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Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing
5 June 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Rick de Satgé
Global

An in-depth global review of land resource resource grabbing is both timely and essential reading. The great thing about this Routledge Handbook is that it is not locked away behind a prohibitively expensive paywall.   This open access handbook edited by  Andreas Neef, Chanrith Ngin, Tsegaye Moreda and Sharlene Mollett provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive analysis of the many forces driving global land and resource grabbing.

The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing provides fresh methodological, theoretical and empirical insights. It presents and discusses resource grabbing research in a holistic manner by addressing how the rush for land and other natural resources, including water, forests and minerals, is intertwined with agriculture, mining, tourism, energy, biodiversity conservation, climate change, carbon markets and conflict.

The handbook is truly global and interdisciplinary, with case studies from the Global South and Global North, and chapter contributions from practitioners, activists and academics, with emerging and Indigenous authors featuring strongly across the chapters.

The handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in land and resource grabbing, agrarian studies, development studies, critical human geography, global studies and natural resource governance.

1 June 2023
Global

En el marco de la serie Diálogos sobre la Tierra, el 25 de mayo tuvo lugar el segundo seminario web de la serie de este año "Derechos a la tierra de pueblos indígenas y COP 15 sobre biodiversidad: seis meses después" El seminario web reunió a algo más de 350 participantes y contó con la participación de diversos panelistas, desde mujeres indígenas líderes hasta funcionarios de programas. La serie está organizada por un consorcio de organizaciones, entre ellas la Fundación Land Portal, la Fundación Thomson Reuters, la Fundación Ford y el Tenure Facility.

1 June 2023
Global

Under the umbrella of the Land Dialogues series, the second webinar of this year’s series “Indigenous Land Rights and the Biodiversity COP15: Six Months On” took place on May 25th, 2023. The webinar drew in a little over 350 participants and featured panelists from Indigenous women leaders to programme officers. The series is organized by a consortium of organizations, including the Land Portal Foundation, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Tenure Facility.  

 An abstract painting about Enhancing Access to Land Data
31 May 2023
Authors: 
Mr. Charl-Thom Bayer
Global

As an advocate for open land data, the Land Portal Foundation aims to improve access to land data, engage stakeholders, and support actions that promote data openness. I recently had the opportunity to introduce the State of Land Information Index (SOLIndex) and talk about the Open Up Guide at the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Partners’ Meeting in Nairobi and show how these tools play a vital role in improving access to land information.

Land Governance Data Fragmentation
16 May 2023
Authors: 
Ms. Laura Meggiolaro
Global

La Fundación Land Portal, como organización sin ánimo de lucro que opera en la intersección de las comunidades de datos abiertos y gobernanza de la tierra, ha tenido el privilegio en los últimos 5-8 años de estar en posición de observar algunas tendencias interesantes que afectan al panorama de los datos sobre la gobernanza de la tierra.

Building a sustainable model for women and community land rights
16 May 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Elizabeth Daley
Africa
Tanzania
Asia
Mongolia
Global

The WOLTS experience has given me hope for the future. Change is possible.

Land Governance Data Fragmentation
16 May 2023
Authors: 
Ms. Laura Meggiolaro
Global

The Land Portal Foundation, as a non-profit organization operating at the intersection of the open data and land governance communities, has been privileged over the past 5-8 years to be in a position to observe some interesting trends affecting the land governance data landscape. 

Land Monitoring and the SDGs
16 May 2023
Authors: 
Robert Ndugwa
Morocco
Tunisia
Kenya
Rwanda
Uganda
Zambia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Benin
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Côte d'Ivoire
Mali
Niger
Senegal
Togo
Iraq
Global

Land is a finite resource, and access to it is essential for the livelihoods of individuals and communities. To ensure that access to land is secure and equitable for all, the United Nations has set the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.4.2, which measures individuals' land tenure security, and SDG 5.a.1, which measures tenure security over agricultural land from a gender perspective.

Open data, SDGs and land governance
2 May 2023
Authors: 
Ms. Laura Meggiolaro
Global

A questão da posse da terra e da governança é um dos desafios mais complexos e diversificados que os(as) formuladores(as) de políticas e profissionais da área de desenvolvimento enfrentam. Isso é especialmente verdadeiro quando se trata de atingir os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), pois há mais de uma dúzia de indicadores relacionados à terra distribuídos em cinco objetivos dos ODS, com dados mantidos por diferentes agências de custódia.

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2 May 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Ritu Verma
Global

1. Poderia nos contar como se envolveu tanto com o Land Portal? Por que você se empenhou tanto no desenvolvimento do Land Portal ao longo de todos esses anos?​

Trabalho com direitos fundiários há duas décadas e meia, portanto, o envolvimento com o Land Portal foi muito natural e orgânico, especialmente devido ao papel cada vez mais importante do conhecimento e do compartilhamento de informações na defesa e garantia dos direitos das pessoas à terra.

2 May 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Ritu Verma
Global

1. ¿Puede decirnos cómo llegó a comprometerse tanto con Land Portal? ¿Por qué se comprometió tanto con el desarrollo de Land Portal a lo largo de los años?

Llevo dos décadas y media trabajando en el ámbito de los derechos sobre la tierra, así que comprometerme con Land Portal fue una progresión natural y orgánica, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta el papel cada vez más importante que desempeñan el conocimiento y el intercambio de información a la hora de defender y garantizar los derechos de las personas sobre la tierra.

2 May 2023
Authors: 
Ms. Laura Meggiolaro
Global

La question de la tenure foncière et de la gouvernance foncière est l'un des défis les plus complexes et les plus multiformes auxquels sont confrontés les décideurs et les praticiens dans le domaine du développement. C'est particulièrement vrai lorsqu'il s'agit d'atteindre les objectifs de développement durable (ODD), car il existe plus d'une douzaine d'indicateurs liés à la terre répartis sur cinq objectifs des ODD, dont les données sont conservées par différentes agences dépositaires.

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