Now available: the 2014 day-to-day programme of the 5th LANDac Summer School “Land governance for development”
Land is a priority issue in international development research, practice and policy making. Pressure on land is increasing, including for growing export and biofuel crops, as well as for speculation purposes, tourism, mining, industrial development, urbanization and nature conservation. As a result, access to and use of natural resources, particularly in developing countries, is being reshaped profoundly. Land governance in developing countries has to deal with multiple pressures and competing claims in ways that balance economic growth and social justice. This course provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the various dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond.
Large areas of agricultural land and forests are now being bought, leased or put into use by a broad range of stakeholders, including governments, foreign investors and international companies, but also local elites and conservation organizations. The targeted land is being used for growing export and biofuel crops, as well as for speculation purposes, tourism, mining, industrial development, urbanization and nature conservation. Competing claims can have a significant impact on a country’s stability, as well as its ability to alleviate poverty, ensure food security and local livelihoods, preserve biodiversity, and arm communities with the tools and knowledge necessary for claiming their land rights. As a result, access to and use of land and natural resources, particularly in developing countries, is being reshaped profoundly. And land governance in developing countries now has to deal with multiple pressures and competing claims in ways that balance economic growth and social justice.
This course, organized by LANDac (the Netherlands Academy for Land Governance), will provide a multidisciplinary analysis of the various dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. MSc students, PhD students and professionals from development organizations and projects will acquire up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical contexts and policy debates. Participants learn about best practices in land governance from different perspectives and on multiple levels, from local to international. Topics are discussed in interactive mini-courses, lectures and solution-oriented workshops and are complemented with a one-day excursion led by a development expert. The design of the course allows for participants to closely work together with professionals, experts and fellow students from a variety of backgrounds.
Several lectures draw a general overview of various important themes such as the global land rush, land governance, land administration and land issues in post-conflict situations. This overview is complemented by a mix of case studies that illustrate general issues and trends in specific contexts, including (trans)national land investments in Indonesia and the Philippines, government-led land acquisition and resettlement policies in India, and World Bank policies on land. But also looking at foreigners buying real estate for residential tourism in Costa Rica, land governance solutions in countries with weak institutions such as Burkina Faso, challenges for participatory land governance in Mozambique, and coping with urban pressures on agricultural land in Vietnam. Topics are discussed from a range of perspectives, blending insights from Dutch and international academics with those of development practitioners, representatives of farmers’ organizations and government policy advisors.
TARGET GROUP:
The course is designed for Master’s students, PhD students, academics; as well as for practitioners from development organizations, projects and governments who are interested in or work in the fields of land governance, development studies, natural resource management, planning, human rights and conflict studies.
COURSE AIM:
The course provides participants with thorough knowledge of current problems as well as academic and policy debates related to land and development. Participants also build understanding of practical knowledge and possible solutions. The guiding question is how to optimize the link between land governance, inclusive sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
Access the day-to-day programme 2014
More information: Utrecht Summer School
Posted: 20th May 2014 by admin
Global Witness: Trials of indigenous leaders could undermine Peru’s hosting of climate negotiations
Posted: 16th May 2014 by admin
Press Release: New Study: Global Paper Company Makes Progress, but Continues to Face Challenges in Ensuring Legality of Land Holdings in China
Posted: 16th May 2014 by admin
Camer (French): Cameroun, droits fonciers : Plaidoyer pour une synergie d’actions de communications urgentes et efficaces
Posted: 16th May 2014 by admin
Forest Land Acquisition by Stora Enso in South China: Status, Issues, and Recommendations
Last Updated: 26th July 2019 by admin
Summerschool 2014
Now available: the 2014 day-to-day programme of the 5th LANDac Summer School “Land governance for development”
Land is a priority issue in international development research, practice and policy making. Pressure on land is increasing, including for growing export and biofuel crops, as well as for speculation purposes, tourism, mining, industrial development, urbanization and nature conservation. As a result, access to and use of natural resources, particularly in developing countries, is being reshaped profoundly. Land governance in developing countries has to deal with multiple pressures and competing claims in ways that balance economic growth and social justice. This course provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the various dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond.
