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Land Portal | Webinar: Realizing women’s land rights in Africa
In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources. This event coincided with the launch of a… Read More
LANDac Publications | Urban Land Grabs in Africa
Urban Land Grabs in Africa (Built Environment Volume 44 – No 4) Click here for the full set of journals. Contents: Urban Land Grabs in Africa? GRIET STEEL, FEMKE VAN NOORLOOS and KEI OTSUKI African Urban Development in a… Read More
ActionAid | Stronger together: Peasants from Malawi and the Netherlands share knowledge
For a farmer, access to land is crucial, but this access is not self-evident for many women. In December 2018, peasant women from Malawi and the Netherlands came together to exchange their knowledge and experience. The exchange showed that the… Read More
Mekong Land Research Forum | Annual Country Reviews 2018-19
The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the field. Specialists have been selected from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam… Read More
Paris School of Economics | GREENGO Conference
This conference will be devoted to the economic analysis of the interactions between environmental NGOs, firms and regulators addressing issues related to environmental protection and energy transition. Are welcome all the theoretical and applied works, on topics that… Read More
Land Human Rights (Sevilla) | International Conference Land and Human Rights
Land is an essential natural resource. Forty per cent of the world’s land is dedicated to agricultural and livestock production and ninety per cent of our food come directly or indirectly from it. Access to land facilitates also… Read More
University of Edinburgh | European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)
Africa: Connections and Disruptions In 2019, the University of Edinburgh’s Centre of African Studies will host the 8th European Conference on African Studies, Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus. It will take place in… Read More
LANDac | Blog Building Towards Ownership: Exploring the Role of a Community Land Trust in Sustainable Development
In this blog, Eva Labrujere explores how local knowledge and a community-based approach can provide a base for a strategic framework to guide sustainable development in Mathare Valley (Nairobi, Kenya). The developed integrative strategic framework aims to build towards overcoming… Read More
ASCL & LARC | Documentary screening on a mining conflict in KwaZulu-Natal: This land
The Land & Accountability Research Centre (LARC) at the University of Cape Town commissioned the vivid documentary film This Land as a way for rural people to bring the untold story of their struggle for rights and accountability on communal land… Read More
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Studium Generale | Who’s got the right to water? with Daphina Misiedjan
How do we distribute water in a fair and sustainable way? Does nature also have the right to water? With human rights scholar Dr Daphina Misiedjan. This Studium Generale lecture is part of a Dutch series on the… Read More