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Opportunity for two land governance research consultants

ALGER - Plus de 1,2 million d'hectares de terres relevant du domaine privé de l'Etat à mettre en valeur dans le cadre de la concession ont été recensés, a annoncé le Directeur général de l'Office national des terres agricoles (ONTA), Mohamed Ameziane Lanasri.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new interactive online course, which provides a concise and engaging overview of one of its highly valuable knowledge-sharing platforms for low- and middle-income countries. The new modern, time-efficient online course provides an overview of the AGORA collection and Research4Life.

The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as well as researchers and consumer associations. These exchanges between actors from the four corners of the globe enable us to better understand the local and international stakes, the successes and the difficulties of these mobilizations, which all have in common that they are working towards a society based on peasant and feminist agriculture in harmony with ecosystems. You can listen to all the episodes on this page and on the various platforms:

The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as well as researchers and consumer associations. These exchanges between actors from the four corners of the globe enable us to better understand the local and international stakes, the successes and the difficulties of these mobilizations, which all have in common that they are working towards a society based on peasant and feminist agriculture in harmony with ecosystems. You can listen to all the episodes on this page and on the various platforms:

Global Land Alliance is contracting a part-time communications specialist to implement the communications strategy for its Prindex initiative. The main role of the communications specialist is to communicate and engage core audiences around Prindex's findings on citizens’ perceptions of tenure security in 100+ countries. 

Interview with a same-sex couple who requested a joint title to formalize their property in Colombia.

This year, the Land Portal marks 15 years in action. We began as a simple, yet ambitious, website in 2009 by aggregating fragmented land data for people searching for free, reliable information to support land rights protection for vulnerable people.