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Progress in Afghanistan Profiled by Agency
A USAID IMPACTblog on February 2, 2012 highlights a land tenure program in Afghanistan.
Job Announcement: Title "Management and Program Analyst (Land/Resource Tenure and Food Security Specialist)"
This notice expires close of business March 2, 2012.
Infographic on Women and Agriculture Highlights Land as a Development Constraint
A recent USAID publication titled, The Global State of Agriculture, cites access to land as one reason why women farmers are less productive than men. Structures within the statutory and customary land tenure systems compounded by societal norms in many locations limit a woman's ability to secure land. Click the links below to see the infographic and a report outlining land tenure and property rights challenges for women.
Negotiations on FAO Voluntary Guidelines to Resume in March 2012
The final round of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN's Committee on Food Security-led Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security will take place March 5-9, 2012 in Rome.
USAID Partners With Diamond Industry to Further Support PRADD Project
USAID's Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) project has partnered with the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to provide training to twenty miners in Africa in Spring 2012.
USAID IMPACTblog Highlights Land Tenure Work
Yesterday's IMPACTblog included an entry by the Land Tenure Unit Team Leader, Dr. Gregory Myers. Myers, in his role as chair for a UN committee developing guidelines for land tenure, outlines the negotiation process, current progress and potential outcomes of the committee's work.
UN News Organization Highlights Land Disputes, USAID Project in Timor Leste
USAID's property rights project in Timor Leste (East Timor) plays a key role in helping settle land disputes on the small island in Southeast Asia. A recent article written by IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, describes the history of conflict surrounding land by highlighting one woman's story and outlining current progress to establishing land rights.
The U.S. Remains Committed to Protecting the Land Rights of People Around the World
PRESS RELEASE, October 19, 2011
Kenya Government Endorses New Method for Recognizing Community Land Rights
Major development in recognition of customary property rights in Kenya
The Road to Progress
How a little-known U.S. program is helping two African nations meet their KP requirements.
Seeing the Real Impact of the Kimberley Process in a “For Sale” Sign
Blog Entry in DipNote: The official US State Department Blog Site: The true impact and power of a Department of State-supported USAID program in place there since 2007, evidenced in the form of a “for sale” sign.
Launch of Focus on Land in Africa Website
On April 18-20, the Focus on Land in Africa website (www.wri.org/property-rights-africa) was launched at the World Bank Land Conference in Washington DC. The occasion proved to be a unique opportunity to make the site known to a broad audience of land tenure specialists and elicit their feedback on it.
Forest Conservation Project Empowers Community to Restore Mau Forest’s Glory
USAID is assisting the Kenya Government (GoK) to restore the forest and watersheds in the Mau Forest Complex (MFC) through a $7 million, two-year project called ProMara (for the Mara). On March 25th 2011, USAID/Kenya’s Deputy Mission Director James Hope officially launched ProMara at the project’s new Mau Outreach Center (MOC), on the outskirts of the forest. The Mau Forest Complex has a history of illegal and irregular land allocations. In 2009, GoK acted on Mau Task Force recommendations to revoke questionable titles, ordering the eviction of "illegal" settlers from the MFC. This resulted in controversy as well as uncertainty among remaining residents.
Southern Sudan Celebrates Draft Land Policy
On February 18, 2011, Tetra Tech ARD and USAID held a formal ceremony with the Southern Sudan Land Commission to officially handover the final draft of the land policy.
Roundtable Discussion on Land Access and Responsible Agribusiness Investment
On Thursday, April 21st, USAID and the MCC co-hosted a Side Event to the World Bank’s Annual Conference on Land and Poverty entitled “Roundtable Discussion on Land Access and Responsible Agribusiness Investment.”
Kenya Wildlife Service Defends Reserves from Expropriation
The Kenya SECURE Project efforts were bolstered recently by two news articles which appeared in the Kenya national newspaper, The Daily Nation. The articles underscored the attempted expropriation of land that had previously been gazetted for two national reserves for conservation purposes.
Kenya SECURE Team Leader Presents at International Conference on Biodiversity, Land Use and Climate Change
Kenya SECURE’s Team Leader, Kevin Doyle, presented at Kenya’s International Conference on Biodiversity, Land Use and Climate Change, held September 15-17, 2010 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. Sponsors of the conference included KWS, IUCN, UNEP, EAWLS, and many others.
MPs Show Support of PRADD/CAR in Visit to Mining Villages
The visit of five MPs to PRADD-supported mining villages of Sangha-Mbaere in the Central African Republic (CAR) from September 27 to 30, 2010 was a success beyond expectations.
USAID helps defend a widow’s right to land and property in Tajikistan
Ms. Fayzinisso Ashurova and her five children were unjustly evicted from their home after her husband passed away. The USAID Land Reform Project took Fayzinisso’s case to the Supreme Court, which decided in her favor.
Grassroots Women Forge Deeper Relationships with Researchers at IDRC Conference "Gendered Terrain: Women's Access to Land in Africa"
In a groundbreaking symposium on women's access to land in Africa, with mostly researchers and institutional officials as attendees, the Huairou Commission delegation provided a unique community-based perspective. The Huairou Commission delegation of 12 grassroots women leaders from Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa participated in two important panels, "Promoting Security of Tenure and Land Rights for Women in Urban Areas" and "Grassroots Women's Practices on Land Access and Control".
