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Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

16 March 2021
Indonesia
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
deforestation
agriculture
nature reserves
land investments
  • 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.
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.

The Land Portal launches third annual land data stories contest

8 March 2021
Global
urbanization
land investments
community land rights
indigenous land rights
monitoring
women
open data

In honor of International Open Data Day, having taken place on March 6th, we would like to invite you to submit your data story to the Land Portal.  Read more below!

 

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Improving land governance for Palestinian farmers

5 March 2021
Palestine
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
tenure security

Palestinian farmers in the West Bank mainly engage in low intensity agriculture. Despite great agricultural potential, the prospect of losing access to the land impacts negatively on the willingness of farmers to invest in sustainable agricultural intensification.

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