Mary Komeiyan would like to grow food for her children. But she has no land. She lives in a village where crops come second in importance to livestock. Cows feed on the small plot of maize near her house. She cannot take action because the animals belong to her husband. Her situation is typical of Maasai women in Tanzania. They have little or no say on how land is used.

It is with great sadness that the Land Portal Coordination Unit  has heard of the death of Mr Marcellino de Baggis, who filmed and edited for Visiontime the Land Portal promotional video.

His  death occurred on Sunday 7 August, 2011. Mr de Baggis was 40 years old and he left behind a wife and a three year old son.

Mr de Baggis worked closely with ILC Secretariat and the Land Portal Coordination Unit to realize the video and he enjoyed very much the work he did for the Land Portal.  

The UN-Habitat based in Nairobi Kenya is looking for a Human Settlements Officer with specialization in urban land law at P4 level. Please see attached job advertisement document for further info.

The Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility invites applications from indigenous peoples’ organizations and communities, as well as organizations that work with them, for grants to fund projects, innovative approaches and partnerships that promote the development of indigenous peoples and help them fulfil their aspirations.

Grants range from US$20,000 to US$50,000. Applicants must meet specific requirements and their proposals should respond to the needs of indigenous peoples in any of IFAD’s developing Member States.

Had a meaningful meeting with Mr.Jairam Ramesh on land issues. Calling a larger group meeting soon, followed by the first meeting of National Council for Land Reforms in the first week of October....looking forward to meaningful dialogue and responce to peoples' struggle.

The lands of indigenous Khiyang community at Gungru Mukh Para under Kuhalong Mouza in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are allegedly being targeted to seize by a so-called journalist namely AKM Jahangir, a fanatic leader of Bengali settlers.

The Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), considering the revival and advancement of diverse interests - governments, national and international companies and even acting as an indigenous people - around the extraction of mineral resources from indigenous lands that are in the Amazon comes from the public to express:

Maputo, Sep 18, 2011 (Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- About 1,000 women demonstrated on Friday in front of the City Council heaquarters in the central port of Beira , demanding just compensation for land and crops they are losing because of the construction of the new Beira port coal terminal.