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Land and Covid-19

As governments press pause on economic activities and people change their work and social behaviors to halt the spread of COVID-19, there are several hidden dimensions that can put pressure on land governance and management and threaten the land rights security of millions worldwide. In this section, we’ve put together the latest news on how COVID-19 affects various dimensions of land rights.  

 

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Banner image of the Carmen Pit, an open-pit copper mine site in Toledo, Cebu in the central Philippines, image taken in April 2016. Image by P199 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits

15 April 2021
Philippines
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
COVID-19
land law
land policies
environment
deforestation
land use
mining
land conflicts
indigenous land rights
land rights activists
extractive industries
  • President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a ban on issuing licenses for new mining operations in the Philippines, marking an about-face from a previous anti-mining stance that saw him ban open-pit mining in 2017 and close or suspend 26 mining operations for environmental violations.
Uzbek Farmers Unhappy With President's Order Giving Land To Jobless Youth

Uzbek Farmers Unhappy With President's Order Giving Land To Jobless Youth

14 March 2021
Uzbekistan
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
COVID-19
land governance
agrarian reform
farming systems
agriculture
land acquisitions
compulsory acquisitions
farmers
tenant farmers
government


Main photo: Farmers complain that not only will they lose income without compensation, but they even have to pay taxes on the land they are forced to give away.

Credit: UN Women/Yihui Yuan.

International Women's Day 2021: Fighting for Women's Land Rights

8 March 2021
Global
Land & Gender
COVID-19
land administration
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
land governance
land inheritance rights
land policies
land rights
property rights
marital property rights
women

This year’s theme for the International Day,"Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world", celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Food Security and COVID-19

Food Security and COVID-19

Policy Papers & Briefs
June 2021
Kenya
Angola
Chad
Liberia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Guatemala
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Pakistan
Global
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
COVID-19
land governance
sustainable development
food security
agricultural land management
agriculture
farmers
smallholders

June 4, 2021 -- An increasing number of countries are facing growing levels of acute food insecurity, reversing years of development gains. Even before COVID-19 reduced incomes and disrupted supply chains, chronic and acute hunger were on the rise due to various factors including conflict, socio-economic conditions, natural hazards, climate change and pests.

Land Portal Annual Report 2020

Land Portal Annual Report 2020

Reports & Research
June 2021
Global
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
COVID-19
land administration
land information systems
land governance
sustainable development
land rights
government
local communities
open data

Long-term, sustainable and responsible ways to access and share data are fundamental to all efforts to support sustainable development and particularly salient to improving land governance and securing land rights for landless and vulnerable people.

Zero draft of the Ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2021 session of the Economic and Social Council

Reports & Research
April 2021
Global
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
COVID-19
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
sustainable development
hunger
climate change
natural resources
conflicts
land rights
The High-level Political Forum is the United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.
 
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Events

LANDac Conference 2021

LANDac Conference 2021

30 June 2021 to 2 July 2021
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
COVID-19
land administration
land governance
land law
environment
climate change
farming systems
agriculture
land rights
land tenure
customary tenure
tenure security

Land, Crisis and Resilience

30 June – 2 July 2021
afternoons (CEST), online

The LANDac Annual International Conference offers a podium for knowledge exchange between researchers, practitioners and private sector representatives interested in land governance for equitable and sustainable development. Anticipating that the COVID-19 global crisis will continue to restrict travel and large-scale events, the LANDac Annual International Conference 2021 will be held in an online format.

Organizers: 
LANDac
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Blogs

Facilitating a Coordinated Response

Facilitating a Coordinated Response

27 April 2020
Angola
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
COVID-19
sustainable development
food security
agricultural land management
natural resources management

By Grace Goodrich

In the second part of an exclusive with Africa Oil & Power, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s Director for Africa, Paul Akiwumi, discusses trade facilitation reforms, debt relief programs and Official Development Assistance as instruments of aid for Angola during COVID-19.

What role will trade facilitation and policy reforms play in helping reduce Angola’s dependence on fuel exports?

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Unequal land, unequal societies

7 December 2021
Authors: 
Prof. Ian Scoones
Zimbabwe
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
COVID-19
land administration
land documentation
land governance
sustainable development
expropriation
land reform
land distribution
land use
farming systems
land rights
landlessness
land access
tenure security
farmers
rural population
youth
women

A really important report from the International Land Coalition and Oxfam is just out called ‘Uneven Ground: Land Inequality at the Heart of Unequal Societies’, along with 17 supporting papers. Through new analysis it shows that land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.

Land and compensation in Zimbabwe: frequently asked questions

Land and compensation in Zimbabwe: frequently asked questions

23 November 2020
Authors: 
Prof. Ian Scoones
Zimbabwe
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
COVID-19
land administration
land governance
poverty
expropriation
food security
land law
land policies
land reform
land management
communal territory
land acquisitions
compensation
land allocation
land investments
land grabbing
land tax
displacement
land access
land dispute
farmers

The debate about compensation of former white farmers in Zimbabwe continues to rage. The compensation agreement signed in July agreed a total amount of US$3.5 billion to pay for ‘improvements’ to the land that was expropriated. After 20 years of discussion, this was a major step forward. However, there seem to be multiple positions on the agreement and little consensus, along with much misunderstanding. However, some things are happening, and a joint resource mobilisation committee has been established with technical support from the World Bank and others.

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