Land Use Policy (Vol. 99) | Land tenure security for women: A conceptual framework
In this recently published article (open access), Cheryl Doss and Ruth Meinzen-Dick have developed a conceptual framework to analyze women’s land tenure security. The article identifies the multiple dimensions of women’s tenure security and outlines the key factors… Read More
Blog Prindex | Five things to know about land property rights in East Asia and the Pacific
Five things to know about land property rights in East Asia and the Pacific Blog post on the Land Portal website, by Ryan Flynn In 2020 Prindex – the first ever global measure of land and property rights… Read More
GLP | COVID-19, reverse migration, and the impact on land systems
Recently published blog by Sébastien Boillat and dr. Julie Zähringer on the impact of COVID-19 and reverse migration on land systems; “The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world abruptly, affecting nearly all of humanity with breath-taking speed. At… Read More
Springer | Juxtapositions in Jakarta: How Flood Interventions Reinforce and Challenge Urban Divides
New article by Roanne van Voorst in Urban Forum – “Juxtapositions in Jakarta: How Flood Interventions Reinforce and Challenge Urban Divides”. AbstractThis paper traces the interplay of spatially, socially and legally juxtaposed differences between different groups of Indonesia’s… Read More
T&F | Land, territory and commons: voices and visions from the struggles
New article by Tomaso Ferrando , Isabel Álvarez Vispo , Molly Anderson , Sophie Dowllar ,Harriet Friedmann , Antonio Gonzalez , Chandra Maracle & Nora McKeon – “Land, territory and commons: voices and visionsfrom the struggles” AbstractAll over… Read More
Elsevier, World Development | Climate change and land: Insights from Myanmar
In a recently published paper (2020), Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Jennifer C. Franco and Zau Nam outline the (political) links between climate change and land. You can read the full paper (open access) here. Abstract: Climate change and… Read More
CFS 46 | LEGEND | Findings and Key Lessons from LEGEND’s Work on Responsible Land Investments
At the 46th Edition of the Committee on World Food Security, LEGEND (Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development) partners presented their key findings and lessons-learned from LEGEND’s work on responsible land investments. You can download the presentation here.
World Bank | Violence Against Women and Girls Resource Guide: Land Sector Brief
Read the full brief here. A recently published report by the World Bank highlights the intersections between land programs/projects and violence against women and girls. It provides recommendations for policy, as well as institutional and community level interventions… Read More
UN | Publication: The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development
In 2015, United Nations Member States decided that the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development would be informed by the Global Sustainable Development Report. In 2016 Member States decided that the report would be produced quadrennially by an… Read More
Last Updated: 7th January 2021 by Coordinator
PAX | Community-based strategies to protect HLP rights in Syria
Community-based strategies to protect HLP rights in Syria: Lessons learned This recently published document by PAX’s Benoite Martin outlines the lessons that have been learned in implementing a methodology that aimed at mapping ownership and violations of housing,… Read More