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The Land Portal organizes dynamic and well-prepared discussions that have a lasting impact, getting to the bottom of the issues at hand. This approach contributes to building communities of practice, ensuring a diversity of stakeholder engagement and providing lasting results through professional recordings that may be consulted for years to come. We look forward to having you participate in our upcoming webinars.


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Informal settlements and access to data in the time of COVID: a case for sharing data for decision making

Informal settlements and access to data in the time of COVID: a case for sharing data for decision making

22 October 2020

Location

Online
United States
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US
South Africa
Global
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Urban Tenure
land information systems
geographical information systems
slum upgrading
slums
displacement
dispossession
informal settlements
open access (land)
informal property
open data

 

The spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and other countries in the region has again brought to the fore the fact that very dense, under-serviced, mostly informal, settlements are not healthy places to live. They are also places where the spread of a disease is difficult to prevent or manage. 

Organizers: 
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Land Portal Foundation
The State of Land Information in South Africa

Webinar: The State of Land Information in South Africa

1 October 2020

Location

Online
South Africa
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ZA
Southern Africa
South Africa
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
sources (land administration)
land information systems
geographical information systems
land registration
cadastral administration
land titling
land governance
open data

 

Organizers: 
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Land Portal Foundation

COVID-19, Regulatory Rollback and the ‘Green Recovery’: Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voices

17 September 2020

Location

Online
XX
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
COVID-19
forestry
forest conservation
indigenous lands
community land rights
indigenous land rights
indigenous tenure
indigenous peoples
local communities

As COVID-19 has hobbled governments around the world, environmental protections have diminished or disappeared altogether, leaving the door wide open for abuse, corruption, land grabs. Indigenous peoples and their territories are prime targets to pillage during this vulnerable period.

Organizers: 
Ford Foundation
Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation

COVID-19, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Indigenous Peoples Defining the Path Forward

10 September 2020

Location

Online
XX
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
COVID-19
forestry
forest conservation
indigenous lands
community land rights
indigenous land rights
indigenous tenure
indigenous peoples
local communities

Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage more than half of the world´s land. These biodiverse ancestral lands are vital to the people who steward them and the planet we all share. But governments only recognize indigenous and community legal ownership of 10 percent of the world´s lands.  Secure tenure is essential for safeguarding the existing forests against external forces. This is specifically true for forests managed by Indigenous Peoples, where much of the world’s carbon is stored.

Organizers: 
Ford Foundation
Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation

COVID-19 and Public Health: Indigenous Peoples on the Front Line

2 September 2020

Location

ONLINE
XX
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
COVID-19
forestry
forest conservation
indigenous lands
community land rights
indigenous land rights
indigenous tenure
indigenous peoples
local communities

Wednesday, September 2nd, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM EST (3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CEST)

Three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans, with Ebola, SARS, MERS and now COVID-19 being examples. Scientists are warning that deforestation, industrial agriculture, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and other types of environmental degradation increase the risk of future pandemics.

Organizers: 
Ford Foundation
Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Webinar Series: The Effect of COVID-19 on Indigenous People’s Organizations and Local Communities

2 September 2020 to 17 September 2020

Location

Online
XX
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
COVID-19
forestry
forest conservation
indigenous lands
community land rights
indigenous land rights
indigenous tenure
indigenous peoples
local communities

This series of three webinars features indigenous and non-indigenous leaders in a virtual roundtable to discuss both the key effects that COVID-19 is generating in their communities as well as possible solutions and the way forward.

Organizers: 
Ford Foundation
Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation
ResourceEquityWebinar

What Works for Women’s Land and Property Rights?

22 July 2020
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land rights
women

Global commitments to women’s land rights have never been stronger, yet there are gaps in rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of particular strategies to strengthen women’s land rights in practice. In this webinar we will host a forward looking discussion on gaps and opportunities for research on what works to improve women’s land rights.

Organizers: 
Land Portal Foundation
Resource Equity

Five years into the SDGs: are we on track to deliver the land targets?

16 July 2020

Location

Online
XX
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
COVID-19
VGGT
sustainable development
eviction
tenure insecurity
tenure security
women

Acknowledging the centrality of land issues to end hunger and achieve sustainable development, countries have agreed to meet ambitious land targets by 2030. Five years into the SDGs, persistent land insecurity, land evictions, threats to land rights defenders and other challenges show that the land promises are not being delivered.

Organizers: 
Land Portal Foundation
Landesa - Rural Development Institute
International Land Coalition
PrindexGlobalLaunch

Prindex Global Online Launch: Securing Land and Property Rights in a Post-Pandemic World

15 July 2020

Location

Online
XX
Global
COVID-19
land tenure
tenure insecurity
tenure security
perception of tenure security

Join us for the online launch of Prindex, the world’s first global survey measuring how secure people feel in their land and property rights. Having previously published data and analysis for 33 countries, Prindex is now poised to release its full global dataset of 140 countries. 

Organizers: 
Land Portal Foundation
Prindex
the Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation and Parallel Sessions

LANDac Online Encounter 2020: The Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation and Parallel Sessions

2 July 2020

Location

Online
XX
Africa
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
COVID-19
land governance
urbanization
environment
climate change
urban areas
natural resources management
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
customary tenure
formal tenure
land rights activists

Informal settlements in areas that are already disaster prone are an increasing problem. Climate adaptation is also often used as an excuse fo evictions to redevelop sites in a more climate-proof manner in what is often referred to as ‘climate gentrification.

Organizers: 
Land Portal Foundation
Utrecht University
Prindex
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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