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LANDac 2020 Conference | Call for Sessions Extended!

Land Governance Challenges and Climate Change: Handling Pressures, Upholding Rights 2-3 July 2020Muntgebouw Utrecht, The Netherlands Call for Sessions for the 2020 Conference is out now! Deadline for submission extended 22 January 2020. The LANDac Annual International Conference… Read More

New America | Future of Property Rights Program: Call for “Frontier Fellows”

New America’s Future of Property Rights Program (FPR) is looking for a ‘Frontier Fellow’! Deadline for application: 10th January 2020. More information below. About the Future of Property Rights Program: New America’s Future of Property Rights Program (FPR)… Read More

WUR | Public Lecture An Ansoms: Land Lost – Land Regained in Transforming Rural Landscapes?

Public Lecture Prof An Ansoms: Land lost – land regained in transforming rural landscapes? Smallholder farmers navigating Rwanda’s agrarian land reforms. Date: December 18th 2019Time: 15:00 – 17:00Location: room C62, Leeuwenborch, Wageningen University, The Netherlands In her lecture,… Read More

LAND-at-scale | Vacature Programma-adviseur

Vacancy in Dutch RVO’s LAND-at-scale is op zoek naar een nieuwe programma-adviseur. Functieomschrijving Betere landrechten zijn cruciaal voor resultaten op verschillende ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsthema’s. Denk maar eens aan voedselzekerheid, integraal waterbeheer, klimaatadaptatie en duurzaam bos- en grondstoffenbeheer. Maar ook aan… Read More

EADI/ISS Series | Solidarity for People Displaced by Large-Scale Investment Projects

LANDac and UU colleagues Kei Otsuki and Griet Steel recently posted a blog for the EADI/ISS Series on Solidarity for People Displaces by Large-Scale Investment Projects. Read the blog here! You can still join the panel by submitting… Read More

Shelter City Netherlands | Call for temporary relocation in 2020

Orginal post here. Justice and Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for human rights defenders at risk to participate in the Shelter City initiative around March 2020. The deadline to apply is 29 November 2019.   Shelter… Read More

Cadasta | Land Rights Challenge Fund

Cadasta has launched its Land Rights Challenge Fund! The Land Rights Challenge Fund is available to help Cadasta’s partners better leverage Cadasta’s innovative technical tools and services to document and secure land and resource rights worldwide. The Land… Read More

EADI/ISS 2020 | Call for Abstract: Solidarity for investment-induced displacement and resettlement

Kei Otsuki and Griet Steel (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) are convening a panel at the 2020 EADI/ISS Conference Solidary, Peace and Socal Justice: HP059 – Solidarity for investment-induced displacement and resettlement. In this panel, they address what solidarity… Read More

CFS 46 | LEGEND | Findings and Key Lessons from LEGEND’s Work on Responsible Land Investments

At the 46th Edition of the Committee on World Food Security, LEGEND (Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development) partners presented their key findings and lessons-learned from LEGEND’s work on responsible land investments. You can download the presentation here.

LANDac | Launch Blog Series Professional Learning Programme

In the newly lanched blog series, LANDac fellows from the Professional Learning Programme share their experiences in the field. ‘”This plot is not for sale!”: Land Administration and Land Disputes in Uganda‘ is the first blog in the… Read More