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Kampong Chhnang Muslims protest to save graves

6 August 2020

Cambodia

More than 30 Cambodian-Muslim families protested the construction of a road running through Kampong Chhnang province’s Chhong Kos village on Wednesday after they noticed a portion of an ancestral graveyard alongside the road was damaged.

First LAND-at-scale project takes off in Zimbabwe

24 November 2020

Zimbabwe

On Tuesday November 24th, the contract for the first LAND-at-scale project in Zimbabwe was signed. The contract is between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.

Dedicated entity to administer land in Ethiopia

8 February 2020

Ethiopia

Advisors at the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) are proposing a separate entity for the management and administration of land resources in Ethiopia, a recommendation prominent experts in the field have been forwarding for many years.

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India’s SVAMITVA scheme: a public value perspective directs attention to inclusive innovation for rural property formalisation

16 November 2020

Authors:

Serene Ho

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

India

Last month, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, issued the first 0.1 million Rural Property Cards (RPCs) to communities across more than 763 villages in six states in rural India under the SVAMITVA scheme.

Could youth land rights hold the key to transforming agriculture and stimulating economic development in Africa?

13 November 2020

Authors:

Tizai Mauto

Africa

Over 60 percent of Africans are under the age of 35 – a well-documented “youth bulge” representing both an enormous challenge and a tantalizing opportunity for the continent.

Three reasons to invest in land tenure security

21 October 2020

Authors:

Harold Liversage

Ms. Giulia Barbanente

Global

For rural people, especially low-income rural people, land and livelihood are one and the same. Access to land means the opportunity to earn a decent income and achieve food and nutrition security, and it can also pave the way for access to social benefits such as health care and education. A lack of secure land access, on the other hand, can disempower rural people and expose them to the combined threats of poverty, hunger and conflict.

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Land and Corruption in Africa in 3 Topics

Closed

17 July 2019 to 7 August 2019

Facilitators:

Jean Brice Tetka

Mary Maneno

Michael Okai

Dr. Simon Manda

Mr. Gerald Padde Auku

Partners:

Land Portal Foundation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Transparency International

African Land Policy Centre

Africa

Kenya

Uganda

Zambia

Ghana

Land corruption in Africa Download the Report of the discussion.

Women's Land Rights in India and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Closed

30 October 2017 to 10 November 2017

Facilitators:

Sejal Dave

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

India

Global

This online discussion aims to facilitate inclusive exchange of opinion and information on the state of land rights of women in India, the legal, institutional framework and socio-cultural factors affecting women’s equitable land tenure rights, good practices/innovations around women’s land tenure rights by Government/NGO and challenges and opportunities towards realization of gender equitable land tenure by 2030. It will analyze the status of data availability and accessibility around women land rights in India with available information from different sources along with an assessment of

Recognition of Customary Tenure in the Mekong Region: a Dialogue

Closed

13 February 2017 to 27 February 2017

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Discussion Report

From 13-27 February 2017, the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) project and the Land Portal co-facilitated an online dialogue on the Recognition of Customary Tenure in the Mekong Region.

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LANDac Online Encounter 2020: Closing panel & discussion

3 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

LANDac – the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development – brings together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and business professionals in the field of land governance and development.

Organizers:

LANDac

Agriterra

Utrecht University

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

African Studies Centre Leiden

Royal Tropical Institute

Land Portal Foundation

Oxfam Novib

Wageningen University & Research

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

LANDac Online Encounter 2020: The Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation and Parallel Sessions

2 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Africa

Global

Informal settlements in areas that are already disaster prone are an increasing problem. Climate adaptation is also often used as an excuse fo evictions to redevelop sites in a more climate-proof manner in what is often referred to as ‘climate gentrification.

Organizers:

Land Portal Foundation

Utrecht University

Prindex

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

LANDac Online Encounter 2020: Covid-19 Crisis and Land Governance and Parallel Sessions

1 July 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

In this webinar, LANDac, the LANDdialogue and the Land Portal Foundation will take stock of the emerging insights on the immediate and mid- to long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on equitable and sustainable land governance.

Organizers:

LANDac

Land Portal Foundation

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Land Portal Annual Report 2019

Reports & Research

July 2020

Global

The interrelationship between secure land rights and economic development has gained increasing recognition, as a driver of economic development around the world. For indigenous peoples and communities, women and other vulnerable groups, secure land rights are fundamental for reducing poverty and boosting their shared prosperity.

Webinar Report: The Role of Land Certification in Securing Women's Land Rights on Collective Lands

Reports & Research

January 2020

Ethiopia

Uganda

Peru

Indonesia

Evidence shows that women can benefit from having individualised land rights formalized in their names. However, similar evidence is not available for formalization of land rights that are based on collective tenure. Studies have estimated that as much as 65 percent of the world’s land is held under customary, collective-tenure systems.

Land Corruption in Africa in 3 Topics

Reports & Research

September 2019

Africa

Kenya

Uganda

Zambia

Ghana

From July 17 to August 7, 2019, the Land Portal Foundation, the African Land Policy Center, GIZ and Transparency International Chapters in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda co-facilitated the dialogue Land Corruption in Africa addressing the role of traditional leaders in customary land administration, forced evictions as a form of land corruption and its Impact on women’s land rights and an analysis of

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Organizations

AAKAR Books (AAKAR)

Established in 1991, AAKAR Books is a publishing company, started publishing quality scholarly books in Social Sciences in English and Hindi since 2001 and is now a niche for itself. Aakar Books is reputed for quality scholarly publishing in the field of Social Sciences.

Ethnic Community Development Organization (ECDO )

ECDO’s mission is to assist indigenous communities in working for a positive and sustainable change for those deprived of rights and opportunities by implementing both service delivery and rights based approaches. ECDO implements its activities in a fully participatory and bottom-up approach with an emphasis on empowerment from within indigenous communities.

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Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI)

Established in October 2011, the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) is a non-profit Zambian company limited by guarantee which collaboratively works with public and private stakeholders in the agricultural sector. IAPRI is led by a local Board of Directors drawn from various state and private sector stakeholders.

Our Vision: To be the Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Policy Research and Outreach in Zambia.

Innovations for Successful Societies (ISS)

ISS chronicles government innovation, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Often the most creative and successful ideas are generated internally, framed by people who have deep knowledge of local conditions. ISS enables practitioners to tell their unique stories and join a knowledge network of reform-minded public servants from around the globe. ISS case studies distill these conversations into a tool for learning, for cross-cutting analysis, and for scholarship.

Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

VISION: To become a centre of excellence in promoting the application of appropriate land policies, laws and management practices by empowering society through innovative and knowledge based advocacy and capacity building in Kenya and the region.

LDGI values of Integrity, Trust and Professionalism influence the way we work every day and everywhere.

The Tenure Facility

The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility is focused on securing land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. We are the first financial mechanism to exclusively fund projects working towards this goal while reducing conflict, driving development, improving global human rights, and mitigating the impacts of climate change.

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