Bitland is revolutionising African land registry in partnership with CCEDK
By: Ian Allison
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: International Business Times
Blockchain-based Bitland is looking to address the unregistered land issue in West Africa.
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Jamaica: Draft Bill Being Finalised for Land Registration and Ownership
By: Denise Dennis
Date: August 24th 2016
Source: Jamaican Information Service
The Government is finalising a draft Bill to amend legislation governing land registration and ownership.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said amendments will be made to the Registration of Titles, Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) Act, to reflect a more culturally relevant legislation.
One year of Nepal quake: Thousands yet to get funds to rebuild
By: Shubham Ghosh
Date: April 25th 2016
Source: One India
Kathmandu, April 25: A year has lapsed since a devastating earthquake left Nepal in the ruins but still several people, particularly the women, are yet to get funds to rebuild their lost property for they do not own land and neither can prove the ownership of the land where they lived, international anti-poverty organisation Oxfam informed last week.
Bahamas: 21% Of Households Can’T Afford Homes
By: Neil Hartnell
Date: April 7th 2016
Source: Tribune 242
The Government has known for 15 years that land and construction costs would outpace salary/income levels, making home ownership increasingly unaffordable for a growing number of Bahamian households.
Thailand: 800,000 landless awaiting land allotment
By: Online reporter
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
About 800,000 landless people are awaiting promised land allotments from government agencies, according to figures compiled by the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry.
Nepal: Bhaktapur DLRO switches to online land registration
By: Rastriya Samachar Samiti
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: The Himalayan Times
BHAKTAPUR: In a bid to keep up with e-governance service recently introduced by the government, the Bhaktapur District Land Revenue Office (DLRO) has switched to online land registration service.
Officiating secretary at the Ministry of Land Reform and Management Nagendra Jha inaugurated the service on Wednesday.
Cambodia: Indigenous Community’s Collective Land Still in Danger: Report
By: Chea Vannak
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: Khmer Times
The collective land of indigenous communities in Cambodia will continue to face encroachment from economic land concessions and the actions of private companies in the future despite the Cambodian Government’s moratorium on granting ELC licenses, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) report released yesterday.
Namibia: Land Reform Weighs Communal Land Benefits
Date: February 5th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / New Era
The Ministry of Land Reform is pondering the possibility of increasing the benefits associated with the registration of communal land rights.
Currently, registered communal land owners are only issued with a certificate. One of the possibilities could be that of using the certificate as collateral.
20,000 public schools fail to get title deeds despite President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive
MOMBASA: More than 20,000 public primary schools are yet to secure title deeds, the National Lands Commission (NLC) has announced.
Speaking in Mombasa during the annual primary head teachers’ conference Monday, NLC Chairman Muhammad Swazuri said only 4,000 out of the 30,000 public schools have title deeds, sparking fears of encroachment by developers.