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Hybrid conference: The failed promise of tenure security: Customary rights and dispossession

17 augustus 2022 - 19 augustus 2022
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We are pleased to announce the new dates for the Land Conference 2022: The failed Promise of Tenure Security, Customary Rights and Dispossession.  The conference is set to take place from 17-19 August 2022 online and in-person venues. The conference will be a hybrid event and is jointly convened by the Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC) at UCT, the Legal Resources C

Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

Remote Sensing for Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices

02 augustus 2022 - 11 augustus 2022

Structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water bodies. Urban areas, where these structures are highly concentrated and greenery is limited, become “islands” of higher temperatures relative to outlying areas.

Foro Generación Igualdad

30 juni 2022 - 02 juli 2022
Paris
France

Siete modos de cambiar el mundo

Convocado por ONU Mujeres y organizado conjuntamente por los Gobiernos de México y Francia, junto con la sociedad civil y la juventud, el Foro Generación Igualdad tendrá lugar en París del 30 de junio al 2 de julio.

UN Women

2022 Desertification and Drought Day

17 juni 2022
Spain

Drought, with a focus on early action to prevent disastrous outcomes, is the theme of the Desertification and Drought Day marked on 17 June 2022. The global observance of the event will take place in Madrid, Spain, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has announced.

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Applications of Remote Sensing-Based Evapotranspiration Data Products for Agricultural and Water Resource Management

01 juni 2022 - 15 juni 2022

Evapotranspiration (ET) is the process by which the land surface returns water to the atmosphere in the form of moisture. ET is a very important part of the water cycle in the Earth system. It is the sum of evaporation from bare soil and transpiration from vegetation. For a given watershed, the supply of water from precipitation, surface and groundwater can be depleted via ET.