tenure insecurity
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“No vaccine against deforestation”: COVID-19 webinar explores realities for Indigenous Peoples during the pandemic
06 October 2020
COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Indigenous Peoples around the world, cutting a swathe through communities with limited health facilities, disrupting already fragile economies and shining a harsh spotlight on the increased vulnerabilities created by insecure tenure in a time of global pandemic.
Women and their families are celebrating in Jacaré, Pernambuco - for the right to remain on the land they have lived for over 50 years.
12 May 2020
Please meet the small community of Jacaré de Gonçalves Ferreira, in Caruaru, Brazil, where a group of women are celebrating their victory!
The community was built many years ago on public land that belonged to the Northeastern Train Company.
Blogs
Tenure insecurity on the rise: 1.1 billion people at risk, Prindex report warns
04 November 2024
At the Rome launch of the Global Comparative Report on Security of Property Rights for Land and Housing in 2024 presented by Prindex initiative on October 22, alarming new data revealed that 1.1 billion people worldwide feel insecure about their property rights, reflecting an escalating global crisis in housing and land tenure. The findings, derived from Prindex data, present a worrying increase from 19% of the adult population in the surveyed 108 countries in 2020 to 23% in 2024—meaning almost one in four adults now fear losing their homes or land.
Récapitulation du webinaire : La sécurité foncière revisitée
21 December 2022
Le 15 décembre 2022, l'équipe de gestion des connaissances de LAND-at-scale a organisé un webinaire intitulé La sécurité foncière revisitée : Savons-nous ce que nous devons savoir ? Le webinaire a présenté les résultats préliminaires d'une étude sur la sécurité de tenure, rédigée par Guus van Westen, et Jaap Zevenbergen. La présentation de l'étude a été suivie de séances en petits groupes sur la sécurité de tenure et sa relation avec les droits fonciers des femmes, le rôle de l'État, les conflits fonciers et le développement économique, animées par des experts fonciers et des panélistes qui ont rendu compte des discussions en plénière avec leurs réflexions respectives sur les résultats de l'étude.
Conflict and land tenure security: What is the relationship?
03 December 2021
Land tenure—the formal and informal relationship individuals and groups form with land—effectively determines who uses what land under which conditions. Tenure security is important to promote rural resilience and climate change adaptation, build endowments of assets, and provide adequate housing. But land tenure security is not static.
Discussions
Online discussion: Customary law and institutions - Protecting or undermining community land rights in Southern Africa?
28 June 2021 to 09 July 2021
Rick de Satge
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Land Portal Foundation
Events
Land Conference del Banco Mundial
12 May 2024 - 16 May 2024
World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington
United States
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El Banco Mundial ha catalizado la comunidad mundial de la tierra durante más de 20 años, y nos complace anunciar que relanzaremos este evento de primer nivel del 13 al 17 de mayo de 2024, en Washington, DC, bajo el lema anual "Garantizar la tenencia de la tierra y el acceso para la acción climática". |
World Bank Group
World Bank Land Conference
12 May 2024 - 16 May 2024
World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington
United States
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The World Bank Land Conference has catalyzed the global land community for over 20 years, and we are pleased to announce that we will relaunch this premier event May 13-17, 2024, in Washington, DC under the annual theme of “Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action.” |
World Bank Group
Indigenous Peoples forests governance: a fundamental strategy in preserving forests and reducing carbon emissions
22 April 2021
Online
United States
April 22nd, 2021 | 9:00AM-10:30AM EST - 3:00-4:30 CEST
Watch livestream here:
Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ford Foundation
Library
The role of open data in fighting land corruption
Reports & Research
December, 2020
Global
The rapid progress in digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) comes with both fresh opportunities and new challenges for different sectors and actors adopting the new solutions that become available over time. Since the mid-2000s, the global land governance community has piloted a series of open data and transparency initiatives largely based on such digital innovations, aiming at increasing accountability and counteracting corruption in the land sector, both at the local and global level.
Improving tenure security for pastoralists in East Africa
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2020
Ethiopia
Tanzania
PIM support to work from ILRI and partners contributed to adoption of a woreda (district) participatory land use planning approach in Ethiopia and to expansion of the joint village land use planning approach in Tanzania, resulting in more secure tenure rights for pastoralists in rangeland areas.
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Tenure insecurity is the lack of right of individuals and groups to effective protection from involuntary removal from their land or residence by the state.
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