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3 April 2021
Mongolia
Dzuds, a weather phenomenon characterized by extreme cold, used to be unusual. Now, they’re becoming the new normal.
2 April 2021
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
The Land Portal Foundation seeks six dynamic and highly motivated regional consultants to conduct research about the land governance context in specific countries, as well as, to develop partnerships and to communicate land information. These are part-time (5 days a month) for a 12-month period, with the possibility of renewal based on performance and depending on funding availability.
29 March 2021
Pakistan
Trend of large once green swathes of land turned into concrete jungles in recent years has environmentalists concerned
FAISALABAD, Pakistan
A mounting housing crunch is fast devouring Pakistan's agricultural lands, which may have cascading effects on the country's food security in years to come.
26 March 2021
Global
Since the 1980s, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) manages and publishes the AGROVOC Multilingual Thesaurus, which thematically covers FAO’s areas of interest with more than 39 000 concepts and 800 000 terms organized hierarchically.
25 March 2021
Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan army and forestry department has continued its ban on Tamil villagers of North Nedungeeni Vedivaithakal in Vavuniya from entering the village.
25 March 2021
Pakistan
The Balochistan High Court (BHC), in a landmark judgment, has declared that the ‘unsettled land’ of Pakistan’s largest province belongs to the indigenous tribes and not the provincial government.
25 March 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean
Improving tenure of forests by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples can lower deforestation rates and biodiversity loss, avoiding C02 emissions, but more investment is urgently needed to address rising threats.
23 March 2021
Colombia
LAND-at-scale has started to work in Colombia on land formalization through a Fit for purpose approach in Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities.
22 March 2021
Mali
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is seeking (an) organization(s) to implement the LAND-at-scale intervention in Mali.
17 March 2021
Ethiopia
Originally shared via newsletter from the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme
16 March 2021
Indonesia
- Indonesia’s annual fire season has started again, with hotspots detected in 10 provinces.
- Some of the fires have been detected in protected areas with large swaths of peatland.
- The government says it’s preparing to carry out cloud seeding to induce rainfall in affected areas.
14 March 2021
Uzbekistan