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24 March 2023
Africa
The Ethiopian government is striving to enhance responsible agricultural investment that can meet nationally, regionally, and internationally accepted principles, according to Ministry of Agriculture.
23 March 2023
Global
World leaders are currently coming together in New York from 22 – 24 March for the first water UN Water Conference in more than 40 years: their aim, to avert a global water crisis. But for farmers in Eastern Africa facing catastrophic food insecurity due to the sixth failed rainy season, or pastoralists who have lost over eleven million animals since drought started in 2020, the crisis is already here.
23 March 2023
Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme in which billions of dollars’ worth of gold is smuggled every month from Zimbabwe to Dubai, allowing criminals to whitewash dirty money through a web of shell companies, fake invoices and paid-off officials.
23 March 2023
Africa
The Ethiopian Federal Democratic Republic of Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH implemented Responsible Governance of Investment in Land (RGIL) project has organized the third Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue (MSD) on Responsible Governance of Investment in Land (RGIL) at the national level from 21 to 22 March 2023 here in Addis Ababa. The National MSD aims at enhancing general awareness of responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia, discussed the key challenges in the large-scale agricultural investment facing Ethiopia and proposes potential policy and legal solutions to the identified bottlenecks in the sector.
20 March 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Colombia
With USAID support through the Land for Prosperity Activity, the Colombian government has begun delivering land titles as part of a far-reaching project to transform the territory and meet the Peace Accord commitments
20 March 2023
Malawi
Land Portal Publishes New State of Land Information Report for Malawi
During the colonial era, data and information was largely treated as confidential in Malawi. According to Mambulasa (2016), many statutes in Malawi dating back to colonial times promote government secrecy and the withholding of public information. This has resulted in lingering land administration and management challenges. Land-related problems have been a constant feature of Malawian society, including the pre-colonial, colonial and post independence period starting in 1964.
19 March 2023
Malaysia
Malaysian states that offer land in strategic locations for free or at a nominal premium rate will be given priority by the government in the construction of people’s housing projects
15 March 2023
Costa Rica
Este reportaje fue desarrollado y publicado a través de una asociación entre El Colectivo 506, Land Portal y PopNews. La iniciativa, organizada por PopNews, una organización dedicada a compartir soluciones destacadas en reportajes de periodismo, invitó a estudiantes de periodismo a enviar propuestas de historias para ser editadas y publicadas en El Colectivo 506. Esta historia en particular es parte del proyecto de Nieves Zúñiga para la Beca LEDE 2022, un programa de la Red de Periodismo de Soluciones, y en colaboración con Land Portal.
14 March 2023
Laos
Lao villagers worry that compensation for Pak Beng Dam will be too low
13 March 2023
Cambodia
Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available in 2009, with indigenous activists and rights groups bemoaning the notoriously slow process.
9 March 2023
Southern Asia
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Secure land rights for women and girls are linked to increased women’s leadership and autonomy, enhanced economic opportunities, better social security, safety and dignified societal standing.
9 March 2023
Indonesia
Indonesia's mangrove restoration plan faces a major hurdle, with less than a third of the target area is actually viable for restoration.