The acquisition of agricultural land is growing at an unprecedented rate in Africa, as global demand for food and resources grows. Research shows that land disputes are also on the rise, exposing businesses to severe risks at the project level. The problem is endemic and growing – companies want…
BONN, Germany (Landscape News) — A new partnership urging businesses, citizens and governments to take action in the field of forest conservation, land use, food production and consumption aims to take action on climate change.
The 30X30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge –to deliver up to 30…
Partnering towards access to land and secure land rights for inclusive development
GLTN and the International Land Commission (ILC) formalised their continuing collaboration on land governance and tenure security issues. The signing of the memorandum of understanding was witnessed at the 7th GLTN…
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent unprecedented and increasing global recognition of land rights—especially women’s land rights. Leaders across the globe have included three land-specific sex-disaggregated indicators:
Under Goal 1 (No Poverty), indicator 1.4.2 measures legally…
Call for Papers Special Issue Land Journal: "Land Governance AND (Im)mobility: Exploring the Nexus between Land Acquisition, Displacement and Migration"
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit your paper for open access publication in this Special Issue of Land, “Land Governance and (Im)…
The course is organized by the Netherlands Academy for Land Governance (LANDac), a network of organizations exchanging knowledge and experience on how land governance may contribute to sustainable and inclusive development. Professionals from development organizations and related projects, PhD…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is inviting indigenous peoples’ organizations and communities, and organizations that work with them, to apply for grants that fund projects and partnerships to promote the self-driven development of indigenous peoples and their unique…
The Elinor Ostrom Award is given in three categories: Practitioners, Senior Scholars and Junior Scholars, in the fields of natural resource management, commons, common-pool resources or collective action.
The call for nominations is open until the *15th of June, 2018*. The announcement of the…
By the Program on Forests (PROFOR) team at the World Bank. These ideas will feature at the Global Landscapes Forum Investment Case Symposium in Washington on May 30 during a discussion, The private ask: How the public sector can support private sector investments in sustainable and productive…
The word “sustainability” is in fashion these days. You can read it everywhere, from United Nations documents to the back of cereal boxes. But what does it really mean?
There are many definitions, depending on context. The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide perhaps the most in-depth and…
Date: 3 mai 2018
Source: Foncier & Développement
En 2016, le CTFD soufflait ses 20 bougies, à l’occasion d’une journée anniversaire d’échanges et de débats, qui a réuni ses membres, ainsi que les partenaires nationaux et internationaux (consulter l’article de synthèse de la journée ici, et…
José Esquinas critica el actual modelo agroindustrial que ha conducido a la “mercantilización” de la agricultura y a concentrar en pocas multinacionales el negocio de semillas y fitosanitarios; un modelo que está en el centro de la pérdida de biodiversidad.
El actual modelo…