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
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
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
CCSI: Transparency for Whom? Grounding Land Investment Transparency in the Needs of Local Actors
Transparency is often seen as a means of improving governance and accountability of investment, but its potential to do so is hindered by vague definitions and failures to focus on the needs of key local actors. In a… Read More
Perspective | Five insights on internal displacement and human rights for Asia and the Pacific in terms of the Paris Agreements
In this perspective article, author Albert Salamanca, Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute’s Asia Centre, shares five insights on internal displacement and human rights for Asia in terms of the Paris Agreements. These insights have emerged… Read More
Journal Article | Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration in Violent Conflict Settings
In this recently published journal article by C. Augustinus and O. Tempra in Land (MDPI), the authors address the question: what are the key features of fit-for-purpose land administration in violent conflict contexts? The article discusses case studies… Read More
FAO recent publications: Improving governance of tenure in policy and practice – the ABC of land tenure – Investor perspectives
FAO recent publications: Improving governance of tenure in policy and practice – the ABC of land tenure – Investor perspectives The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recently published several interesting publications, including peer-reviewed… Read More
Posted: 23rd February 2022 by Coordinator
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