Large areas of agricultural land and forests are now being bought, leased or put into use by a broad range of stakeholders, including governments, foreign investors and international companies, but also local elites and conservation organizations. The targeted land is being used for growing export and biofuel crops, as well as for speculation purposes, tourism, mining, industrial development, urbanization and nature conservation. Competing claims can have a significant impact on a country’s stability, as well as its ability to alleviate poverty, ensure food security and local livelihoods, preserve biodiversity, and arm communities with the tools and knowledge necessary for claiming their land rights. As a result, access to and use of land and natural resources, particularly in developing countries, is being reshaped profoundly. And land governance in developing countries now has to deal with multiple pressures and competing claims in ways that balance economic growth and social justice.
This course, organized by LANDac (the Netherlands Academy for Land Governance), will provide a multidisciplinary analysis of the various dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. MSc students, PhD students and professionals from development organizations and projects will acquire up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical contexts and policy debates. Participants learn about best practices in land governance from different perspectives and on multiple levels, from local to international. Topics are discussed in interactive mini-courses, lectures and solution-oriented workshops and are complemented with a one-day excursion led by a development expert. The design of the course allows for participants to closely work together with professionals, experts and fellow students from a variety of backgrounds.
Several lectures draw a general overview of various important themes such as the global land rush, land governance, land administration and land issues in post-conflict situations. This overview is complemented by a mix of case studies that illustrate general issues and trends in specific contexts, including (trans)national land investments in Indonesia and the Philippines, government-led land acquisition and resettlement policies in India, and World Bank policies on land. But also looking at foreigners buying real estate for residential tourism in Costa Rica, land governance solutions in countries with weak institutions such as Burkina Faso, challenges for participatory land governance in Mozambique, and coping with urban pressures on agricultural land in Vietnam. Topics are discussed from a range of perspectives, blending insights from Dutch and international academics with those of development practitioners, representatives of farmers’ organizations and government policy advisors.
TARGET GROUP:
The course is designed for Master’s students, PhD students, academics; as well as for practitioners from development organizations, projects and governments who are interested in or work in the fields of land governance, development studies, natural resource management, planning, human rights and conflict studies.
COURSE AIM:
The course provides participants with thorough knowledge of current problems as well as academic and policy debates related to land and development. Participants also build understanding of practical knowledge and possible solutions. The guiding question is how to optimize the link between land governance, inclusive sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
Access the day-to-day programme 2014
More information: Utrecht Summer School
Last Updated: 28th June 2019 by admin
Virtual Briefing: Opportunities for private sector engagement on land
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development secretariat will host a virtual briefing with Duncan Pruett, Land Policy Advisor at Oxfam Novib, and Chris Jochnick, Director of Private Sector, Oxfam America on 06 May, starting 15:00 CEST.
Topic
Owing to the interest expressed by a number of individual members of the Global Donor Group, in improving the performance of the private sector when it comes to land, Oxfam would like to share its experiences and insights in this area. While Oxfam’s international policy and advocacy work specifically in relation to land has covered a number of issues since it started in mid 2010, it has achieved some important public commitments on the part of the private sector in 2012 and 2013, including the extensive “zero-tolerance for land grabs” commitment by the Coca-Cola Company in late 2013.
Some commitments made by companies exceed those currently in the CFS RAI draft, and those agreed in the CFS’s Voluntary Guidelines on Land. Oxfam believes its experiences and achievements provide important insights into how change can be achieved within the private sector, and the role that critical policy advocacy can play in this. Going forward, there is a need for these achievements to be consolidated, and potential for some of these approaches to be extended wider, to other sectors, and into the realm of public ;policy at country level.
The session would cover:
Last Updated: 26th July 2019 by admin
New Publication: The Global land grab as modern day corporate colonialism
In ‘The global land grab as modern day corporate colonialism’, Mayke Kaag and Annelies Zoomers reflect on the land grab debate so far and go beyond the expression of the global land grab in hectares and statistics. The article introduces their most recent publication ‘The global land grab: beyond the hype’ in which land grabbing is studied using an indepth and comparative approach. A range of case studies from various countries are presented and reflect important differences in causes, outcomes, historical roots, etc. of the global land grab.
Full article available here.
Link to ‘The global land grab: beyond the hype’.
