26 November 2018
In partnership with innovative local land rights organisations, Namati supports communities to protect, document, and defend their customary and indigenous land rights.
22 November 2018
The community of Xolobeni, Wild Coast, won a historic battle on Thursday against an Australian company’s attempts to mine the area. The judgment further strengthens communities’ right to decide what happens on their land.
Thursday would have been a proud day for Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe. The
As 20,000 farmers reach Mumbai, Maharashtra reportedly agrees to reassess Adivasi land rights claims
22 November 2018
The farmers had threatened to withhold their votes if they did not get land in their names.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday agreed to reassess at least 7,000 claims for land rights to be made out to farmers under the Forest Rights Act, hours after around 20,000 farmers reached Azad Maidan in
21 November 2018
Drones do not just map households faster, cheaper and accurately, but the maps provide a strong visual template of engagement for communities
21 November 2018
What is already a bad situation for land defenders and human rights activists could be getting worse
17 November 2018
KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah opposition leader has accused the current Sabah government of misleading the people on the issue of communal titles which the state had claimed will be abolished soon.
Sook assemblyman Ellron Angin said in place of the state-planned communal titles, the Sabah government had
16 November 2018
Chile's President Sebastián Piñera has promised a thorough investigation after a young indigenous man was fatally shot by police.
The incident on Wednesday sparked protests in an area in the country's south, which is marked by tensions over land ownership.
Police said Camilo Catrillanca, 24, was
15 November 2018
From South Africa to the Amazon, battles over land and who owns it are unleashing unprecedented conflict and labyrinthine legal cases
LONDON - Land laws mean nothing unless communities can prove their ownership, researchers said on Thursday, calling for better tools to map the land and stave off
12 November 2018
Over 1 lakh Adivasis, Dalits and landless from across Gujarat will converge for a mahasammelan in Gandhinagar to demand land and other rights on November 26.
Organised by the Jameen Adhikar Zumbesh, an umbrella body for organisations and people working on land rights, the mahasammelan will put
10 November 2018
Indigenous communities in central Chiapas have been displaced due the presence of rival armed groups in their territories.
A territorial dispute between municipalities in Chiapas, southern Mexico, has displaced thousands of Indigenous people who now remain in precarious situations. In this attack
8 November 2018
We are honored to announce that Omidyar Network has renewed its support of the Land Portal Foundation with an investment of $400,000 to support the integration and visualization of spatial data and the dissemination of SDG-related data and information, as well as provide core funding for
7 November 2018
As extreme rainfall brings more landslides, farmers are turning to bamboo to protect their land - and making an income from it
MAKOMBOKI, Kenya - Lunch at Macharia Mirara's house in the village of Makomboki used to be a cheery occasion as his children chattered about their morning at school. But