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NEWS: Land Portal celebrates 80 country profiles
13 November 2023
We are celebrating the Land Portal's 80th country profile -- Iraq -- and the 79 that stand behind it. This rich collection represents seven years of work and underpins the Land Portal's commitment to making land information open and accessible. We publish profiles in English, French, Spanish, and…
“Justice for all in the management of land conflicts ”: Introducing a new LAND-at-scale project in Burundi
26 October 2023
The Land and Development Expertise Center (LADEC) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) are excited to announce their partnership for a new LAND-at-scale project in Burundi. Starting this year, the project will run for three years focusing on promotion equality and non-discrimination in the…
Close to 100 experts have been trained to bring about change in land use planning
8 August 2023
The right to land is a fundamental prerequisite to the other rights (economic, social, and cultural) that depend on land, and which determine the living conditions and social integration of Ethiopia’s rural and urban communities. In recent times, high rates of population growth, unregulated urban…
Projects
Women's Land Rights in Southern Africa
Durationaab: January 2009 - January 2011
Value: $3,750,000.00
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Improvement of rights and opportunities for women with respect to control over and ownership of land, leading to more gender equality and empowerment of women.
Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Enhanced Resilience
Durationaab: January 2015 - January 2018
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
USAID’s Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER) program works to increase the resilience of chronically vulnerable people, households, communities and systems in targeted agro-pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones in Niger and Burkina Faso. This will
Rwanda Land Law Project
Durationaab: January 2008 - January 2009
Value: $399,176.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The Rwanda Land Law Project provided legal, policy, and regulatory assistance to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment to implement the Organic Land Law and promote women’s land rights.
From Commitment to Practice (C2P)
Durationaab: September 2016 - March 2019
Value: £658,210.00
Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The C2P project aimed to support the operationalization of private sector commitments to addressing land rights by working closely with a leading private sector company, Illovo Sugar, to apply VGGT principles to company practice, including and piloting the application of VGGT-based Analytical Fra
Applying the VGGT to the responsible development of a large-scale oil palm plantation in Sierra Leone
Durationaab: September 2016 - March 2019
Value: £607,685.00
Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Natural Habitats Sierra Leone (NHSL) acquired an oil palm concession of over 40,000 hectares from a previous owner, planning to produce organic palm oil from plantations to be developed within it. The concession covered the entire Makpele Chiefdom, located in Pujehun District in Eastern Sierra Leo
Piloting the ‘Community Land Value Chain’ in Zambezia, Mozambique
Durationaab: September 2016 - March 2019
Value: £676,741.38
Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
ORAM with Terra Firma, provided assistance to 20 communities and 14,000 households living in and around concession areas granted by government to Portucel Mozambique, a subsidiary of the Portugal based Navigator company, for Eucalyptus plantations, intended to supply European pulp and paper market
I am not afraid to speak up
23 November 2023
Since engaging in WOLTS training, gender and land champion Sindooi is actively supporting women and widows' inheritance rights in her community.
Whose Land? - Inclusive Pathways to Land Governance
26 April 2022
How can civil society actors ensure inclusivity in their land governance work with communities? Tuesday, 26 April, 2022 10:00-11:30 AM CEST | 15:00-16:30 PM JAKARTA Both ENDS and the Land Portal Foundation held the first webinar in the Whose Land? - Inclusive Pathways to Land Governance…
