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3 Junio 2019
Earlier this year, in honor of International Open Data Day, which took place on March 2nd, we put out a call, asking Land Portal users and any and all interested to submit their very own data stories to the Land Portal. What we were looking for were stories that were unique and original, and that…
26 Mayo 2019
By Kathleen Buckingham
Trees have become an iconic image of environmentalism, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we should plant millions of them.
While scale is important for landscape restoration, we need to reconsider quality and not just quantity. When does the presence of a tree really make…
26 Mayo 2019
By Kathleen Buckingham and Lars Laestadius
This is the third installment of WRI’s blog series, New Perspectives on Restoration. The series aims to share WRI’s views on restoration, dispel myths, and explore restoration opportunities throughout the world.
Forest and Landscape Restoration is an…
26 Mayo 2019
By Robert Winterbottom
This is the first installment of WRI’s blog series, New Perspectives on Restoration. The series aims to share WRI’s views on restoration, dispel myths, and explore restoration opportunities throughout the world.
Almost half of the world’s original forests have been…
24 Mayo 2019
This coming weekend, Openhack will be hosting Openhack Gothernburg 2019. Openhack is a collaborative community where ideas and knowledge are exchanged in order to solve humanitarian challenges through open source development. Hackathons are physical meetings that take place and innovations are…
23 Mayo 2019
This week an important new book on ‘The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons’ was launched by IDRC and African Minds. The book takes stock of a decade of progress on open data around the world, and across a range of different sectors, and includes a chapter on Open Data and Land Ownership…
Case for optimism: Real-world success stories of indigenous and rural women claiming their rights ()
23 Mayo 2019
Across the globe, indigenous and rural women make invaluable contributions to their communities and toward global sustainable development and climate goals. They use, manage, and conserve the community territories that comprise over 50 percent of the world’s land and support up to 2.5 billion…
10 Mayo 2019
La aprobación y adopción de la Declaración sobre los Derechos de los Campesinos y Otras Personas que Trabajan en las Zonas Rurales representa un hecho histórico para el propio sistema internacional de derechos humanos, así como para las comunidades campesinas del mundo. Ha sido una lucha de más de…
The Road to Nairobi: The Land Portal Gathering Land Data Stakeholders for Data Workshop and Festival ()
7 Mayo 2019
There is no doubt that the Data Revolution is upon us. Geo-spatial monitoring, citizen-generated and crowd-sourced data, almost ethereal and intangible concepts just a few years ago, are beginning to make their way into everyday lexicon. More data are being produced today than ever before, from a…
3 Mayo 2019
Like many homeowners in the US, I have a pile of mortgage papers and the deed to our house cluttering my cabinets, and I don’t give them much thought. Likewise, renters have a lease document—usually kept in a folder somewhere—that formalizes their right to use and enjoy that dwelling.
Having a…
30 Abril 2019
On March 27, 2019, the Research Consortium hosted a happy hour at the 2019 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference. The event attracted a mix of attendees from the conference, including leaders in the field of land rights and land tenure security. The happy hour reception was a chance for the…