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10-Year Anniversary of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (CFS VGGT)

27 May 2022

Secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests are critical means of eradicating hunger and poverty, supporting sustainable development and enhancing the environment.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

Women, Land and Peace

16 February 2022

UN-Habitat and partners will organize a webinar this month that will provide a wide array of government officials and stakeholders with the knowledge and key messages on how to help women not only retain land rights but also promote their role in conflict resolution and peacebuilding in fragile societies.

United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Global Land Tool Network
Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility
Norwegian Refugee Council
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Development finance and land rights: leveraging the VGGT to enhance food systems, climate resilience, and land degradation neutrality

11 October 2021

The 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held virtually from 11 to 14 October 2021.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency
Land Portal Foundation
United States Agency for International Development
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Webinar: The Financial Costs of Mitigating Tenure Risks

22 September 2021
Online

The webinar Financial Costs of Mitigating Tenure Risks, organized by the Land Portal Foundation, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), TMP Systems and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, took place on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021.

Land Portal Foundation
Overseas Development Institute
TMP Systems
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

No Land Rights - No SDGs

09 July 2021
Online

Secure land tenure is a tool of empowerment. It leads to productive land investments, increased autonomy to make decisions over land by women, men and communities contributing to higher incomes. The co-relationship between secure land tenure and increased food production is central to tackle hunger.

Land Portal Foundation
International Land Coalition
Landesa - Rural Development Institute

CFS High-Level Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition

13 October 2020 - 15 October 2020
Online

The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will organize a High-Level Virtual Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition, 13 - 15 October 2020. The session, in lieu of CFS 47 which has been rescheduled to 8 - 12 February 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, will seek to keep food security and nutrition front and centre on the global sustainable development agenda.

FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

Migration, Displacement, and De-urbanization in the Context of COVID-19

28 May 2020
Online

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). 

New America
Landesa - Rural Development Institute
Land Portal Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Environmental Peacebuilding
Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility
LANDac