NWO-SRoL | New applied call on legitimate stability launched
Today, NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, together with the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law, launched the sixth call for applied proposals of the Security and Rule of Law research program at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and… Read More
GIZ | New publication: Safeguarding Human Rights in Land-Related Investments
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development commissioned a study to compare the Voluntary Guidelines on Land with the IFC Performance Standards and the World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Framework. The result is the analysis… Read More
Erasmus University | 5 PhD fellowships in Development Studies
More info available here. Thematic areas In the 2018 round, holders of a Master’s degree can apply for research positions related to the following cross-cutting themes in the ISS research programme Global Development and Social Justice: Migration and… Read More
COUPLED | Sustainability challenges in land use – 15 PhD positions
COUPLED is a four-year, European Training Network granted by the EC under Horizon 2020. They put the research approach of TELECOUPLING into action for solving sustainability challenges for land use. How to understand processes and actors that influence… Read More
Both ENDS | Reference Guide on Infrastructure Set Against Land Governance
The past years have seen a surge in large infrastructure projects, including dams, mines, highways, airports, ports, land reclamation, canals and urban renewal projects. The land assigned to these projects is often inhabited and used for agricultural purposes…. Read More
GIZ | Publication: Safeguarding Human Rights in Land Related Investments
Comparison of the Voluntary Guidelines Land with the IFC Performance Standards and the World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Framework Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights, 2017 This study was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for… Read More
World Bank | Conference on Land and Poverty 2018
The Annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference in Washington DC will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The 2018 conference theme will… Read More
Tropenbos et al | New working paper! Improving the positive impacts of investments on smallholder livelihoods
Moving from “do no harm” to “do good”… This working paper is aimed at impact investors, and presents key pointers or core guidance that have been drawn from international standards, principles and case studies, that follow. It provides… Read More
Land Rights Now | Earth Day Mobilisation
Secure Community Land Rights Now to Fight Climate Change and Protect our Planet This 22 April, the growing Land Rights Now movement will come together to show that secure land rights are central to fighting climate change. … Read More
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Coordinator
ILC & LANDac | Men that champion women’s land rights
The International Land Coalition reported on LANDac’s Learning Event on the Women and Secure Land Rights in Africa project, held in April 2018 in Nairobi. Gender means many things to people, but one image that usually comes to… Read More