COVID-19

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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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Land and resource investment consultations in the time of COVID-19: The hazards of pressing on

24 May 2020

Liberia

Colombia

Philippines

Companies are seeking to press ahead with investments on community lands or even take advantage of the pandemic to avoid the usual authorization requirements

Land Rights Implications of COVID-19: A Webinar Series and Discussion

26 May 2020

Global

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).

Continued interest in LAND-at-scale during COVID-19 crisis

25 May 2020

Egypt

Burundi

Ethiopia

Mozambique

Rwanda

Somalia

South Sudan

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Chad

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Colombia

Vietnam

Iran

Palestine

Global

The LAND-at-scale programme got a great response to the second call for ideas. The programme received 25 new ideas from 19 different countries. Support continues for enhancing land governance and tenure security. This is evident in the response and effort from embassies, NGOs and knowledge institutes.

Blogs

Community participation will be essential to the success of India’s rural property mapping effort

22 May 2020

Authors:

Shipra Deo

Mr. Pinaki Halder

India

New threats to resource rights and food security: COVID-19 impact and response

20 May 2020

Authors:

Dr. David Betge

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

The ongoing pandemic and the formal and informal responses to its spread have very direct impacts on the food and nutrition security of people in all parts of the world. Strong concerns have been voiced that the global health crisis could turn into a global food crisis.

Can India’s Rural Property Card be an opportunity to expedite Post-Covid Rural Revival?

14 May 2020

Authors:

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

Mr. S. Chockalingam

India

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Discussions

Land Rights Implications of COVID-19

Coming soon

3 June 2020 to 24 June 2020

Facilitators:

Mr. Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque

Yuliya Panfil

Karol Boudreaux

Mr. Neil Sorensen

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

Global

As governments press pause on economic activities and people change their work and social behaviors to halt the spread of COVID-19, there are several hidden dimensions that can put pressure on land governance and management and threaten the land rights security of millions worldwide. The response to the pandemic has unfolded like a slow-moving natural disaster, disrupting the daily pattern of our lives and revealing stressors on our institutions.

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Events

Migration, Displacement, and De-urbanization in the Context of COVID-19

28 May 2020

Location

Online

United States

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US

Global

Organizations:

New America

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

Land Portal Foundation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

UK Department for International Development

Environmental Peacebuilding

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

LANDac

Webinar: African land rights in the time of the coronavirus

28 May 2020

Location

Online

United States

See map: Google Maps

US

Africa

Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 13:00

Join PLAAS for the next webinar in this series, “African land rights in the time of the coronavirus: Perspectives from West, East and Southern Africa”.

Organizations:

Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

African Land Policy Centre

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

The Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa

Eviction response during and after COVID-19

27 May 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

Organizations:

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

Environmental Peacebuilding

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

UK Department for International Development

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

Land Portal Foundation

New America

LANDac

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Library

Grassroots Justice in a Pandemic: Ensuring a Just Response and Recovery

Policy Papers & Briefs

April 2020

Global

Communities around the world are reeling from the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to contain it. Now more than ever, the ability to know, use, and shape the law is critical. Access to health care and various forms of relief hinge on the ability to know one’s rights and navigate complex systems.