Improved access to land and data is pivotal for the promotion of land governance reform as well as the fulfillment of human rights and sustainable development. With access to reliable data and information, informed decisions regarding land and property rights can take place.
This is the translated publication of the State of Food and Agriculture 2015, published originally by HQ.
IN’s latest resource is an introduction to the topic Land and Water Grabbing: A discussion of integrity implications and related risks, which discusses the integrity implications and risks of land and water grabbing. The essay examines the link between land and water grabbing, the people that are most impacted by this, and legal frameworks related to both land and water rights.
This information note describes the conference arrangements and provides essential logistical and practical information for delegates.
The Asia-Pacific region, despite impressive economic growth, is home to 490 million people still suffering from chronic hunger and it accounts for 62 percent of undernourished people in the world.
Land use decision making requires knowledge integration from a wide range of stakeholders across science and practice. Many participatory methods and instruments aiming at such science-practice interaction have been developed during the last decades.
Esse Caderno Pólis é fruto do projeto “Capacitação de agentes locais: instrumentos didáticos para o ensino da regulação urbanística” desenvolvido pelo Instituto Pólis e apoiado pelo Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
O ano de 2014 nos deixou a sensação inequívoca de que não será facilmente esquecido. Após a polêmica celebração dos 50 anos do golpe militar, e ainda no inquietante reverberar das jornadas de junho do ano anterior, a sociedade brasileira viveu um processo eleitoral absolutamente denso de tensões e radicalizações.
O artigo apresenta um conceito amplo de regularização fundiária, relacionado  espécie de zoneamento urbano especial denominado "Zona de Especial Interesse Social", ou, simplesmente, "Zeis".
