DECEMBER 1, 2011 — NPR News aired a story about Landesa and its partners in Odisha, India who are helping poor rural families gain legal title to their own piece of land. Corey Flintoff reports: >> Listen to the 4-minute story on NPR
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The New Times — In partnership with the Rwanda Cadastre Service and government authorities, Landesa helped support a major land registration effort in Rwanda's Eastern Province that corrected more than 75,000 land records, strengthened tenure security, and reduced long-standing land disputes for thousands of landowners.
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Land disputes ease as govt fixes boundary errors
The New Times — In an article on Rwanda’s effort to correct more than 222,000 land boundary errors, Landesa’s Jossam Potel was quoted on how inaccurate records fuel disputes and undermine families’ economic security, highlighting Landesa’s collaboration with the National Land Authority to support more than 54,000 corrected land titles in eastern districts.
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Yapen Customary Land Now Has Legal Umbrella
KabarPapua.co — A strategic workshop advanced the administration and registration of customary land under Indonesia’s Ministerial Regulation No. 14 of 2024, highlighting Landesa’s partnership with the Yapen Islands Regency Government to strengthen state recognition of customary land and protect mangrove ecosystems as part of Indigenous territories.
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