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New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide
A broad partnership of indigenous coalitions and land rights and research organizations has launched LandMark, the first online, interactive global platform to map lands collectively held and used by Indigenous Peoples and communities. The platform was created to fill a critical gap in indigenous and community rights and make clear that these lands are not vacant, idle or available to outsiders.
Ugandan villagers locked out of forest waiting for the 'promised land'
By: Nicky Milne
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BUKALEBA FOREST RESERVE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep within a pine and eucalyptus forest on the shores of Lake Victoria in southern Uganda, a parcel of land is pitting a Norwegian timber company against more than 10,000 villagers who say its "green" project is costing their homes and livelihood.
Vacancy: Land indicators Initiative Coordinator at GLTN
ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT
DUTY STATION: Nairobi, Kenya with some travels
FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Land indicators Initiative Coordinator
DURATION: 12 months (renewable subject to performance and availability of funds)
CLOSING DATE: 4 January 2016
Azerbaijan begins preparing a national strategy for land consolidation
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: ABC.AZ
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The Food & Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) has launched a project in Azerbaijan, aimed at assisting in the development of a national strategy for land consolidation.
FAO land tenure officer Morten Hartvigsen has stated that in order to achieve the objectives of this project, the organization gathers a team of professionals from various related industries, such as land management, land law, land registration, rural development and gender.
Cambodian demonstrators, authorities clash at land rights protest
By: Prak Chan Thul
Date: October 10th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Cambodian land rights protesters clashed with city security guards on Monday as demonstrators in the capital Phnom Penh called on the government to end forced evictions.
South Africa: Expropriation Bill sets out process for property grabbing
By: Jan-Jan Joubert
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Times Live
The Expropriation Bill, which will set the rules under which the state can lay claim to urban and rural property, was passed by the parliamentary portfolio committee on public works yesterday.
The ANC voted in favour of the bill. The DA and UDM voted against it, the IFP abstained and the EFF was absent from proceedings.