open data

AGROVOC URI:

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_45b5a34a

Data is open if it can be freely accessed, used, modified and shared by anyone for any purpose - subject only, at most, to requirements to provide attribution and/or share-alike. Specifically, open data is defined by the Open Definition and requires that the data be A. Legally open: that is, available under an open (data) license that permits anyone freely to access, reuse and redistribute B. Technically open: that is, that the data be available for no more than the cost of reproduction and in machine-readable and bulk form.

LandVoc browser in AGROVOC:

https://explore.landvoc.org/landvoc/en/page/?uri=http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_45b5a34a

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Améliorer l'accès aux données foncières : Le SOLIndex et le guide Open Up

31 May 2023

Authors:

Mr. Charl-Thom Bayer

Global

En tant que défenseur des données foncières ouvertes, la Fondation Land Portal vise à améliorer l'accès aux données foncières, à engager les parties prenantes et à soutenir les actions qui favorisent l'ouverture des données. J'ai récemment eu l'occasion de présenter l'indice SOLIndex (State of Land Information index) et de parler du guide Open Up lors de la réunion des partenaires du Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) à Nairobi, et de montrer comment ces outils jouent un rôle essentiel dans l'amélioration de l'accès à l'information foncière.

Webinar Recap: Empowering civil society and communities through open land data

14 June 2022

Africa

Cameroon

Namibia

South America

Colombia

Paraguay

Global

Beginner's Guide to Open Land-Related Data

14 December 2021

Authors:

Mr. Charl-Thom Bayer

Keitha Booth

Global

The Land Portal works to embed land governance in open data discussions and vice versa. This primer is extracted from the recently published Open Up Guide for Land Governance.

The Continuing Development of LandVoc: Multiple Uses, Diverse Users

30 July 2021

Authors:

Mike Powell

Global

In recent years, the on-line discovery and exchange of information has become ever more pronounced. Digitisation has also led to an explosion in the volume of available material. Making this work for land governance and ensuring that new inequalities or exclusions are not unintended outcomes of the process are also key aims of the Land Portal.

Knowledge Management for Equitable and Sustainable Land Governance: launching the LAND-at-scale knowledge management strategy

5 July 2021

Authors:

Lisette Meij

Global

Knowledge management and learning are at the heart of the LAND-at-scale program. On June 29^th at a pre-event of the LANDac conference, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), LANDac and the International Land Coalition (ILC) officially announced their collaboration to implement the knowledge management (KM) component of the program.

Beyond Ownership: Measuring Land Rights

3 May 2021

Authors:

Prof. Cheryl Doss

Dr. Vanya Slavchevska

Africa

Ethiopia

Malawi

Tanzania

Uganda

Niger

Nigeria

Advancing women’s land rights is a priority for the international development agenda. Yet, there is no consensus on which rights should be monitored and reported. Three indicators of women’s property rights are widely used in the literature. Each captures a different aspect of women’s land rights, but a recent paper explores the extent to which these different rights are held by the same person, using data from six African countries.

New report asks: Where’s the money going in the Niger Delta?

3 May 2021

Authors:

Tijah Bolton-Akpan

Miles Litvinoff

Nigeria

Oil companies are paying billions towards development in the Niger Delta, but it’s having little impact on the ground, say Tijah Bolton-Akpan and Miles Litvinoff.

تحديات الإدارة الفعالة للأراضي في المنطقة العربية

17 February 2021

Authors:

Mr. Wael Zakout

Northern Africa

تعاني المنطقة العربية من العديد من التحديات في قطاع حوكمة الأراضي وإدارتها . والأهم من ذلك ، أن انعدام أمن الحيازة في
المنطقة العربية هو الأعلى بين المناطق الأخرى في العالم ، كذلك في مؤشر البنك الدولي لممارسة الأعمال التجارية ، تحتل المنطقة
المرتبة الأدنى بين المناطق الاخرى ، باستثناء بعض دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي. يؤثر انعدام أمن الحيازة سلبيًا على العديد من
جوانب الاقتصاد بما في ذلك العمران ، والتنمية الزراعية ، والقطاع الخاص ، وتمكين المرأة ، على سبيل المثال لا الحصر. وفوق

Leveraging Open Data in the Fight Against Corruption

26 November 2019

Authors:

Clinton Omusula

Africa

Global

The land sector is increasingly being cited as a corruption hub. Many countries across the globe are grappling with land-related corruption that dates to the colonial years and which have metamorphosed into historical injustices and continue to be a source of conflict and violation of basic human rights. Cases of land grabbing, compensation-less expropriation, gender-based discrimination in accessing and ownership of land and related resources, illegal mining deals, bribing to access land administration services among others are not new in the lands sector.

The Nuances of Opening Data: Comparing Financial and Land Data

17 September 2019

Authors:

Stacey Zammit

Lisette Mey

Global

Our online discussion “Open Land Data in the Fight Against Corruption” is well underway with many interesting contributions so far. We are discussing whether Open Data can be a key tool to increase transparency, support innovation and increase civic engagement, in the fight against corruption. One of the key questions which reverberates throughout the open data debate in the land sector, however, is how much transparency is too much?

"Land Governance Lost in Translation" - Introducing LandVoc, the Linked Land Governance Thesaurus

19 July 2019

Authors:

Lisette Mey

Global

Land is a topic that is debated in many languages, across different (academic) disciplines and in all parts of the world. Furthering our collective agenda, sharing and learning from knowledge and perspectives from other contexts, or transitioning technological innovations from one country to the other is complicated by - among many other aspects - language and terminology barriers. Many attempts have been made in the past to find common definitions and terminologies for issues related to land, but a wide consensus or adoption has never been reached. Understandably so: one can only imagine the heated and controversial discussion to reach agreement on what we mean exactly when we use the word ‘property’. It simply does not have the same meaning in each country or context. It is a daunting and arguably impossible task to reach this global consensus

Data Stories Prize Winners Announced: Let’s Let Data Speak!

3 June 2019

Authors:

Stacey Zammit

Global

Earlier this year, in honor of International Open Data Day, which took place on March 2nd, we put out a call, asking Land Portal users and any and all interested to submit their very own data stories to the Land Portal. What we were looking for were stories that were unique and original, and that presented data in innovative and engaging ways. We realized that this was no easy feat, but each and every one of the submissions we received made inventive use of photos, quotes, maps and infographics to tell compelling stories. In the end, the be