Pandemic, social unrest and war echoing in the Amazon
Recent global events have had dyre impacts on the world's remaining forests, particularly in tropical regions.
Showcasing transformative approaches for women’s land rights
This third Whose Land? webinar showcased gender transformative approaches on women’s land rights. Gender transformative approaches are defined by women acting as agents of change, transforming structural barriers and redefining gender norms. These approaches facilitate the participation of women in land governance decision-making processes, but require closing the land data gender gap.
Workshop on Using Data to Tell Compelling Stories About Land
Since 2019, the Land Portal has been using data stories as a way to demonstrate how combining data with engaging, memorable and persuasive narratives that can empower communities to tell their stories to the world.
Is the land sector prepared for the data revolution? [LANDac Conference Parallel Session]
Thursday, June 30
9:30 am - 11:00 am CEST
Hybrid format
Register for LANDac Conference to participate
The “Data Revolution” has been ongoing for about sixty years now.
Empowering civil society and communities through open land data
Evidence shows that very little land data is open to the public. This second Whose Land? webinar focused on the opportunities and constraints of civil society organizations (CSOs) and local communities in advocating for more open land data and in harnessing its power for improved land governance.
Post COP26 Reflections: A Focus on Opportunities for Customary Land Rights
2021 was a year of big promises concerning tenure rights. At COP26, an unprecedented 1.7 billion dollar pledge was made in support of ancestral community land rights, aiming to place IPLCs rights central to global policy-making and discourse. The questions remain; when and how funding will reach communities and how it will be used effectively.
Building open & transparent land information systems through a global alliance
Over the last three years the Land Portal Foundation has collaborated with Global Data Barometer and Open Data Charter to embed land issues within key open data activities.
Whose Land? - Inclusive Pathways to Land Governance
How can civil society actors ensure inclusivity in their land governance work with communities?
Land Governance Data: 1st Stakeholder Meeting Dakar, Senegal
Piloting the Open Up Guide for Land Governance in Senegal
The stakeholder workshop, which will take place with select stakeholders in Dakar, will introduce the first phase of the "Open Up Guide for Land Governance" project in Senegal; identify networks and stakeholders in the open land data sector; and increase awareness regarding open data in the land sector.
Invisible and Excluded: Risks to Informal Spouses from Land Tenure Formalization and Titling Campaigns
The Global Land Alliance (GLA) and the Land Portal Foundation invite you to join this webinar on 16 March, 2022 to learn about the risks to informal wives during land tenure formalization campaigns.
Reporting on Environmental and Land Issues: The Solutions Journalism Approach
The Land Portal believes that access to information is crucial for achieving good land governance and securing land rights for landless and vulnerable people.