Latin America and the Caribbean
Massive Land Formalization Campaigns Begin Delivering Rural Land Titles
20 March 2023
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
How Illegal Mining Caused a Humanitarian Crisis in the Amazon
7 February 2023
The onslaught of illegal miners into Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon has destroyed forest, polluted rivers, and brought disease and malnutrition to the Yanomami people. Now, the new Brazilian government is confronting a health crisis and moving to evict the miners.
Preparing Land Experts in Colombia
14 November 2022
Law schools in Cauca, Colombia are partnering with USAID to promote courses on land and property administration to respond to a growing need in human resources and expertise in land issues.
Latin America and the Caribbean
projects
Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
Value: $15,281,096.00
Donors: Government of Belgium
Tool for designing, monitoring and evaluating land administration programmes in Latin America
Donors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
SETTLER ATTACK BURNS WILU AND LEAVES AT LEAST 7 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DEAD
13 March 2023
CALPI received information that the community of Wilú has been attacked by settlers on March 11, 2023 and that on March 10, 2023, three Mayangna community members and two children members of the Mískitu indigenous people were kidnapped; the kidnapped people were on their way from the community of…
Pandemic, social unrest and war echoing in the Amazon
Recent global events have had dyre impacts on the world's remaining forests, particularly in tropical regions.
