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LANDac Online Encounter 2020
Welcome to the LANDac Online Encounter 2020! LANDac – the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development – brings together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and business professionals in the field of land governance and development.
Groundwater Monitoring using Observations from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Missions
Groundwater makes up roughly 30% of global freshwater. It also provides drinking water for the world’s population, and irrigation for close to 1/3rd of global agricultural land. Because of this level of reliance, monitoring groundwater is crucial for water resources and land management.
LandVoc Community of Experts Workshop
Date: June 23rd
Time: 14 h 00-17 h 00 CET
EADI webinar: Land conflict in Myanmar
Webinar - Land Consolidation Legislation: FAO Legal Guide and Its Application at the Country Level
Land consolidation is a well-proven land management instrument, which has traditionally been used for agricultural development with a main objective of reducing land fragmentation and increasing holding and farm sizes. Some European countries have a land consolidation tradition that goes back a hundred years or more. It is also widespread in particular in countries in Asia but also in Africa.
Land, Investment and Migration: A Portrait of Village Life in Mali
ONLINE workshop "Formalizing the Informal to Protect Residents in Informal Settlements"
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries requested their citizen to ‘stay at home’ to stay safe. Not for everyone home is actually a safe place. Housing conditions and density of informal settlements often do not allow residents to follow basic hygienic measures or to keep the minimum social distance to reduce spreading the virus.
Webinar: Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Land Administration in Challenging Environments During COVID-19 and Beyond
LandVoc Community of Experts Workshop
Session 1: June 8th
Session 2: June 23rd
Time: 14:00-17:00 CET
Building Back Better: How Securing Land Rights Will be Critical in a Post-COVID19 World
JUNE 03, 2020 | 15:30 -16:30 (CEST)
Supporting the struggles of local land-users and communities to own, control and manage their land and natural resources is a long-term effort. It is complex, challenging and takes time.
Migration, Displacement, and De-urbanization in the Context of COVID-19
Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).