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Thirty-five New Country Portfolios Feature Breadth of Land Governance Challenges
02 December 2021
(02.12.2021) The Land Portal Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of thirty-five new country portfolios as part of the Country Insights Initiative, which seeks to expand knowledge about how countries govern their land, the challenges they face, and the innovative solutions they find to manage land tenure issues.
Sri Lanka budget 2022: railway land for private development
12 November 2021
ECONOMYNEXT – Land owned by Sri Lanka railways will be offered for private developers for investment, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa said presenting a budget speech.
“I propose to obtain investments through public-private partnerships and local and international sources to implement mixed development projects comprising of shopping malls, financial services, hotels, office facilities, cinema halls, entertainment centres [and] apartments,” he said in a budget for 2022.
He said some lands owned by Department of Railways are currently not being utilized productively.
Blogs
“Recognition without rights”: the state of Indigenous territories and policy in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Récapitulation du webinaire : Les autorités traditionnelles en Afrique et leur rôle dans la gouvernance foncière
17 November 2023
Dans le cadre d'un webinaire stimulant animé par Nolundi Luwaya, directeur du Centre de recherche sur la terre et la responsabilité de l'Université du Cap, des experts de toute l'Afrique se sont réunis pour démêler les complexités du rôle des autorités traditionnelles dans la gouvernance des investissements fonciers. Cet événement a mis en lumière les défis uniques et les stratégies employées par les autorités traditionnelles dans la gestion des investissements fonciers.
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.
Discussions
Legal empowerment and agribusiness investments
Closed
01 November 2017 to 14 November 2017
LorenzoCotula
Events
Le rôle des autorités traditionnelles africaines dans la gouvernance des investissements fonciers
15 November 2023
En examinant les paysages de plusieurs pays africains, nous mettrons en lumière la myriade d'expériences des chefs traditionnels, en soulignant les variations de leur autorité législative et le poids de leur parole. En s'appuyant sur des études de cas réels, le discours soulignera les zones de friction potentielles entre les chefs traditionnels, les entités gouvernementales et la population locale, en particulier lorsque les projecteurs se tournent vers la gestion des investissements fonciers dans les domaines ancestraux.
International Institute for Environment and Development
Land Portal Foundation
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Namati
ILC Africa
The role of African traditional authorities in land-based investment governance
15 November 2023
By examining the landscapes of multiple African countries, we will unearth the myriad experiences of traditional leaders, emphasizing the variances in their legislative authority and the weight of their word. By drawing upon actual case studies, the discourse will underscore potential friction areas between traditional leaders, governmental entities, and local populace, especially when the spotlight turns to the management of land based investments within ancestral domains.
International Institute for Environment and Development
Land Portal Foundation
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Namati
ILC Africa
2021 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2021)
01 November 2021 - 04 November 2021
Hybrid format - Online and in Kigali, Rwanda
Rwanda
ABOUT THE EVENT
Land Governance for Safeguarding Art, Culture, and Heritage Towards the Africa We Want
African Land Policy Centre
Library
Creating an enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Reform
Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2021
Africa
Asia
Europe
This fact sheet describes the course that provides guidance on driving reforms that strengthen policy, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks for responsible agricultural investment (RAI). Specifically, the course provides support to design the reform strategy, establish multi-stakeholder consultation processes for decision-making and enhance the role of regulatory processes in creating an enabling environment for responsible agricultural investment.
Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts
Manuals & Guidelines
August, 2021
Global
Investment in agriculture is essential for sustainable development, in particular for achieving food security, adequate nutrition, decent employment, poverty reduction and environmental protection. In seeking to attract agricultural investment, many governments and local communities have entered into Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (ALIC).
“Why would anyone leave?”: Development, overindebtedness, and migration in Guatemala
Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2021
Guatemala
Over the past two decades, policymakers have expressed considerable optimism about the capacity of international development to curb transnational migration, yet there is a dearth of research examining how and under what conditions development interventions impact migration decisions. Enlisting a case study approach in the Maya-K’iche’ community of Almolonga, this article examines divergent meanings and practices of “development” and its impact on the migratory aspirations and outcomes of Indigenous families in Guatemala.
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