WRI Blog | 4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions
Peter Veit wrote a blog for the World Resource Institute (WRI) on how countries are now missing out on a key strategy to fight climate change. There is growing evidcence that there are emissions-reduction benefits of well-managed indigenous… Read More
Land Portal | RVO and FAO Round Table on Land Consolidation in the Arab World
The Land Portal summarized the outcomes of the roundtable by RVO and FAO to initiate a dialogue and to share experiences between countries in North Africa and Middle East, while also bringing in lessons from Europe on land… Read More
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral GIS Researcher in Environmental, Housing and Health Inequalities
Deadline for application 21st of April 2021. University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences – Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with experience in spatial analysis to join… Read More
LAND at lunch: Investments and conflict in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique
LAND at lunch: Investments and conflict in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique On April 15, from 12.00 – 13.30 CEST, LANDac organizes a lunch seminar to discuss the ongoing events in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, where violent conflicts have been afflicting… Read More
LANDdialogue: Liberia – More than 1.3 Million Hectares now under Community Ownership and Control
March 5, 2021 – Gerald C. Koinyeneh in Front Page Africa Monrovia – Local communities across Liberia seem to be taking advantage of the new Land Rights Law to reclaim their ancestral land. With more than 1.3 million… Read More
The Land Portal launches third annual land data stories contest
In honour of International Open Data Day, having taken place on March 6th, we would like to invite you to submit your data story to the Land Portal. Read more here below! Why submit a data story? Promoting your… Read More
Job Opportunities: Three faculty positions in Social/Cultural Geographies (Singapore)
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (NUS) THREE faculty positions in Social/Cultural Geographies addressing contemporary crises of sustainability in Asia (two positions at Assistant Professor level on the tenure-track and one at Associate or Full Professor level… Read More
Call for Articles: Contested airport land in the Global South
Contested airport land in the Global South Call for contributions to book edition “Contested airport land in the Global South” (working title), initial editors: Sneha Sharma & Irit Eguavoen, AG Geographische Entwicklungsforschung, Universität Bonn Airport lands and those… Read More
Opportunity: PhD in Geography
Deadline for application is 30th April 2021. Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Department of Geography at the University of Bergen (UiB) are seeking a PhD candidate to conduct research related to the project “Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus:… Read More
Posted: 22nd April 2021 by Charlotte Stam
Call of abstracts: IASC Land Commons Virtual Conference
As one of a series of virtual conferences organized by the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), this virtual conference aims to broaden a dialogue between traditional commons scholars, practitioners and researchers from the IASC… Read More