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Cape Town: Forcibly removed 60 years ago Simon’s Town land claimants return
27 January 2023
Sixty years after they were forcibly removed to Gugulethu by the apartheid regime in terms of the Group Areas Act some families are returning to Simon’s Town, while others haave accepted compensation.
Tanzanian Government Resorts to Cattle Seizures to Further Restrict Livelihoods of Maasai Pastoralists
24 January 2023
The government of Tanzania is further escalating the pressure on the Maasai to forcve them out of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area by seizing their cattle. Once captured, the cattle are auctioned off and exported from the area, unless the owners manage to get it back by paying a ransom to the…
Ancestral land dispute resolved, Johor tribe to be resettled
12 January 2023
An Orang Asli Seletar tribe in Johor, whose ancestral land was taken and sold to developers, will be relocated on new land to be gazetted for their settlement.
Projects
Enhancing Customary Justice Systems in the Mau Forest: Kenya
Durationaab: January 2010 - January 2014
Value: $490,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The Enhancing Customary Justice Systems in the Mau Forest (Justice) Project piloted an approach for improving women’s access to customary justice, particularly related to women’s land rights, by enhancing the customary justice system in one target area. The work also resulted in a clearer understand
Geographic information for environment, climate change and EU integration (LAKI II)
Durationaab: January 2013 - April 2017
Value: $10,832,000.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
The project has the general objective of increasing the capacity of ANCPI in the implementation of the EU Directive on the harmonization and sharing of geographic information domestically and internationally and will be implemented in partnership with the Norwegian Mapping Authority and Registers Ic
Moldova Cadastre System
Durationaab: January 2012 - December 2017
Value: $2,768,000.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Property Registration system, coooperation with the national bureau for statistics
Public services for the real estate market and European integration
Durationaab: January 2010 - December 2014
Value: $1,490,000.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Assistance with procurement of diverse hardware and software needed for establishing a modern National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
Capacity Building for Improvement in Land Administration and Procedures in Bosnia Herzegovina (CILAP)
Durationaab: January 2013 - December 2019
Value: $6,800,000.00
Donors: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The “Capacity Building for Improvement of Land Administration and Procedures in Bosnia and Herzegovina” – CILAP project, is a long term project aimed to build capacity and transfer knowledge with the overall objective to increase the effectiveness and reliability of land administration processes in
CAR III - Environmental Land Registration (BMZ/KfW)
Durationaab: December 2016 - December 2022
Value: $12,300,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Establishment and standardization of environmental cadastres.
Indigenous knowledge to maintain biodiversity in Colombia
16 November 2022
In this blog we talk to Maria-Clara van der Hammen, who has worked with indigenous communities in Colombia for many years with Tropenbos, one of the LAND-at-scale partners in Colombia. For the moment the project is being applied with Koreguaje and Macaguaje communities in the Colombian Amazon…
The New Customary Land Rights Act in Sierra Leone: Bringing informed community consent to responsible investment
17 November 2022
In September 2022, Sierra Leone enacted unprecedented laws related to land, climate, and sustainable development. This new law transforms communities’ ability to protect their land rights and pursue sustainable development. This webinar will discuss the processes, the experiences, the challenges,…
