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4 March 2021
We are pleased to announce the opening of a public consultation on a land governance module as part of the Global Data Barometer.
What is the Global Data Barometer?
The Global Data Barometer maps the extent to which data is governed, shared, and used for the public good. It focuses…
23 February 2021
Fundo para a conservação, alimentação e saúde procura proteger os recursos naturais, melhorar a produção e distribuição de alimentos e promover a saúde pública na Ásia, na África, na América Latina e no Oriente Médio.
A fundação ajuda a construir a capacidade das organizações e coalizões com…
19 February 2021
El estudio realizado en Colombia, Brasil, Perú, Indonesia y República Democrática del Congo, concluyó que sus Gobiernos están dando prioridad a la reactivación de las economías afectadas por la pandemia, mediante la implementación de políticas que favorecen la desregularización de las actividades…
18 February 2021
Increasing land grabs endangering forest communities and wildlife as governments expand mining and agriculture to combat economic impact of Covid
Indigenous communities in some of the world’s most forested tropical countries have faced a wave of human rights abuses during the Covid-19 pandemic as…
18 February 2021
Threats against indigenous people and rainforests have risen during the coronavirus pandemic as governments have rolled back social and environmental safeguards to boost economic growth, land rights activists said on Thursday.
Governments in five countries with tropical forests have weakened legal…
15 February 2021
The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Land Information Management & Advocacy Officer to support us in leading the information and data sharing needs of the Land Portal. The Land Information Management & Advocacy Officer will ensure the development of…
12 February 2021
The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is launching the evaluation of the second phase of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) Umbrella Programme, which will end in June 2021.
They are currently looking for potential candidates to…
10 February 2021
The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual or company to provide (Open) Data Services to the Land Portal and support information and data sharing needs of the Land Portal. The (Open) Data Services consultant/company will ensure all data harvested and…
5 February 2021
Good land administration helps to secure property tenures. It also protects the land rights of people (including individuals, communities, and the state) through good governance principles and practices. Therefore, probing land administration practices—whether in developed or developing countries—…
5 February 2021
Representatives from Lantmäteriet, the Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority, and Cadasta Foundation shared experiences from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-funded Advanced International Training Programme for Applied Land Governance. The discussion focused on how the…
4 February 2021
Nominations Open Now!
Deadline for Nomination - 28th February 2021
“The most important lesson…derived from the intellectual journey I have outlined…is that humans have a more complex motivational structure and more capability to solve social dilemmas than posited in earlier rational-…
4 February 2021
The Arab Land Initiative, facilitated by the Global Land Tool Network and UN-Habitat, is launching a call for proposals to solicit the interest from organisations working in the Arab region to the twinning arrangement initiative. The initiative aims at pairing two organisations from countries in…