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Two models for tracking implementation of the New Urban Agenda
By: Simone D'Antonio
Date: August 17th 2016
Source: Citiscope
As the Habitat III negotiations begin to wind up, discussion builds on how to monitor progress on the new vision in coming decades.
The Land Portal celebrates the 2013 International Women’s Day by integrating the OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) in its country pages
Uganda: Football match turns into demonstration against land-grabbing in Lira
Date: August 29th 2016
Source: NTV Uganda
The demonstration began with a football match that was meant to highlight the importance of the pitch to the youth in the northern district.
Australia: Backlog of Aboriginal land claims will take 90 years to clear
By: Michelle Brown
Date: April 3rd 2016
Source: ABC News Australia
Judging by the number of claims that have been made, the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Rights Act is a victim of its own success.
In the past year the number of undetermined land claims has increased to over 29,000. It has been calculated this "land bank" will take 90 years or more to determine.
Outcomes of the Online Discussion on Legal Pluralism and Women's Land Rights
From 3 to 23 June 2013, the Land Portal hosted a successful online discussion on "Legal pluralism in Madagascar: can customary and statutory law be reconciled to promote women’s land rights?". The discussion was facilitated by FAO, ILC, Landesa and Observatoire du Foncier in Madagascar.
The discussion had two main objectives:
Brazilian photographer fights to protect remote tribe's rights
By Sophie Davies
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar started working with Yanomami people in the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s, most of them did not know what a camera was.
Andujar spent most of that decade and more in northern Brazil photographing the Yanomami, one of Latin America's most remote indigenous tribes.
Southern Africa: In Southern Africa, Small Farmers Fight for Recognition
Cambodia sentences four rights activists to six months in prison
By: Phnom Penh newsroom
Date: September 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Four women land rights activists were sentenced to six months in prison by a court in Cambodia on Monday for insulting and obstructing public officials during a 2011 violent land rights protest.
Seizure of land for development is a major cause of protests in Cambodia and other countries in the region, including Laos.
Gaps in Land Policy Could Stall Uganda Pipeline
By: Lizabeth Paulat
Date: April 27th 2016
Source: Voice of America News
KAMPALA, UGANDA—Uganda has just finalized a deal to build a pipeline to Tanzania’s Tanga port, a deal that brings the country a step closer to exploiting its vast oil reserves. But gaps in land governance law could stand in the way.
Anhui tests land reform in wake of plenum vow on rural property rights
In wake of party plenum, which promised to foster trading of rural land, Anhui announces it will let some farmers sell the land they live on.
Anhui has become the first province to unveil a comprehensive plan to test land reform after Communist Party leaders announced following a key meeting that farmers would be granted more property rights.