Last Updated: 28th June 2019 by admin
New Online Course on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
A new course (in French) about natural resources and sustainable development is now available through the edX website: ‘Ressources naturelles et developpement durable’. The 7-week course (4-6 hours per week) looks at the links between natural resource use (land, water, minerals, forests etc) and sustainable development. Both opportunities and challenges at local and global level of natural resources are dealt with. By analyzing the socio-economic and environmental consequences of the rush for these resources will help understand links between the agrarian crisis, food crisis and environmental crisis. For more information, please refer to the website:
Last Updated: 28th June 2019 by admin
2014 Day-To-Day programme LANDac Summer School “Landegovernance for development”
Now available: the 2014 day-to-day programme of the 5th LANDac Summer School
“Land governance for development”
Land is a priority issue in international development research, practice and policy making. Pressure on land is increasing, including for growing export and biofuel crops, as well as for speculation purposes, tourism, mining, industrial development, urbanization and nature conservation. As a result, access to and use of natural resources, particularly in developing countries, is being reshaped profoundly. Land governance in developing countries has to deal with multiple pressures and competing claims in ways that balance economic growth and social justice. This course provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the various dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond.
Large areas of agricultural land and forests are now being bought, leased or put into use by a broad range of stakeholders, including governments, foreign investors and international companies, but also local elites and conservation organizations. The targeted land is being used for growing export and biofuel crops, as well as for speculation purposes, tourism, mining, industrial development, urbanization and nature conservation. Competing claims can have a significant impact on a country’s stability, as well as its ability to alleviate poverty, ensure food security and local livelihoods, preserve biodiversity, and arm communities with the tools and knowledge necessary for claiming their land rights. As a result, access to and use of land and natural resources, particularly in developing countries, is being reshaped profoundly. And land governance in developing countries now has to deal with multiple pressures and competing claims in ways that balance economic growth and social justice.
This course, organized by LANDac (the Netherlands Academy for Land Governance), will provide a multidisciplinary analysis of the various dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. MSc students, PhD students and professionals from development organizations and projects will acquire up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical contexts and policy debates. Participants learn about best practices in land governance from different perspectives and on multiple levels, from local to international. Topics are discussed in interactive mini-courses, lectures and solution-oriented workshops and are complemented with a one-day excursion led by a development expert. The design of the course allows for participants to closely work together with professionals, experts and fellow students from a variety of backgrounds.
Several lectures draw a general overview of various important themes such as the global land rush, land governance, land administration and land issues in post-conflict situations. This overview is complemented by a mix of case studies that illustrate general issues and trends in specific contexts, including (trans)national land investments in Indonesia and the Philippines, government-led land acquisition and resettlement policies in India, and World Bank policies on land. But also looking at foreigners buying real estate for residential tourism in Costa Rica, land governance solutions in countries with weak institutions such as Burkina Faso, challenges for participatory land governance in Mozambique, and coping with urban pressures on agricultural land in Vietnam. Topics are discussed from a range of perspectives, blending insights from Dutch and international academics with those of development practitioners, representatives of farmers’ organizations and government policy advisors.
Target group:
The course is designed for Master’s students, PhD students, academics; as well as for practitioners from development organizations, projects and governments who are interested in or work in the fields of land governance, development studies, natural resource management, planning, human rights and conflict studies.
Course aim:
The course provides participants with thorough knowledge of current problems as well as academic and policy debates related to land and development. Participants also build understanding of practical knowledge and possible solutions. The guiding question is how to optimize the link between land governance, inclusive sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
Access the day-to-day programme 2014
More information: Utrecht Summer School
Last Updated: 28th June 2019 by admin
Call for papers & Participation: “Beyond Land Grabbing” seminar Roskilde, Denmark
Roskilde University is hosting a seminar on “Beyond landgrabbing: New perspectives on large-scale land acquisitions in Africa and South-East Asia on May 20, 2014.
The aim of this workshop is to explore the theoretical and methodological implications of large-scale land acquisitions. What are the trends and specific mechanisms through which land acquisitions or land grabbing occur? What are the drivers and motivations behind the current wave of large-scale land acquisitions by transnational corporations, financial institutions, and states? Who are the key actors (private individuals, transnational corporations, states and financial institutions, NGOs)? What role do profit, environmental protection, and resource security play? Finally, little is known about the economic and political conditions that lead especially emerging economies and newly industrialized countries (NICs) to enter directly into large scale land acquisition overseas. . .Researchers, PhD students and advanced Master’s students from Roskilde and other research institutions are invited to participate and will be able to present discussion papers, thesis chapters and research project proposals on the topics of the workshop. Possibilities of joint publications will be explored.
More information available here.