ALGER - Plus de 1,2 million d'hectares de terres relevant du domaine privé de l'Etat à mettre en valeur dans le cadre de la concession ont été recensés, a annoncé le Directeur général de l'Office national des terres agricoles (ONTA), Mohamed Ameziane Lanasri.

On the opening day of the World Bank’s 2024 Land Conference, organizations of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, grassroots communities, and civil society denounce the World Bank as a major actor of land grabbing and ecosystem destruction. They call for effective measures to realize the right to land and territories, including agrarian reform.

March 5, 2024 — In 2023, four land-sector organizations came together, with support from the European Commission (EC), to strengthen the central role of data in securing equitable land rights for sustainable development, poverty eradication, peace and the protection of human rights. The EC Land Data Partnership, which includes the International Land Coalition (coordinating the partnership), the Land Portal Foundation, the Land Matrix Initiative, and Prindex, published their Joint Statement of Intention in recognition of International Open Data Day. 

En 2023, l’Algérie a démontré d’impressionnantes performances dans le secteur de l’exportation de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL),

The 15th cycle of the Equator Initiative aims to identify innovative approaches and solutions led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities in three categories. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) led Equator Initiative releases a global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2024. The nominations are open through 26 February 2024. 

Au regard de la situation actuelle de stress hydrique, les priorités doivent changer. Il est évident que le plus urgent est d’approvisionner les citoyens en eau potable, ensuite vient l’irrigation des terres agricoles. Au Maroc, la part en eau du secteur agricole est en chute libre depuis 2021.

The Land Portal Foundation has launched a new Land & Investments Portfolio that unpacks the key concepts, terms, international frameworks and policies, and many other aspects critical to understanding how land investments affect society.

The project on Promoting Responsible Governance of Investment in Land (RGIL) organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) on responsible land investment for 29 experts drawn from federal institutions, civil society organizations and investor associations. 

To create housing, maintain its negative carbon status and sustainably manage its forests, Bhutan is embarking on creating a climate-smart forest economy.

Voters in Penang are concerned about the upcoming general election and how the result would affect their future through a possible land reclamation project

The United Nations has warned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, with 200,000 people in danger of starvation.

For 75 year-old avocado farmer Godson Kalolo technical assistance has been the key to growing from a smallholder into an entrepreneur, harvesting 18 tonnes of avocado and delivering to a major supermarket chain.