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25/01/2016 Now taking place: online debate on GLTN Gender Evaluation Criteria on the Land Portal

Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Supporting Women’s Land Rights: A debate on the Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) From 25 January to 5 February, the Land Portal Foundation will be holding a debate on the Global Land… Read More

20/01/2016 Website: Open Development Mekong

Open Development Cambodia, has launched its new Generation 2 website today, 20 January. On the new website you will find about 100 pages of  briefings covering 17 development sectors, an expanded law compendium, a comprehensive listing of Economic Land… Read More

19/01/2016 Launched: Call for abstracts LANDac Annual International Conference 2016

Now available: the call for abstracts for the 2nd international LANDac conference on 30 June and 1 July 2016. Please find the complete call here: Call for abstracts

15/01/2016 Overview of publications in the area of water governance

The Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitiek (German Development Institute) DIE published an overview of their 2014/2015 publications in the areas of transboundary water management, integrated water resources management, water and energy, water governance in agriculture, payments for water-related ecosystem… Read More

13/01/2016 Dynamic learning events held in Africa on land governance and food security

In early 2015, the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance (LANDac) and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) developed a knowledge agenda on land governance and food security. One of the activities addressed as part of the agenda was the development… Read More

LANDac 2016 International Land Conference: 30 June – 1 July 2016

On 30 June and 1 July 2016, LANDac will be organising a new International Land Conference: Large-scale land acquisition in the context of urban sprawl and climate change – LINKING THE RURAL AND THE URBAN This conference is a… Read More

14/12/2015 New publication: Theorising the Land – Violent Conflict Nexus

A new article will be published in the journal World Development (February 2016) entitled ‘Theorising the Land – Violent Conflict Nexus’ by Mathijs van Leeuwen (Leiden University, Radboud University Nijmegen) and Gemma van der Haar (Wageningen University). The full… Read More

LANDac 2015 International Land Conference – report available

The report of the 2015 LANDac International Land Conference Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development is now available. Please find the report here: LANDac 2015 Conference Report

GSSC Public Lecture: Annelies Zoomers

Internationales Kolleg Morphomata, Köln, Germany Wednesday 2 December, 17.45-19.15 Annelies Zoomers, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious issue of ‘land grabbing’ –… Read More

2016 LANDac Summer School in Utrecht – pre-registration now open!

Land Governance for Development   Period 04 July 2014 – 15 July 2016 (2 weeks)   Course location(s) Utrecht (Utrecht city campus), The Netherlands   Credits 3.0 ECTS credits + Certificate of Attendance   Organizing institution Utrecht University,… Read More