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Job Opportunity: Land Portal Information Management Officer

14 February 2020
Northern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Central Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Eastern Europe
cadastral administration
community land rights
gender equity in access to land
geographical information systems
indigenous land rights
indigenous lands
land development (urbanization)
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land rights
local community
open data
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
women

The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Information Management Officer to support us in leading the information and data sharing needs of the Land Portal.  The Information Management Officer will ensure the development of information partnerships, lead the development of land information ecosystems, contribute to op

Traditional Knowledge

Job Opportunities: Local Knowledge Engagement Coordinators

3 February 2020
Northern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Central Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Eastern Europe
cadastral administration
community land rights
gender equity in access to land
geographical information systems
indigenous land rights
indigenous lands
land development (urbanization)
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land rights
local community
open data
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
women

Network of Researchers

Job Opportunity: Network of Researchers Coordinator

3 February 2020
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
cadastral administration
cadastral register
cadastres
continuum in land rights
customary land rights
geographical information systems
geomatics
indigenous land rights
indigenous tenure
land cover mapping
land rights
land use mapping
open data
research

The Land Portal Foundation seeks dynamic and highly motivated Coordinator to establish and lead an international land-related Network of  Researchers to scale up the land data and information available on the Land Portal and to cement the Land Portal’s role as a reputable sources of well-founded and accessible land information. This is a part- time position (i.e. 2 days/week) for a 12-month period, with the possibility of renewal based on performance. Women and people from the Global South are encouraged to apply.

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Countries

South Africa

South Africa - Context and Land Governance

Despite the achievement of Constitutional democracy in 1994, 'the land question' is at the heart of South Africa's struggles to overcome the cumulative legacies of nearly 350 years of white minority rule. The emotive quality of land policies evokes painful legacies fuelled by disappointments with the official land reform programme ushered in by the new Constitution of 1996. There is broad agreement that land reform programmes have not fulfilled their aims to significantly redistribute land and productive agrarian capacity, strengthen land tenure for the majority, and settle the restitution claims of victims of land dispossession.

Learn more about the successes and challenges in South Africa.

Rwanda agriculture land governance
Rwanda

Rwanda - Context and Land Governance

Rwanda is a small country and landlocked. It covers an area of 26,338 km². In Rwanda, land is an important issue due to two different characteristics: first is that Rwanda is one of the most densely populated countries in the world (416 people per km2 – (NISR, 2012). Being an agricultural country, where over 85% of its working class citizens depend on agriculture, adds more pressure on land as the sole economic capital to the rural peasants.

Learn more about successes and challenges and find more detailed land governance data in Rwanda.

Issues

Forest Landscape Restoration

Forest and Landscape Restoration

Restoration is an urgent correction to the past and current global land degradation trends, to return forest cover, improve food security, and tackle climate change – among other goals. It has been estimated over 2 billion hectares of degraded land provide opportunities for forest and landscape restoration [1]. In September 2011, world leaders launched global Bonn Challenge – a voluntary global initiative that aimed to restore 150 million hectares of degraded land by 2020 [2].

The global Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) movement is gaining momentum. Thus, it is important to clarify what FLR is, the concepts, opportunities, challenges and its future implications.

Learn more about opportunities, challenges and approaches in forest and Landscape restoration...

 

Source: http://www.bonnchallenge.org/.

 

Land in post-conflict settings

Land in Post-Conflict Settings recounted

Post-conflict situations remain strained for years and can easily relapse into violence during the first two decades. During this social, political, and economic transition phase, post-conflict countries are especially fragile and vulnerable. Increasingly acknowledged as a key driver or root cause for conflict, land is as much a critical relapse factor as it is a bottleneck to recovery [1]. In the aftermath of war, access to and control of land and natural resources often remains a sensitive issue for years which may precipitate tensions and challenge stability. At the same time, resolving land-related issues is significant to achieve sustainable and durable peace. Yet, it is just one item on a long list of issues that need to be addressed in post-conflict periods next to reconciliation and transitional justice processes, establishing security and a functioning state, economic recovery, and the rebuilding of social cohesion [2].

Learn more about land-related issues in post-conflict settings...

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