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Kenya: Residents Blame Tycoons for Land Grabbing
By: Kalume Kazungu
Date: March 21st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
A section of residents have called on the county government to intervene and help them recover their land which they claim has been grabbed by tycoons.
Mr Musa Aden who spoke on behalf of the residents of Nagele village in Witu on Sunday said those who have allegedly stolen their ancestral land are using money to frustrate their efforts to recover it.
No concern too small for mediators trying to limit Mumbai land disputes
By: Rina Chandran
Date: September 13th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When India's Tata Power engaged SPARC, a group focused on housing for the urban poor, to help relocate hundreds of families living under and around its distribution towers, it was the start of a long, complex process.
Scholarships for Land Governance course organized by Wageningen University & Research
The Land Governance course challenges forest and nature management professionals to adopt an integrative perspective, to look beyond the forest, and build bridges between the public and the private sector. It focuses on the development of institutional development at landscape level including multistakeholder platforms and networks, and financial support mechanisms to guide landscape dynamics on the ground.
Malaysia: Committee formed to look into land rights of indigenous people
By: Bernama
Date: April 8th 2016
Source: Borneo Post Online
PUTRAJAYA: A working committee has been set up to ensure the 50 recommendations by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) after an inquiry process into the land rights of indigenous peoples of Malaysia are carried out within the recommended time frame.
Nepal: Private sector's role key for well-managed urbanization
By: Republica
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: My República
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Experts have said that the private sector has a key role in ushering in well-managed urbanization in the country.
Ethiopia: "Political will and skills development essential for good land governance"
By: Hasabe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: New Business Ethiopia
The 2030 Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals) cannot be achieved without the introduction of modern land management systems accompanied by good land governance, Ethiopian President said.
Afghan women to be given 'fair share' in property rights drive - land authority
By Zabihullah Noori
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In conservative Afghanistan, properties usually registered to men but there are plans to issue joint ownership rights to married couples