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18 Juin 2019
We are excited to announce that Dr. Margaret Rugadya, Ph.D. is joining the Resource Equity team. Dr Rugadya comes to us from the Ford Foundation, and we are thrilled to welcome her.
“Margaret brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with her. As a researcher, she will contribute a new…
7 Juin 2019
In the past decade, significant international attention focused on “land grabs” in developing countries by companies and others hungry for land to grow food and procure resources for the world’s growing population. Tens of millions of acres of land in Africa, Asia, and Latin America were acquired…
5 Juin 2019
The ‘age of ignorance’
For a long time land governance, land tenure and land rights remained in the ‘age of ignorance’. We have known for some time that land governance is a key ingredient for social, economic and environmental development; what was missing, however, was the data. With the…
3 Juin 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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…