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6 January 2020
Southern Asia
India
A government campaign to plant more trees has sparked a negative response from the indigenous communities of India.
8 January 2020
Global
New America’s Future of Property Rights Program (FPR) was founded to answer the following question: Why is a quarter of the world’s population unable to exercise their fundamental right to property, despite advances in technology and human development?
15 November 2019
Global
The Land Portal Foundation is recruiting up to two new board members to complement its existing board.
6 January 2020
Global
In half the countries in the world, women face obstacles to land rights, leaving millions unable to unlock their full potential. But this challenge is #Solvable. In a new video, Landesa Researcher Gina Alvarado explains how improving land laws and confronting gender norms can help strengthen women’s land rights and create a more equitable world for all.
6 January 2020
Philippines
Riding a populist backlash against the elite, President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to rescue landless peasants from poverty. Instead, he has reinforced the monopolistic grip of landowners.
6 January 2020
Myanmar
Vietnam
Southern Asia
India
The following story is developed from remarks at TEDxJakarta 2019.
6 January 2020
Tanzania
The Hadzabe people of northern Tanzania are one of the world’s oldest communities. Living at the base of the Rift Valley, believed to be the origin of human species, the Hadzabe live as they always have.
6 January 2020
Myanmar
Government vows to speed up return of confiscated farmland
6 January 2020
India
When Manjari was 23, she was elected the first woman pradhan in her village as well as in all of Himachal Pradesh. She hasn't looked back since.
6 January 2020
Southern Africa
Have Your Say: The Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill [B – 2019]
20 December 2019
Global
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will work together with The Land Portal Foundation to create a community of experts for AGROVOC’s LandVoc scheme, enriching
29 November 2019
Africa
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan Friday November 29th with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders in coming up with solutions to land governance challenges on the continent in an effort to root corruption out of the land sector.
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