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Documentary screening on a mining conflict in KwaZulu-Natal: This land

07 February 2019
Pieter de la Courtgebouw / Faculty of Social Sciences, Room 5A-42
, Wassenaarseweg 52
Leiden
Netherlands

​The Land & Accountability Research Centre (LARC) at the University of Cape Town commissioned the vivid documentary film This Land as a way for rural people to bring the untold story of their struggle for rights and accountability on communal land into urban forums of legislative, political and corporate decision-making.

African Studies Centre Leiden
Land and Accountability Research Centre

Taller: "Resistir y exigir la tierra, los territorios y la soberanía de los pueblos"

30 June 2020

Este taller, organizado por la Red de la Soberanía de los Pueblos, tiene por objeto compartir las experiencias de activistas de movimientos sociales y de la sociedad civil de diferentes regiones del mundo que luchan por defender sus derechos y la soberanía sobre sus territorios y sus vidas.

People’s Sovereignty Network

The Maledu Judgment: The power of tenure rights recognition

21 March 2023

This webinar discussed the implications of the Maledu judgment, the importance of recognizing and protecting informal land rights, the power of access to information and the positive outcomes tenure security can have for mining-affected communities. It will look at the impacts of the judgment for the community and explore how the community members have engaged with the mining company. 

Land Portal Foundation
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Namati
International Institute for Environment and Development

Land rights and critical minerals: what’s necessary for a just energy transition?

20 November 2024
This webinar will delve into the land governance dimensions of mining minerals that are critical to a green future, sharing insights from diverse practical approaches across diverse geographies to address complex challenges on the ground to secure the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, whilst asking big picture questions on the role of land data, the land footprint and spatial justice dimensions of the energy transition.
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Namati
International Institute for Environment and Development
Land Portal Foundation