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24 Mayo 2021
In the Mekong region, agriculture (including forestry and fisheries) employs over 43% of the population and contributes to around 16% to the regional GDP, making it an important sector for investment. Agricultural investment can be key to support economic growth, enhance food security and nutrition…
21 Mayo 2021
During Session 3 of the 3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum, we will talk about free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) standards, with the intention to address common concerns of government agencies and private investors about perceived challenges and risks in relation to FPIC application. The session…
21 Mayo 2021
The impacts of agribusiness and plantation investments on the forests of the Mekong region have been widely documented. Taken together, much of this evidence paints a picture of global economic forces bearing down on fragile ecosystems and ethnically diverse communities of smallholder farmers. What…
Customary tenure meets responsible agricultural investments: Country Insights Digest #1 - May 2021 ()
18 Mayo 2021
How many good land reports go unnoticed because there is too much information to choose from in the first place?
Bearing this in mind, Land Portal developed the Country Insights digest* - a reflection on some of the most important new articles and reports that aims to identify the most current…
Customary tenure meets responsible agricultural investments: Country Insights Digest #1 - May 2021 ()
18 Mayo 2021
How many good land reports go unnoticed because there is too much information to choose from in the first place?
Bearing this in mind, Land Portal developed the Country Insights digest* - a reflection on some of the most important new articles and reports that aims to identify the most current…
18 Mayo 2021
La tenencia consuetudinaria se encuentra con las inversiones agrícolas responsables
Boletín de Perspectivas País N.1 / Mayo 2021
¿Cuántos buenos informes sobre la tierra pasan desapercibidos porque hay demasiada información entre la que elegir?
Teniendo esto en cuenta, Land Portal…
18 Mayo 2021
La tenencia consuetudinaria se encuentra con las inversiones agrícolas responsables
Boletín de Perspectivas País N.1 / Mayo 2021
¿Cuántos buenos informes sobre la tierra pasan desapercibidos porque hay demasiada información entre la que elegir?
Teniendo esto en cuenta, Land Portal…
7 Mayo 2021
Around five hundred people from civil society, academia, government, private industry, and development agencies will be gathering in a few weeks for the 2021 Mekong Regional Land Forum (#MRLF2021).
We're coming together as reform-minded actors within and beyond the region to engage in debate on…
17 Abril 2018
Much of the world’s rural landscapes are technically managed by national governments with limited recognition of, or support for, the rights and management responsibilities of the rural poor who live in these areas. In an era of large-scale land acquisitions for global commodity production, this…
This blog was written as a contribution to the Mekong Regional Land Forum taking place from June 21-23 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Philip Hirsch is a keynote speaker at this event.
By Philip Hirsch, Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney
It may seem strange…
By Nghia Le Trung, Chairman of the Advisory Council, National Center for Research and Development of Open Technologies (RDOT), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam
In February 2017, from the 26th to 28th, in Yangon, Myanmar, a regional training on ‘Enhancing Open Access to Knowledge,…
By Roy Prosterman
Asia’s Tigers, the collection of booming economies that emerged in the East following World War II, are often hailed as economic miracles. There was, though, no “secret sauce” behind that sustained and broad-based economic growth. Rather, as Myanmar is poised to show, the key…