Land Matters Media Scan – 13 April 2017

USAID

1. Ask the Expert: An Interview with Zemen Haddis, USAID (4/7/17)
   Source: LandLinks

Reports and Publications

1. Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says Oxfam (4/11/17)
   Source: The Guardian
   Related report: Moving beyond recognition: respecting the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (4/12/17)

Global

1. Tested, Cost-effective, and Practical: Secure Community Land Rights Can Help Protect the Earth and Prevent the Climate Crisis (4/12/16)
   Source: Amazon Watch press release

Africa

1. South Africa: Land Rights and Justice in South Africa (4/11/17)
   Source: Wall Street Journal (subscription req’d)
2. South Africa’s Zuma talks tough on land, though repeat of Zimbabwe unlikely (4/6/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Tanzania: At war with the in-laws: Tanzania’s evicted widows push for rights (4/5/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
4. Côte d’Ivoire: sensitization campaign on land legislation goes on (4/12/17)
   Source: Ecofin Agency
5. Senegal: World in Progress: land grabbing in Senegal – communities vs investors (4/5/17)
   Source: Deutsche Welle

Americas

1. Indigenous Guyanese villages to receive titles (4/11/17)
   Source: NationNews / GINA
2. Brazil’s land titles program improves Amazon forest protection: research (4/5/17)
   Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
3. Brazil’s land war between Indigenous people and farmers: ‘We just need to be home’ (4/7/17)
   Source: The Globe and Mail

Asia

1. India: Don’t confer forest rights to tribals in critical tiger habitats: NTCA (4/12/17)
   Source: Livemint
2. India’s landless poor can benefit from public ‘land bank’, analyst says (4/10/17)
   Source: The Express Tribune / Reuters

Pacific

1. Addressing the past, building the future: Land rights challenges in Timor-Leste (4/13/17)
   Source: Leiden Law Blog