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New database wrangles data on land rights projects around the globe

29 April 2020

Global

The database was created by the Land Portal Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in the Netherlands.
Currently, the database includes hundreds of land tenure projects from the Global Map of Donors and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Job Opportunity: Land Tenure Officer

7 October 2019

Chile

The Regional Office for RLC is responsible for leading FAO's response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification, planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the region.

1 in 4 people worry about losing their home, new data confirms

17 October 2018

Global

Global survey of perceptions of property rights could help provide solutions to key development challenges

Blogs

Ten land messages from ILDC2020 that India needs to listen to

10 March 2020

Authors:

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

India

About 350 land actors from government, academia, civil society and business came together from more than 15 states and outside India to discuss and debate various land issues. In more than 30 sessions, about 150 speakers and panelists deliberated over 3 days around interdisciplinary land-conversations to generate important information and evidence for policy, practice and academics.

Ten important land messages that emerge from these land conversations are:

Securing Forest Tenure: GLA Partners to Pilot Forest Tenure Assessment Tool in three Countries

26 February 2020

Authors:

Mr. Malcolm Childress

Zambia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Myanmar

Forests are critically important for many of the world’s poor who depend on them for food, income, medicine and building materials. As such, forests are a nexus of broadly held policy goals such as poverty reduction, economic growth, conservation and climate change. Most forests in the developing world are governed, in practice, through community-based tenure systems.

Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

25 January 2019

Authors:

Mr. Peter Veit

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Global

There is a strong and compelling environment and development case to be made for securing indigenous and community lands. Securing collective land rights offers a low-cost, high-reward investment for developing country governments and their partners to meet national development objectives and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Securing community lands is also a cost-effective climate mitigation measure for countries when compared to other carbon capture and storage approaches.

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LANDac Online Encounter 2020: Closing panel & discussion

3 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

LANDac – the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development – brings together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and business professionals in the field of land governance and development.

Organizers:

LANDac

Agriterra

Utrecht University

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

African Studies Centre Leiden

Royal Tropical Institute

Land Portal Foundation

Oxfam Novib

Wageningen University & Research

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

LANDac Online Encounter 2020: The Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation and Parallel Sessions

2 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Africa

Global

Informal settlements in areas that are already disaster prone are an increasing problem. Climate adaptation is also often used as an excuse fo evictions to redevelop sites in a more climate-proof manner in what is often referred to as ‘climate gentrification.

Organizers:

Land Portal Foundation

Utrecht University

Prindex

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

LANDac Online Encounter 2020: Covid-19 Crisis and Land Governance and Parallel Sessions

1 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

In this webinar, LANDac, the LANDdialogue and the Land Portal Foundation will take stock of the emerging insights on the immediate and mid- to long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on equitable and sustainable land governance.

Organizers:

LANDac

Land Portal Foundation

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Webinar Report: The Role of Land Certification in Securing Women's Land Rights on Collective Lands

Reports & Research

January 2020

Ethiopia

Uganda

Peru

Indonesia

Evidence shows that women can benefit from having individualised land rights formalized in their names. However, similar evidence is not available for formalization of land rights that are based on collective tenure. Studies have estimated that as much as 65 percent of the world’s land is held under customary, collective-tenure systems.

The Network Recap – June 2018

Conference Papers & Reports

July 2018

Global

Land sector challenges are vast and complex. Insecure rights to land continues to affect more than 2 billion people living in urban and rural informality worldwide, with women, youth and indigenous people faring the worst. We need more strategic partnerships, at all levels, that drive innovative thinking and provide practical solutions to these tenure security challenges.

Land rights and investments: why the IFC performance standards are not enough

Reports & Research

October 2019

Global

Key messages:

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Organizations

Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

VISION: To become a centre of excellence in promoting the application of appropriate land policies, laws and management practices by empowering society through innovative and knowledge based advocacy and capacity building in Kenya and the region.

LDGI values of Integrity, Trust and Professionalism influence the way we work every day and everywhere.

Suyo

Suyo is a public benefit corporation that unlocks the transformational impact of secure property rights by making it easier and more affordable for low-income families to formalize their property. Empowered with formal recognition of their property rights, low-income families have access to numerous benefits that help lift them out of poverty, such as credit, home ownership security and the ability to transfer rights.

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