Increasing land grabs endangering forest communities and wildlife as governments expand mining and agriculture to combat economic impact of Covid
Indigenous communities in some of the world’s most forested tropical countries have faced a wave of human rights abuses during the Covid-19 pandemic as…
Threats against indigenous people and rainforests have risen during the coronavirus pandemic as governments have rolled back social and environmental safeguards to boost economic growth, land rights activists said on Thursday.
Governments in five countries with tropical forests have weakened legal…
The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Land Information Management & Advocacy Officer to support us in leading the information and data sharing needs of the Land Portal. The Land Information Management & Advocacy Officer will ensure the development of…
The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is launching the evaluation of the second phase of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) Umbrella Programme, which will end in June 2021.
They are currently looking for potential candidates to…
The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual or company to provide (Open) Data Services to the Land Portal and support information and data sharing needs of the Land Portal. The (Open) Data Services consultant/company will ensure all data harvested and…
Good land administration helps to secure property tenures. It also protects the land rights of people (including individuals, communities, and the state) through good governance principles and practices. Therefore, probing land administration practices—whether in developed or developing countries—…
Representatives from Lantmäteriet, the Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority, and Cadasta Foundation shared experiences from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-funded Advanced International Training Programme for Applied Land Governance. The discussion focused on how the…
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“The most important lesson…derived from the intellectual journey I have outlined…is that humans have a more complex motivational structure and more capability to solve social dilemmas than posited in earlier rational-…
The Arab Land Initiative, facilitated by the Global Land Tool Network and UN-Habitat, is launching a call for proposals to solicit the interest from organisations working in the Arab region to the twinning arrangement initiative. The initiative aims at pairing two organisations from countries in…
The Arab Land Initiative, facilitated by the Global Land Tool Network and UN-Habitat, is launching a call for proposals to solicit the interest from organisations working in the Arab region to the twinning arrangement initiative. The initiative aims at pairing two organisations from countries in…
L'Initiative des terres arabes, facilitée par le Global Land Tool Network et ONU-Habitat, lance un appel à propositions pour solliciter l'intérêt des organisations travaillant dans la région arabe pour l'initiative de jumelage. L'initiative vise à jumeler deux organisations de pays de la région…
L'Initiative des terres arabes, facilitée par le Global Land Tool Network et ONU-Habitat, lance un appel à propositions pour solliciter l'intérêt des organisations travaillant dans la région arabe pour l'initiative de jumelage. L'initiative vise à jumeler deux organisations de pays de la région…