Take part in the events organized by the Land Portal, which cover a range of issues including women’s land rights, open data, land corruption and property inheritance. Everyone is welcome to participate: be it to share experiences, ask questions, contribute expertise or simply listen-in and learn more. Get in touch if you want to organize an event with us.
Calculating Spectral Indices for Land and Aquatic Applications Using QGIS
This training will provide an overview of spectral indices for land and aquatic applications as they are calculated with a QGIS platform. Specifically, this training will begin with an introduction to the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), along with its calculation, uses, and applications in diverse thematic areas (agriculture, disasters, etc.).
Land Data Tools & Collaboration for Resilience in the Arab Region
Webinars
Exploring sustainable financing of land registration and land governance
27 February 2025, 15:00-16:30 CET
Pathways to Responsible Agriculture in the Mekong
The Land Portal Foundation and Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) joined together for this webinar to explore how agricultural transitions are reshaping rural livelihoods, forests, and ecosystems in the Mekong region. The expansion of industrial crops further into marginal uplands and the integration of smallholder farmers into transnational value chains are transforming rural livelihoods rapidly, creating new economic opportunities while excluding communities from access to their customary land and natural resources, while also increasing deforestation and environmental risks.
Virtual Conferences and Workshops
Regional webinars on integrating land tenure into restoration initiatives
These webinars aim to raise awareness on the value of tenure security and its contribution to biodiversity conservation, sustainable land management, ecosystem restoration, and climate change mitigation and adaptation while improving food security and local livelihoods.
Introducing the State of Land Information Index
This side event will serve to introduce the Land Portal’s State of Land Information Index (SOLIndex), which measures openness of land data at the country and global level. The aim of this index is to make land-related findings more actionable and to complement existing land governance monitoring systems, such as tools developed by GLTN. The SOLIndex provides an overall indicator that assesses the openness of land data and information at global and country levels. The SOLIndex can be used as a diagnostic and advocacy tool for making land data more open and inclusive in support of good land governance.
This side event will explore the range of indicators that constitute the index, explore strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the collection of these indicators in an effort to obtain and incorporate feedback from GLTN Partners into the process of validating the indicator.
Debates
In-person events
Data Collaboratives and Tools for Resilience in the Arab Region
WEDNESDAY 19 Feb 2025 (13:30 - 15:00 CET)
Land data is a powerful tool to address the Arab region's pressing challenges in managing land, ranging from climate change impacts to social inequalities and ongoing conflicts. However, significant gaps in land data, exacerbated by closed data systems, limit equitable access to information, hinder informed decision-making and widen developmental gaps, with the significant displacement of people within the region, specifically marginalized groups and IDPs.
Land Rights for Sustainable Development - The Role of Data
Having secure land tenure, ensuring people's confidence in accessing, controlling and utilizing their land, is crucial for promoting sustainable land management practices. It also plays a key role in building resilience against the impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and increased desertification due to higher temperatures.
