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 News: Sept - 18 Oct 2020 South Africa and region

22 October 2020

Zimbabwe

Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

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COVID19, le meilleur régulateur du marché foncier au Benin

21 October 2020

Benin

Le marché foncier et ses caractéristiques:

Our disease is landlessness

7 October 2020

Cambodia

Main photo: Cambodian farmer and land rights activist Oum Samorl (photo: Ridan Sun)

Cambodian farmer Oum Samorl and her family lost their farm to a corporate land grab 15 years ago. They have never stopped feeling the loss, especially during the pandemic.

Blogs

Taking stock of women’s land rights in the wake of COVID-19

15 October 2020

Authors:

Ms. Grace Ananda

Africa

Global

Land administration reform: part and parcel of an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19 recovery

7 October 2020

Authors:

Mr. Wael Zakout

Global

The impact of COVID-19 has been devastating around the world. In response, countries have put in place emergency measures to help their citizens and private firms weather the pandemic and recovery programs to boost the economy once the lockdown restrictions can ease.

Most developing economies do not have the fiscal space to implement broad recovery programs, as the revenues from key economic sectors have collapsed, expenditures to respond to the pandemic have escalated rapidly, and capital outflows have increased.

COVID-19, reverse migration, and the impact on land systems

7 October 2020

Authors:

Dr. Sébastien Boillat

Dr. Julie Zähringer

India

Global

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world abruptly, affecting nearly all of humanity with breath-taking speed.

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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)

Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of COVID-19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and Nutrition

13 October 2020

Location

Online

United States

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US

Global

Partners Event on coordinating a Covid-19 response while monitoring the effect on governance of tenure and determining how to build back better

Organizers:

Land Portal Foundation

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Welthungerhilfe

Global Donor Platform for Rural Development

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

International Land Coalition

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

FORO DE LA TIERRA 2020: DESIGUALDAD EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE: IMPACTO Y PROPUESTAS PARA LA GOBERNANZA DE LA TIERRA

28 September 2020

Latin America and the Caribbean

La ILC ALC organiza del 13 al 16 de octubre el XI Foro de la Tierra ALC “Desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe: impacto y propuestas para la Gobernanza de la Tierra”.

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Five Years into the SDGs: Are we on track to deliver the land targets?

Reports & Research

September 2020

Global

This virtual side event was proposed as part of the 2020 SDG High Level Political Forum which was held from 7th to 16th July 2020. It was organised by the SDG Land Momentum Group, an informal group of civil society organizations and multilateral agencies which advocate the implementation of the land targets of the SDGs and support their monitoring.

Community Forest Rights and the Pandemic

Reports & Research

October 2020

India

India is currently among the most affected countries by COVID19, recording over 6 million cases, by September 30 2020. The pandemic and lockdown measures have had a drastic impact on a large population of poor and marginalisedcommunities, causing loss of livelihoods and employment, food insecurity and socio-economic distress.

Women’s Land Rights and COVID-19

Policy Papers & Briefs

August 2020

Global

In the six months since the coronavirus began its global spread, more than 15 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and more than 600,000 have perished, causing governments around the world to institute lockdowns and shut down businesses while entire industries have been devastated.

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