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COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, which had not been previously identified in humans.

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Indonesia inches forward on community forest goal, hobbled by pandemic

6 August 2020

Indonesia

JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia has cut back its planned transfer of state forests to local communities this year by half - an area twice the size of Los Angeles - because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

Will Cambodia’s Shift in Focus to Small-Scale Farming Work?

29 July 2020

Cambodia

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Is the COVID-motivated shift enough to support all the laid-off garment industry workers? Who will really benefit?

Pandemic upheaval creates 'perfect storm' for land rights abuses

20 July 2020

Honduras

Brazil

Ecuador

Bangladesh

Global

From forced displacement to conflict over resources, the coronavirus pandemic has created a “perfect storm” for land rights abuses - and the situation is likely to worsen, researchers and activists warned on Thursday.

Blogs

Why investing in women’s land rights helps overall gender equality

4 August 2020

Authors:

Ms. Karol Boudreaux

Global

Supporting women’s ability to own, manage and control land will help accelerate gender equality globally

It is depressing, discouraging, infuriating – pick your word – to see the scale and scope of abuse and discrimination aimed at women and girls worldwide.

Latin America’s Indigenous and Afro-descendant women face a 'triple pandemic'

4 August 2020

Authors:

Omaira Bolanos

Latin America and the Caribbean

Many Latin American countries recognize the property rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant people, but those laws do little to protect women’s access to land

Latin America’s indigenous and Afro-descendant communities are facing not just one pandemic, but three. Women bear the brunt of them all, which threatens communities’ very survival.

Women’s responses to gendered impacts of large scale land investments

7 July 2020

Authors:

Barbara van Paassen

Magdalena Anna Kropiwnicka

Global

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Discussions

Online Discussion: Land Rights Implications of COVID-19

Closed

3 June 2020 to 24 June 2020

Facilitators:

Mr. Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque

Yuliya Panfil

Ms. Karol Boudreaux

Mr. Neil Sorensen

Miss Chantal Wieckardt

Partners:

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

Land Portal Foundation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

UK Department for International Development

New America

Environmental Peacebuilding

LANDac

Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility

Cadasta Foundation

Global

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Events

CFS High-Level Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition

13 October 2020 to 15 October 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will organize a High-Level Virtual Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition, 13 - 15 October 2020. The session, in lieu of CFS 47 which has been rescheduled to 8 - 12 February 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, will seek to keep food security and nutrition front and centre on the global sustainable development agenda.

Organizers:

FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

Five years into the SDGs: are we on track to deliver the land targets?

16 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

Acknowledging the centrality of land issues to end hunger and achieve sustainable development, countries have agreed to meet ambitious land targets by 2030. Five years into the SDGs, persistent land insecurity, land evictions, threats to land rights defenders and other challenges show that the land promises are not being delivered.

Organizers:

Land Portal Foundation

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

International Land Coalition

Prindex Global Online Launch: Securing Land and Property Rights in a Post-Pandemic World

15 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

Join us for the online launch of Prindex, the world’s first global survey measuring how secure people feel in their land and property rights. Having previously published data and analysis for 33 countries, Prindex is now poised to release its full global dataset of 140 countries.

Organizers:

Land Portal Foundation

Prindex

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Library

The gendered impacts of large-scale land based investments and women’s responses

Reports & Research

July 2020

Global

This scoping study analyses gendered impacts of large-scale extractives, hydropower and agribusiness investments that result in communities’ changed access to and control over land, water and other natural resources.

Webinar Report: Women’s Housing and Land Rights and Covid-19

Reports & Research

June 2020

Global

Rural women make up a quarter of the world’s population, but many face legal and social barriers that limit their ability to access, use and benefit from the land they tend and depend on for their livelihoods.

Webinar Report: Eviction Response During and After Covid-19

Reports & Research

June 2020

Global

Evictions have emerged as the most common housing, land and property risk globally associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in spite of the fact that access to adequate housing is essential to reduce the spread of the virus.

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