/3/17 – 6/4/17)
   Source: Pulitzer Center

Reports and Publications

1. Global Report on Internal Displacement (5/22/17)
   Source: IDMC
2. Power and Potential: A Comparative Analysis of National Laws and Regulations Concerning Women’s Rights to Community Forests (5/24/17)
   Source: Rights and Resources
   Related: Unequal rights for indigenous, rural women endanger forest lands – researchers (5/24/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
3. Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America (5/17/17)
   Source: Smithsonian
   Related report: A spatio-temporal analysis of forest loss related to cocaine trafficking in Central America (5/16/17)
4. Afghanistan: Housing, Land and Property Factsheet (April 2017) (5/15/17)
   Source: Relief Web

Global

1. Africa’s Women are Still Waiting for Equal Inheritance Rights (5/24/17)
   Source: Landesa / Medium
2. Shedding Light on the Land Sector – written by Tim Fella (5/19/17)
   Source: GIM International
3. The Necessity of a Modern Cadastral System (5/19/17)
   Source: GIM International
4. Access to land and property: the forgotten human right (5/22/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation

Indigenous Peoples

1. Brazil farm lobby seeks to dismantle indigenous affairs agency (5/16/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
2. Brazil: Help protect our land from Brazilian government, asks tribal leader (5/19/17)
   Source: Devex
3. Brazil: Only global protest can secure land rights and justice for Brazil’s Guarani people (5/24/17)
   Source: The Ecologist
4. Colombia Police Shoot Indigenous People During Land Ceremony (5/9/17)
   Source: TeleSUR
5. Paraguay: Losing their Land, Indigenous Peoples Turn to the Courts (5/19/17)
   Source: Open Society Foundations
6. Kenya: African court to deliver landmark judgement on Ogiek Community land rights case against Kenyan community (5/22/17)
   Source: Intercontinental Cry
7. India: Indigenous Indians to bury dead 18 months after bloody land rights clashes (5/23/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
8. Australia: Indigenous owners who defeated Cape York spaceport given back lands after 150 years (5/17/17)
   Source: The Guardian

Africa

1. Cameroon: Forced from their forests, Cameroon’s female pygmies bear brunt of alcohol abuse (5/17/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
2. Tanzania: Why land rights for women are critical (5/16/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
3. Tanzania: CDA Dissolution Evokes Joy (5/16/17)
   Source: AllAfrica / Tanzania Daily News
4. Kenyan lawyer takes on president in battle for rights (5/23/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
5. Kenya: How Drought and Politics Are Exacerbating Pastoralist Violence in Kenya (5/9/17)
   Source: World Politics Review (subscription req’d)
6. Students in Kenya Block Streets With Desks to Protest Their School’s Demolition (5/15/17)
   Source: Foreign Policy
7. Liberia: CFMB, CFDC Union Want Lawmakers Pass Land Rights Bill (5/19/17)
   Source: Daily Observer
8. Zambia’s peasants at risk of becoming squatters on their own land – UN expert warns (5/12/17)
   Source: UN OHCHR

Americas

1. Brazil, home of Amazon, rolls back environmental protection (5/15/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
2. Brazil: In world’s largest urban rainforest, it’s conservation vs. housing rights (5/24/17)
   Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation

Asia

1. Burma: Land rights major risk for EU-Myanmar IPA (5/12/17)
   Source: Myanmar Times
2. E China Takes Steps to Safeguard Rural Wives’ Land Rights (5/22/17)
   Source: Women of China
3. India: Maharashtra: New policy to expedite transfer of government land gets nod (5/16/17)
   Source: The Indian Express
4. India: Stage set for land pooling: Delhi government makes 89 villages urban areas (5/18/17)
   Source: The Economic Times

Europe

1. Romania: Teren de Vanzare – Land for sale: Romanian peasants’ struggle against land grabbing (5/12/17)
   Source: Slow Food

Pacific

1. Indonesia: Wilmar appeals RSPO ruling that it grabbed indigenous lands in Sumatra (5/17/17)
   Source: Mongabay
2. ‘Our country will vanish’: Pacific islanders bring desperate message to Australia (5/14/17)
   Source: The Guardian
3. Philippines: DAR begins distribution of farm land to farmers in Tagum, Davao Del Norte (5/19/17)
   Source: UNTV
4. Philippines: Bullets and bananas: The price farmers pay for your Cavendish bananas (5/22/17)
   Source: Astro Awani