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LANDdialogue | Rabobank statement on land rights

The Dutch bank Rabobank has published a statement on land rights. The statement refers to the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, as well… Read More

Now open for registration: Workshop Land Governance & Food Security in Uganda

Now open for registration: LANDac Workshop Land Governance and Food Security in Uganda   When:       26-30 October 2015 (5 days, 4 nights) Where:      Source of the Nile Hotel, Jinja , Uganda   Access to land is… Read More

New CIFOR vacancy: Gender Post-Doctoral Fellow – Globalized trade and investments

Gender Post-Doctoral Fellow – Globalized trade and investments   The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a nonprofit, global research organization dedicated to advancing human well-being, environmental conservation and equity. We conduct research that enables more informed… Read More

Vacancies at the Global Land Tool Network

The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is an alliance of global regional and national partners contributing to poverty alleviation through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure particularly through the development and dissemination of pro-poor and… Read More

International land coalition seeks two long-term consultants

Deadline: 30/08/2015 Country: Italy The International Land Coalition is a coalition of 207 organisations from 64 countries.  ILC’s function as a network brings together diverse but complementary efforts, particularly between intergovernmental and civil society organisations. ILC supports its members through… Read More

New internship opportunity (deadline 3 August): Indigenous and community land rights at Oxfam Novib

Oxfam Novib Internship on Indigenous and community land rights The Oxfam Novib Academy is looking for a student with a relevant background in the area of land rights about for the duration of 3-6 months and at least… Read More

LANDac 2015 Conference – outcomes and documents

On 8, 9 and 10 July 2015, over 250 experts from academia, civil society organizations, governments, farmers organizations, financial institutions and private sector gathered in Utrecht for the LANDac International Conference on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable… Read More

Two internship opportunities at the International Land Coalition!

Deadline: 21/07/2015 Region: Global (including Europe) Are you a university student or recent grad? Are you interested in women’s land rights issues and/or the governance of a global, multi-stakeholder network? If so, ILC has just opened up two opportunities… Read More

New vacancy Utrecht University: Assistant Professor in Geo-Computation and Natural Hazards (1.0 FTE)

Assistant Professor in Geo-Computation and Natural Hazards (1.0 FTE)   Job description The Land Degradation and Geo-Computation Group within the Department of Physical Geography aims at understanding terrestrial ecosystem functioning with an emphasis on natural hazards, land degradation… Read More

19/02/2015 Land governance and food security – new knowledge agenda launched

The Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) and the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance (LANDac) have developed a knowledge agenda on land governance and food security. Two activities have been taken up: a scoping study on the linkages between… Read More