This blog post from Transparency International and the Land Portal is a small preview of the discussion we're co-organizing at the World Bank Land Conference next month. The focus is on moving from awareness to action with strategies to secure land tenure and access, while scaling up initiatives, investments, and policy reforms for climate change mitigation and adaptation - including tools to monitor transparency and corruption.
How to ensure transparency in land governance to counter grand corruption: A practical guide
22 April 2025
This blog post from Transparency International and the Land Portal is a small preview of the discussion we're co-organizing at the World Bank Land Conference next month. The focus is on moving from awareness to action with strategies to secure land tenure and access, while scaling up initiatives, investments, and policy reforms for climate change mitigation and adaptation - including tools to monitor transparency and corruption.
A key to carbon justice? Integrating land rights into national carbon frameworks
Introduction to NASA Earth Observations and Tools for Operational Wildfire Monitoring and Management
Introduction to NASA Earth Observations and Tools for Operational Wildfire Monitoring and Management
16 April 2025 - 30 April 2025
Wildland fire managers, scientists and the public benefit from timely and easy to access information about current fire activity to provide information about potential risks and support suppression activities. NASA provides multiple sources of time sensitive satellite imagery and derived data products within the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS).
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)
News & Events
Access the latest land news from trusted sources, discover events happening in your region and online, and read blogs by Land Portal users from around the world.
Recent events
Land, Life and Society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20
7 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
Cape Town
South Africa
A global conversation about the politics of land and resource struggles in an era of global and local crises
7-9 October 2025
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
PLAAS is pleased to announce our upcoming international conference on Land, Life and Society.
Organizers
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
Conferência sobre Gênero nos Sistemas Alimentares, da Terra e da Água 2025
7 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
Cidado do Cabo
Africa do Sul
A conferência bienal de pesquisa de gênero do CGIAR de 2025 será realizada de 7 a 9 de outubro de 2025 na Cidade do Cabo, África do Sul. O tema da conferência é “Acelerando a igualdade nos sistemas alimentares, da terra e da água:Impulsionando soluções por meio de evidências e aprendizado”.
Recent blogs
Land management milestones
15 April 2025
In response to such challenges, UN Environment, in partnership with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is implementing a Global Environment Facility-funded project to strengthen the sustainable management of pastoral rangelands and protect biodiversity.
Recent News
Land Portal Survey 2025
16 April 2025
Land Portal is always trying to improve its service to valued users like you. Please take 5 minutes to complete this short survey so that we can improve. Your responses are anonymous, so please answer honestly. Thank you very much for your help.
Support to Responsible Agriculture Investments presents its projects in the region of Gambella
24 March 2025
The visit from GIZ Ethiopia and Djibouti Country Director provided a comprehensive look at the project’s impact on agricultural investment, digital land management, and community engagement.
Opportunity: Land Governance Research Consultant for the Arab States
21 March 2025
The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated research consultant to conduct desk research about various land governance issues, as well as on land data governance, with a focus on the Arab States.
Please note the extended deadline: 13 April 2025 at midnight CET.
Opportunity: Senior Drupal Developer and Data Architect to conduct an assessment
13 March 2025
We are seeking a Drupal expert and data architect to conduct an assessment of the Land Portal Foundation's (https://landportal.org/) technologies and practices that sustain its main website and sub-domains as open data platforms. The expert should advise us on how to improve our sites’ performance and our data management technologies and practices. The recruitment for this consultancy is done jointly with Abt Britain and will be divided into two parts: