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Land governance and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Building Back Better with Improved Land Information Systems

02 February 2022

This side event will present the latest information available on land-related SDG indicators that are showcased on the SDGs Land Tracker. The event will emphasize how Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) can play a key role in accelerating achievement of the SDGs and Building Back Better in light of the COVID-10 pandemic.

Land Portal Foundation
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Financing Land Rights: Investing in people and nature

17 November 2021

This webinar confronted the reality that Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities' land rights are greatly underfunded, despite these territories being key to global environmental health services. According to a 2021 study by Rainforest Foundation Norway, from 2011 to 2020 less than 1% of climate cooperation funds were allocated to forest management or to legalize indigenous territories, and in the past 10 years only 0,017% of all climate cooperation funds mention an indigenous organization in the implementation.

Land Portal Foundation
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Tenure Facility

WEBINARS: Capturing Knowledge from the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

27 October 2021 - 28 October 2021

Over the past nine years, the project on Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT)has helped countries make political commitments towards the eradication of hunger, f

Land Portal Foundation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Energy Frontiers: Renewable energies in Indigenous territories

21 October 2021

Although renewable energy has not been inherently positive for Indigenous Peoples,  there is a growing recognition among private and government actors that attaining the highest possible standards in respect of Indigenous Peoples’ rights is simply a matter of sound business principles and good practice. 

Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ford Foundation

Development finance and land rights: leveraging the VGGT to enhance food systems, climate resilience, and land degradation neutrality

11 October 2021

The 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held virtually from 11 to 14 October 2021.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency
Land Portal Foundation
United States Agency for International Development
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Lessons from Indigenous Food Systems

30 September 2021

More than 476 million Indigenous Peoples, living in more than 90 countries across the world in seven socio-cultural regions, have developed unique territorial management practices that manage to generate food whilst preserving biodiversity. In a world where food security is becoming increasingly unstable , the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s b

Land Portal Foundation
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Ford Foundation

Webinar: The Financial Costs of Mitigating Tenure Risks

22 September 2021
Online

The webinar Financial Costs of Mitigating Tenure Risks, organized by the Land Portal Foundation, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), TMP Systems and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, took place on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021.

Land Portal Foundation
Overseas Development Institute
TMP Systems
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office