Africa is the youngest continent in the world, with a median age of around 20. This rising generation of youth presents an enormous opportunity for socio-economic development. But for Africa’s young people to unlock their full potential, they need full enjoyment of land rights – a cornerstone for economic opportunity and social empowerment.
Pathways to Responsible Agriculture in the Mekong
23 January 2025
Thursday, 23 January 2025
3:00-5:00 pm Bangkok | 9:00-11:00 am CET
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Land Portal Foundation
Mekong Region Land Governance
NEWS: Introducing the State of Land Information Index (SOLIndex)
19 December 2024
The SOLIndex assesses the completeness and openness of public sector land data at the country level. The Land Portal has developed a data dashboard for users to visualize the situation of land information by country. This interactive data dashboard marks a milestone in a journey that started over a decade ago with our first SOLI research reports.
Africa's carbon deals and the hidden tenure challenge
13 December 2024
Observers marked 2023 as a “make-or-break” year for voluntary carbon markets and a key “inflection point” for their role in addressing climate change and global deforestation. Proponents highlight that forest carbon projects channel much-needed funds towards forest protection and are pivotal to climate change mitigation. However, critics emphasize that carbon deals set incentives for over-crediting. Moreover, carbon offsetting allows the biggest emitters to simply outsource their climate mitigation efforts with potentially adverse impacts for affected communities.
News & Events
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Recent events
LANDac Annual Conference 2025
2 July 2025 to 4 July 2025
Utrecht
Netherlands
Plurality of Knowledge: The future of land governance in shifting global contexts
Utrecht, the Netherlands | 2-4 July 2025
Call for Sessions opens 18 December 2024
Organizers
LANDac
Utrecht University
World Bank Land Conference 2025
5 May 2025 to 8 May 2025
Washington
DC
United States
The World Bank Land Conference is the premier global forum for the land sector, bringing together over 1,000 participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase policy-relevant research, discuss technical issues and sector good practice, and inform policy dialogue. The Conference also aims to encourage cross-sectoral knowledge exchange and has incubated numerous investments, initiatives, and research projects led by diverse stakeholders, including the Voluntary Guidelines, the Land Governance Assessment Framework, and the Stand for Her Land Campaign. Find out more at www.worldbank.org/landconf.
Organizers
World Bank Group
Recent News
NEWS: Introducing the State of Land Information Index (SOLIndex)
19 December 2024
The SOLIndex assesses the completeness and openness of public sector land data at the country level. The Land Portal has developed a data dashboard for users to visualize the situation of land information by country. This interactive data dashboard marks a milestone in a journey that started over a decade ago with our first SOLI research reports.
Opportunity: Ad Hoc Graphic Designer
13 December 2024
Land Portal Foundation graphic design is a crucial component of optimizing our identity across all channels and has been key to building a professional brand. Our consistent marketing collateral has enabled our brand to be easily recognizable and allowed our stakeholders to quickly get familiar with what we have to offer. Our graphic design is in part a source of our credibility. We rely on strong visual foundations to communicate confidence in our work and in our expertise.
GIZ Knowledge Exchange Workshop 2024
13 December 2024
GIZ Knowledge Exchange Workshop 2024 in Senegal took a deep dive on anchoring practitioners’ experience in Responsible Land Governance Systems.