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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The DRC has been described as “a rich country of poor people”. It covers an area of 2,345,410 km². It has a population of some 89 million people and a surface area equivalent to that of Western Europe. It is the largest country by area in sub–Saharan Africa. Four national languages are recognised, but overall, more than 200 languages are spoken within its borders, albeit with varying reaches.
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21 April 2024
Following the brutal reign of King Leopold II in what was then considered his private property, the Congo  became a Belgian colony in 1908. Three years later, the colonial authorities granted British industrialist Lord Leverhulme a license to create large scale oil palm plantations on over 750,000…
04 January 2024
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13 January 2023
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. These areas host unique biodiversity and a range of threatened species, such as the okapi, forest elephant and mountain gorilla. They are also part of the Congo Basin rainforest, which…

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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21977.71488
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To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

Objectives

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

968348.781
Donors:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

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Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
21977.71488
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

Objectives

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

0
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Other organizations (Projects Database)

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
21977.71488
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

Objectives

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

0
Donors:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
21977.71488
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

Objectives

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

0
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
21977.71488
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

Objectives

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

683700.5561
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
21977.71488
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

Objectives

To enhance participants knowledge and experience in the field of urban and regional development including master planning land use planning real estate and housing development urban redevelopment and new town development

871559.633
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
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While it is clear that there are deep seams of conflict shaping the history of the DRC, it has been argued that it is misleading to make this the primary lens through which to view land and resource disputes. Rather these need to be understood in relation to accelerating structural processes of exclusion and dispossession.

16 May 2023
  Land is a finite resource, and access to it is essential for the livelihoods of individuals and communities. To ensure that access to land is secure and equitable for all, the United Nations has set the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.4.2, which measures individuals' land tenure security,…
A presentation by the Rainforest Foundation UK and Réseau Ressources Naturelles (RRN).   To be sustainable, nature conservation must also support the rights, livelihoods and cultures of local communities. International conservation organisations recognise this, but have these good intentions been…