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In the Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes
23 June 2022
Known as the rice basket of the country, the delta now sees houses tumbling into rivers and livelihoods lost When a riverbank subsided and gave way, Tran Van Bi’s house collapsed into a river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta four years ago. Everything his family had accumulated over 32 years was gone in…

The Land Portal, FAO and UNCCD launch podcast and portfolio on the relationship between land tenure and land degradation
17 June 2022
June 17th 2022- Today marks #DesertificationAndDroughtDay and to highlight the occasion, the Land Portal, FAO and the UNCCD have come together to launch two new products; a portfolio and podcast, delving into the important relationship between land tenure and Land Degradation Neutrality. …

Where do we land up on land tenure and land degradation?
14 June 2022
This episode of LandUP! addresses an emerging body of work on the nexus between land tenure and land degradation neutrality. Land degradation neutrality has been defined by the Parties to the Convention as a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem…
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No Climate Transition Without Securing Land Rights
2 June 2022
The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), is taking place in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire, from 9 to 20 May 2022. The theme: “Land, Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.” “We are faced with a crucial choice,” Deputy…

Land Rights, Biodiversity and Global Health: How Can Indigenous People Help Prevent Future Pandemics?
20 May 2021
The Ford Foundation, the Land Portal Foundation, the Tenure Facility and the Thomson Reuters Foundation launched a webinar on May 20th on the the link between “environmental imbalances” and “emerging infectious diseases". This is well established in literature; studies have shown that activities…