ITC and EU | Innovative Geospatial Tools for Mapping Land Rights in East Africa Faster, Easier and Cheaper
In sub-Saharan Africa, it’s an ongoing challenge to map millions of unrecognised land rights. An EU initiative delivered land mapping tools that respond to the need to rapidly map millions of land rights. Project partners developed an innovative… Read More
Wageningen University & Research | 3 PhD Positions on Climate Security and Food Systems
Deadline for application: October 1st 2020 Wageningen University and Research (WUR), the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are looking for 3 outstanding candidates for our joint PhD program… Read More
RRI | New research by the Rights and Resources Initiative
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has shared three new technical analyses to serve as a roadmap to scale up land tenure reforms globally. The launch of these analyses is intended to influence donors, policy makers, negotiators, and… Read More
LANDac | Guatemala Blog Series Update – Land governance in Guatemala: a new setback
Over the course of 2018 and 2019 Jur Schuurman has zoomed in on the story of Guatemalan land issues from many perspectives in this blog series. In this recently published update, he updates us on some worrying recent… Read More
ILC | 2020 Land Forums and Regional Assemblies
The International Land Coalition invites you to participate in the virtual 2020 Regional Assemblies and Land Forums. Please be aware that although Land Forums are open events, participation in the Assemblies are reserved for ILC members only. AfricaThis… Read More
Mekong Land Research Forum | Call to Join Their Research Network
The Mekong Land Research Forum is the primary resource for informed research, education, and advocacy around land relations in the Mekong region. Together with Chiang Mai University and partners, it nurtures the next generation of researchers on land. … Read More
LANDac & Partners | Brief Series Land, Housing, and COVID-19
By Karol Boudreaux (Landesa), Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque (Norwegian Refugee Council), Yuliya Panfil (New America), and Chantal Wieckardt (LANDac) Following the Webinar Series and Online Discussion on Land Rights Implications of COVID-19, LANDac, together with Landesa, the Land Portal Foundation, New… Read More
MDPI | Using a Gender-Responsive Land Rights Framework to Assess Youth Land Rights in Rural Liberia
This article by Louis, Mauto, Dodd, Heidenrich, Dolo and Urey (2020) was published in Land and summarizes the evidence on youth land rights in Liberia from a literature review combined with primary research from two separate studies: (1)… Read More
FAO | Webinar on Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water, Now Available to Watch Online
The engagement of youth and young professionals plays a key role achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since today’s youth are more geographically mobile and technologically connected than any other generation. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, intergenerational… Read More
Posted: 29th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
World Habitat | Job Opportunity
Deadline for applications: 14 October at 10am (BST). World Habitat is looking for a dynamic Programme Officer to support their World Habitat Awards programme. You will be part of a small and experienced team that runs the Awards… Read More