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Brazil
Brazil has one of the most advanced legal frameworks in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) related to the recognition of land and property rights.
Slum violence inspires Kenyans to tackle huge housing shortage
By: Katy Migiro
Date: 29 December 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Recently married with a one-year-old child, Joan Moraa Mbogo dreams of escaping Kenya's noisy, dirty, crime-ridden capital and buying a home close to her mother's newly-built apartment overlooking the Lukenya Hills.
Women farmers in northern India battle tradition, self-doubt to own land
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 29 December 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Anjali has worked on the land nearly all her life, first with her tenant-farmer parents, and then alongside her husband in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
But she has never owned land - a right she has been denied by inconsistent inheritance laws and her community's rigid custom that led her to believe only a man should own land.
Protesters Call for Resignation of Arakan State’s Regional House Speaker
RANGOON – Around 100 Sittwe residents called for the resignation of the Arakan State parliament speaker in a Tuesday protest over unresolved cases of land confiscation, rally participants told The Irrawaddy.
The land grabs in question date as far back as the early 1990s, when Burma was governed by a military junta. Seizures of land were reportedly carried out to develop an industrial ward in the area.
Bold land rules, domicile and investment policies mark Das’s second year in office
Ranchi: The state's NDA government headed by chief minister Raghubar Das will complete its second year on Wednesday. This is the state's first majority government.
Tanzania: Councils Directed to Set Funds for 'Own Land Use'
Thel government has ordered district councils countrywide to set aside some funds each fiscal year in order to finance "land use plans' resolutions" under them, especially in villages which are rapidly becoming urban areas. The Minister for Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development, Mr William Lukuvi, said the move would keep off sporadic land conflicts rocking the country.
China tries to reassure homeowners over land rights
Ministry tells urban owners that they won’t have to pay more after their land rights expire, but analysts say the issue must be clarified in a law
China’s land ministry has assured the country’s urban homeowners that they won’t have to pay extra money for their properties when their underlying land use rights expire, at least for now.
Job Opportunity: Senior researcher (legal tools, Natural Resources group)
IIED's legal tools team has an exciting opportunity for a French-speaking senior researcher to develop and manage action research programmes that will strengthen local rights and promote sustainable development in the governance of land and investment.
Department: Natural Resources research group
Contract type: Permanent
Cambodia: Order signals likely end to airport land dispute
By: Touch Sokha and Ananth Baliga
Date: December 23rd 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
Stakeholders call to end unsustainable land use in West Africa
By: Alex Ngari
Date: December 21st 2016
Source: BirdLife International