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Global Donor Working Group policy brief ‘land in a post-2015 framework’
The Global Donor Working Group on Land (http://www.donorplatform.org/land/on-common-ground.html?Itemid=9) published a platform policy brief on land in a post-2015 framework. The policy brief can be accessed via this link.
Land rights in Namibia
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) recently published two case studies about land rights in Namibia. Topics are the strenghtening of women’s rights to land and the systematic registration of communal land in Namibia. Both documents are… Read More
Landesa women’s land rights visiting professionals program
Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program The Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professional Program is cultivating a network of qualified professionals who are strongly committed to strengthening women’s land rights. The program will boost visiting professionals’ capacity to effectively… Read More
Start of the new LANDac LANDforum
On 7 and 8 November 2013 LANDac organized the first LANDforum meeting: a group of policy makers, practitioners, private sector representatives and researchers gathered at Utrecht University and discussed new ways to optimize the links between land-related investments, food security and inclusive sustainable development.
This meeting in Utrecht was a first step towards the establishment of a multi-stakeholder network and think-tank that will meet again in 2014 and 2015.
Government of Ethiopia partners with the G8 to improve land governance
Government of Ethiopia partners with the G8 to improve land governance The Governments of Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, the USA, and Germany announced agreeing to enter a land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance… Read More
Call for proposals: agricultural investment, gender and Land in Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), the Future Agricultures Consortium, and the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) of the African Union, the African Development Bank and… Read More
New publication: a critical review of the policy debate on large-scale land acquisitions
In the new publication ‘Africa for Sale. Positioning the state, land and society in foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Africa’ (Evers, Seagle, Krijtenburg, eds), Professor Annelies Zoomer contributed a chapter entitled ‘A critical review of the policy debate on large-scale… Read More
Vacancy announcement: Land Portalopen data website admin
The Land Portal team is looking for a technical person with expertise in Drupal administration and Open Data. The team is seeking a multi-skilled technical lead to manage the transition of the Land Portal from it’s first version… Read More
New publication: compensation and resettlement policies
‘Compensation and resettlement policies after compulsory land acquisition for hydropower development in Vietnam: policy and practice’ In this new article published last week in open access journal Land, the authors analyse differences between policies and practices regarding state-led… Read More
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Last Updated: 26th July 2019 by admin
Presentation George Schoneveld 16 january 2014
16 January, The Hague On Thursday 16 January, former LANDac PhD George Schoneveld presented his dissertation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Around 50 participants joined the presentation and discussion about his research into ‘The Governance of… Read More