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Job Opportunity: Country Research & Engagement Consultants in LAC, francophone West Africa and the Arab region
29 April 2021
This is a re-post of an earlier annoucement, now focusing on LAC, francophone West Africa and the Arab region. The deadlline for application is 16th May. The Land Portal Foundation seeks three dynamic and highly motivated regional consultants to conduct research about the land governance context…
Hey, Elon! We’ve got the best carbon removal technology: Forest Communities
23 April 2021
On social media, global indigenous leadership addresses South African magnate Elon Musk, who has launched a global award for carbon sequestration projects. Up-to-date technological solution is the same it has always been: ancestral wisdom The coordinator of the Global Alliance of Territorial…
Forests Are Not Empty Spaces: To Save the Climate, Recognize Our Land Rights
22 April 2021
MESSAGE FROM AN INDIGENOUS LEADER AT THE BIDEN CLIMATE SUMMIT *** Global indigenous leadership welcomes the commitment to finance the protection of tropical forests to save the climate, while pointing out that success depends on recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples and local…
Responsible Land-Based Investments: Interview with Nathaniah Jacobs
12 May 2021
As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Nathaniah Jacobs, Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, to hear more about the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project. The…
Women and Community Land Rights: Investing in Local Champions
Women’s Land Tenure Security (WOLTS) is a practical action-research project on gender and land, led by development consultants Mokoro. For more than five years WOLTS has collaborated with local partners People Centered Conservation (PCC) in Mongolia and HakiMadini in Tanzania, investigating the…
