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New publication Seven reasons why climate-induced land grabbing requires significant changes in land governance

By Annelies Zoomers and Kei Otsuki Two decades after the start of the debate on land grabbing, scholarly and policy attention is shifting from ‘how to stop land grabbing’ to ‘how to use land to combat climate change’…. Read More

Research publications: Ten Years After

We are happy to announce the first publications of our research project ‘Ten years after: A reality check on impact assessments of infrastructural projects’. This project aims to establish how impact assessments can be made more accurate and… Read More

Land Tenure and Sustainable Agri-food Systems | GLTN publication

The aim of this paper is to consolidate lessons from existing evidence that demonstrates the role of equitable access and tenure security to land in achieving sustainable food systems transformation, and subsequently, for the overall achievement of the… Read More

Mekong Land Research Forum | Annual Country Reviews 2021-2022

The Annual Country Reviews 2021-22 has just been published by the Mekong Land Research Forum. It can be found at:  http://www.mekonglandforum.org/sites/default/files/Annual%20country%20reviews%202021-2.pdf The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land relations in the Mekong Region, and has been produced… Read More

PLN Research publications & video

Our Professional Learning Network has been working in groups researching different topics related to land governance and inclusive investments. The groups consisted out of 3-4 people from different countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is where the research activities… Read More

Publication: Key Themes in Land Governance: Synopses of Research, Policy and Action in the Mekong Region

The Mekong region is marked by particular kinds of historical and contemporary land uses, social relations around land, interactions within and across national borders, and patterns of development that shape changing uses and types of access arrangements. These… Read More

Land Portal: Thirty-five New Country Portfolios Feature Breadth of Land Governance Challenges

The Land Portal Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of thirty-five new country portfolios as part of the Country Insights Initiative, which seeks to expand knowledge about how countries govern their land, the challenges they face, and… Read More

Publications from our Professional Learning Network

We are happy to announce the publication of two policy briefs from our Professional Learning Network! These two briefs are situated in Uganda. ‘Planning the city from the bottom up: The case of Kibugambata community in Jinja City… Read More

Release – Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush

The Land Matrix has just published a report ‘Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush’. Click here for the announcement including links to the full report and executive summary. “More than 10 years… Read More

Book chapter “Alli Kawsay: Epistemology and Political Practice in the Territories, a Possibility from the Andean Pluriverse for Ecological Justice and the Care of Mother Nature”

Eduardo Erazo Acosta is a Sociologist at the Researcher Group Curriculum and University, University Nariño, Pasto, Colombia. Eduardo has written a chapter for the book The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies, called “Alli Kawsay: Epistemology and Political… Read More