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Namibia: Depleted land reform fund culled resettlement
Date: November 11th 2016
Source: The Economist Namibia
Resettled farmers cannot access the loan facility fund offered by Government and Agribank as part of land reform attempts by the Ministry of Land Reform.
Preview of the new Observatory interface
June 19, 2013
We're working hard to finalize a user-friendly interface for the Land Observatory software, which users in at least five countries are eagerly awaiting.
Our anticipated release date for this will now be by mid-July, and we'll be contacting users to help us test it and get your feedback.
In the meantime, imagine being able to map land deals here:
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And being able to filter for data here
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Land Portal Launches Thematic Portfolios on Forest Tenure, Indigenous & Community Land Rights and Land & Gender
Dynamic thematic portfolios combine detailed narratives with Linked Open Data to provide comprehensive global overview
GRONINGEN (11 November, 2016) — Forest tenure, gender and land rights, and indigenous and community land rights are all key thematic areas related to land governance. For this reason, the Land Portal is launching the first three comprehensive thematic portfolios focused on these issues.
Groups Support Challenge to Dam Project in Panama for Violating Indigenous Rights
For Immediate Release August 29, 2013
Contacts:Abby Rubinson, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2047, arubinson@earthjustice.orgAmanda Kistler, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), (202) 742-5832, akistler@ciel.orgAstrid Puentes Riaño, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), (52-1-55) 23016639, apuentes@aida-americas.org
Ghana: ‘Women’s access to land key for development’
By: Doreen Andoh
Date: April 28th 2016
Source: Graphic Online
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ms Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, has underscored the relevance of women’s access to land in national development, describing it as fundamental to women’s economic empowerment and sustainable livelihoods.
Corruption, caste keep poor from owning land in northern India
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 14 December 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
For decades, Kunta lived in a hut outside Kachhidih village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, enduring the insults of higher-caste villagers who claimed her land - which she did not legally own - for grazing cattle.
She dreamed of owning just a small piece of land for her family who belong to the traditionally low-caste Dalit group.
Colombia: a community resists land-grabbing and conflict
Top palm oil producer sues green group over deforestation allegations
By: Adam Vaughan
Date: May 9th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Malaysian palm giant, IOI, lost business after it was suspended from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s certification scheme over deforestation allegations in Indonesia
Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities
Date: 4 January 2017
Source: Mongabay
The Indonesian president moves to keep his promises to the nation’s indigenous groups.
Rio's favela dwellers fight to stave off evictions in runup to Brazil World Cup
Land Matters for Children: A Photo Essay
June 1st marks International Children’s Day, a global celebration of children and an opportunity to bring special attention to how secure land tenure positively affects children. Evidence from a number of countries suggests that when women have secure rights to land and other assets their children and their communities also benefit. For example, in countries where women have wea