Finding a truly common vision for African cities
By: Fernando Casado, Marie-Alexandra Kurth & Lisa Reudenbach
Date: February 22nd 2016
Source: Citiscope
There are 8, 177 content items of different types and languages related to land governance on the Land Portal.
FAO assists Iran on tenure of land, fisheries, forestry
By: PT/PR
Date: February 22nd 2016
Source: Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) – FAO has conducted a three-day technical workshop (21-23 February 2016) in Tehran focusing on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries, forestry and cross-cutting issues in the country aimed at enhancing national food security.
India: Chhattisgarh govt cancels tribal rights over forest lands
By: Nitin Sethi
Date: February 18th 2016
Source: Business Standard
Forest Rights Act allows government to divert forest lands for other purposes only after prior consent of the tribals through gram sabhas
Clouds Gather Over Bolivia’s Change Process as US Intervenes
By: W. T. WHITNEY
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Counterpunch
Progressive political movements in Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil have recently encountered reverses. Bolivian President Evo Morales is his country’s longest serving president and first indigenous one. Now his 10 – year old socialist and anti-imperialist government faces a hurdle.
Investor push urged to help secure indigenous land rights
By: Megan Rowling
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conditions are ripe for a global leap forward in recognizing the land rights of indigenous people and forest communities, but investors and the public need to pressure governments to make it happen, an international network of forest policy groups said.
Uganda: Museveni Promises to Amend Land Law
By: Francis Mugerwa, George Muzoora & Ronald Tumusiime
Date: January 31st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Gomba — President Museveni has promised to introduce an amendment to the land law to improve land tenure security and curb the tide in illegal evictions that the current law has failed to stop.
Tanzania: In Defence of the Rights of the Poor to Land, Extractives Resources
By: Deodatus Mfugale
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Tanzania Daily News
ANALYSIS
In September 2015, a group comprising eight non-governmental organisations that deal with land rights and extractives resources advocacy submitted to the Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, a review of the United Republic of Tanzania for the period from 2012 to 2015.
Indonesia: Criminalization, discrimination against indigenous people worsening: AMAN
By: Callistasia Anggun Wijaya
Date: January 27th 2016
Source: Jakarta Post
The criminalization and discrimination of indigenous people by the government and other parties has worsened, especially because no regulation protects their rights, says the Alliance of Indigenous People (AMAN).
Open Development Cambodia Launches New “Generation 2” Platform, Expanding Development Data to the Public
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) launched a new platform (https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net) that significantly expands the range and functionality of the development-related data it makes
available to the public.
The LEGEND Challenge Fund now accepting applications
KPMG has launched a Challenge Fund on the behalf of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which supports the development and testing of innovative approaches and partnerships for strengthening land governance, with a specific focus on piloting approaches to responsible land-related investments. Two concurrent funding windows are now open, details of which can be found at http://landportal.info/partners/legend/kpmg-challenge-fund/funding.