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Western Australia land tenure changes likely to impact property demand
By: Linda Rowley (property editor)
Date: February 10th 2016
Source: Beef Central
The scope for pastoral diversification in Western Australia’s Kimberley/Pilbara region has been limited by outdated land tenure laws that are now being overhauled by the WA state government. The new form of land tenure known as the ‘Rangelands Lease’ follows years of lobbying by pastoralists. (...)
India: Chhattisgarh govt cancels tribal rights over forest lands
By: Nitin Sethi
Date: February 18th 2016
Source: Business Standard
Forest Rights Act allows government to divert forest lands for other purposes only after prior consent of the tribals through gram sabhas
Debate still rages over South Africa’s land reform
By: SABC
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: SABC News
South Africa's main house of Parliament took a first step on Tuesday towards enabling the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership.
Tanzania: Three Morogoro Region Districts to Benefit From Land Tenure Programme
By: Jimmy Lwangili
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Tanzania Daily News
Morogoro — Three districts in Morogoro Region will have their land surveyed in a bid to help people access title deeds and proper management of their land.
Surveying land and allocating it for various purposes will be done in Ulanga, Malinyi and Kilombero districts, through implementation of the Land Tenure Support Programme (LTSP) for Tanzania that kicked off in January 2015.
Poverty, child marriage, violence decline when women own land: World Bank
Date: March 13th 2016
Source: DNA India
Can land rights for women drive down child marriage and domestic violence?
"Yes and more", says an international group of land and property rights specialists who are due in Washington this week to discuss how improved land management can reduce global poverty and foster development.
In Brazil, UN expert highlights deadly consequences of delaying land demarcation
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: New Kerala
New York, Mar 22 :Following a visit to Brazil, a United Nations independent human rights expert on Monday expressed alarm about the extent of documented and reported attacks on indigenous peoples in the country's central-western state of Mato Grosso Do Sul.