14 June 2022
Global
Organizers:
Land Portal Foundation
Both ENDS
18 May 2022
Africa
South Africa
Cambodia
Thailand
Global
The Land Portal advocates for more and better open land data, but more and better have never been our end objectives. Data must be used; it needs a purpose. One of the ways we practice what we preach is through our data stories.
17 May 2022
Global
The Land Portal, Global Data Barometer, and Open Data Charter are working together at the nexus of open data and land governance.
Organizers:
Land Portal Foundation
Open Data Charter
Global Data Barometer
News & Events
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Recent events
14 November 2022 to 15 November 2022
Southern Africa
CALL FOR PAPERS - CLOSING DATE 1 MAY 2022
11 September 2022 to 15 September 2022
Location
Warsaw
Poland
See map: Google Maps
PL
Global
It is a real honour to host the FIG Congress 2022 in Warsaw, Poland. The Conference will be held 11-15 September 2022 in Warsaw, Poland at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw.
Organizers:
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
Recent blogs
16 May 2022
South Africa
20 May 2022
Global
"At last, we are beginning to harvest more than 100 years
of international advocacy of Indigenous peoples."
- Dr. Myrna Cunningham Kain, on her initial reactions to the $1.7 billion pledge
Recent news
19 May 2022
South Africa
In less than a month, Nelson Mandela Bay will become the first South African metro to run out of water. In an appeal and warning that is almost unimaginable, the metro’s water chief has called for prayers as the disaster moves closer, confirming that water for drinking, washing, flushing toilets and fighting fires will be severely limited.
13 May 2022
China
India
Some local Tibetans say they are worried about Chinese soldiers in their area.
(Main photo: A view of Pangong Lake on the border with India and China, April 24, 2022.)
A bridge being built by China across Pangong Lake in a disputed section of northwest India could further inflame tensions between the two countries, experts on the border dispute said.
19 May 2022
Bangladesh
- Several tribal settlements are spread across Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region, each with its own communally managed forest that residents can use.
- But the unchecked exploitation of the once-rich forests, a consequence of population growth, has led to local water holes drying up, forcing many residents to leave the villages.
19 May 2022
South Africa
This is what it looks like when unregulated, illegal mining meets governance failure – a fire in a coal mine that has been burning for weeks, leaving nearby communities choking in the fumes. Perhaps most worryingly, nobody knows the extent to which fires may be burning underground.