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28 February 2023
One of our main goals and missions at the Land Portal is to help democratize the information landscape on land. More specfifically, the Land Portal Foundation was established to create, curate and disseminate land governance information by fostering an inclusive and accessible data landscape. This International Open Data Day, set to take place on March 4th, we invite you to read more of our latest content on our open data related!
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28 February 2023
Land Ownership and the State of Open Data
This article was first published on the Data for Development website as part of their advance update on the State of Open Data 2nd Edition.
27 February 2023
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The day aims to celebrate women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education.
21 February 2023
This blog post is part of the series What to Read.
After the “land rush” in 2007/08, researchers and civil society investigated the speed and scale of this phenomenon or highlighted single case studies. 15 years on, communities who lost their homes in the land rush continue to fight for their rights and get support from civil society, international organizations, and the media.
16 February 2023
Today, I am on board the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship, as we confront the fossil fuel company, Shell, for its role in causing climate devastation around the world - while paying nothing for this destruction. It is now a trend almost everywhere in the world, fossil fuel and oil extraction are becoming the new trend and a real treasure, to a chosen few. True, governments do need money, and it seems easier and quicker for them to have it through the exploitation of fossil fuels.
15 February 2023
We thank our departing board members, chair Timothy Fella and Dr. Ritu Verma, for their longstanding commitment to and support of the Land Portal. They helped guide the Land Portal through major growth and transition during the last six years, and their counsel has been invaluable in shaping our work. Dr. Elizabeth Daley, current secretary, will assume the chairship of the board.
15 February 2023
Land Portal Welcomes Dr. Cynthia Caron and Dr. Richard Baldwin to Board of Directors,
07 February 2023
Two months ago, the Land Rights Standard was launched alongside the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP27) in Egypt—a first-of-its-kind document developed over the course of three years with more than 70 Indigenous, local, and Afro-descendant groups, elegantly but firmly laying out pathways for “taking into account and respecting their distinct and differentiated rights, including their autonomy, priorities, and cosmovision,” as is stated in its preamble.
Now comes the real work: bringing the words of
02 February 2023
Webinar Recap:
Uncovering Land Data Opportunities in Senegal
10 January 2023
This article first appeared in the Review of African Political Economy on the 10th January 2023
06 January 2023
Forests around the world play a major role in curbing or contributing to climate change. Standing, healthy forests sequester more atmospheric carbon than they emit and act as a carbon sink; degraded and deforested areas release stored carbon and are a carbon source.