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31 January 2023
Africa
Senegal
Global
The momentum is increasing around international land monitoring initiatives, together with an unprecedented demand for free, accessible, and usable land data and information. The land sector must find ways to seize opportunities presented by open data innovations while negotiating a rapidly changing data environment.
The Land Portal and Open Data Charter have been working with the Government of Senegal to open up land data, following the guidance set forth in the Open Up Guide for Land Governance. The Open Up Guide is a practical guide for governments who are seeking to better collect, publish, and use land data for the public good. As Phase 1 of this project, the team has published the State of Land Information in Senegal (SOLI) Report. SOLI reports are research-driven analyses of the current state of land data that assess the available land information against open data standards.
The webinar will:
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Share latest results from the Open Up Guide implementation pilot in Senegal and findings from the SOLI Senegal report
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Ask and discuss questions concerning the interest in and maturity of open data in Senegal as it relates to land
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Hear perspectives from the government of Senegal (ANAT, PROCASEF), donors (GIZ, World Bank), local community members, using specific case studies on data and land initiatives
Organizers:
Land Portal Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Government of Senegal
24 January 2023 to 31 January 2023
Global
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new open, online introductory webinar series: Connecting Citizen Science with Remote Sensing. This 3-part training, delivered in English and Spanish, will provide attendees an overview of citizen science efforts that use Earth Observations combined with ground-based information in the fields of climate change, sustainable development, ecosystem monitoring and characterization, drought, and land cover or land-use change, and will highlight case-study examples of successful citizen science projects, with some examples from NASA supported projects and activities.
15 December 2022
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia
Global
Strengthening security of tenure is considered a key outcome of the LAND-at-scale program as a pre-condition to improved livelihoods, resilience, and sustainable resource use. LAND-at-scale interventions employ a range of tools to achieve tenure security, in particular land mapping and registration. Despite the popularity of such interventions, the assumptions underpinning the impact pathways from registration to tenure security and derived outcomes such as improved livelihoods are not always built on a solid evidence base.
Organizers:
Land Portal Foundation
LANDac
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency
7 December 2022 to 9 December 2022
Location
Bangalore
India
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IN
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Southern Asia
India
The theme of the sixth edition of ILDC in 2022 is “Global Pulls on Local Lands : Southern Perspectives”. The objective is to further and expand the scope of South-South Exchange around land conversations and cooperations, that began during the last episode, while the focus of the deliberations will continue to be on India.
Organizers:
NRMC
7 December 2022 to 9 December 2022
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Southern Asia
India
Le thème de la sixième édition de l'ILDC en 2022 est "Global Pulls on Local Lands : Southern Perspectives". L'objectif est de poursuivre et d'élargir la portée des échanges Sud-Sud autour des conversations et des coopérations sur les terres, qui ont débuté lors du dernier épisode, tandis que l'accent des délibérations continuera d'être mis sur l'Inde.
Organizers:
NRMC
5 December 2022 to 10 December 2022
Location
Azim Premji University
Bengaluru
India
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IN
India
Date: - 5 - 10 December 2022
Theme: - Land Governance and Development
Venue: - Azim Premji University Campus, Bengaluru, India
Organizers:
NRMC
Azim Premji University
1 December 2022
Global
This final webinar of the Land Dialogues 2022 series, will take place after the UN Climate Change Conference COP 27 (6 – 18 November, Sharm El-Sheik). With a historic 1.7 billion dollar pledge having been made at last year’s COP26 by the Forest Tenure Funders Group to advance Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ tenure rights and their forest guardianship, it is important that we discuss challenges and opportunities in the context of these important advancements. The “Post COP27: Reflecting on Donor Promises to Forest Guardians” webinar will serve as a platform to reflect on progress made, what is falling short and if the 1.7 billion dollar pledge made during COP26 was reflected during COP27.
Organizers:
Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ford Foundation
27 November 2022 to 1 December 2022
Location
Beer-Sheva
Israel
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IL
Global
The upcoming conference organized by the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel will focus on the intersection of land and water and the impact of land degradation and drought on populations across the world. More details on the event are coming soon.
Organizers:
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
22 November 2022
Africa
Namibia
Senegal
Global
The webinar will share the latest results from the Open Up Guide implementation pilot in Senegal and the SOLI research in Namibia. We will ask and answer pressing questions concerning the interest in and maturity of open data in the two countries and specifically in the land sector.
Organizers:
Land Portal Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Government of Senegal
Open Data Charter
17 November 2022
Sierra Leone
In September 2022, Sierra Leone enacted unprecedented laws related to land, climate, and sustainable development. This new law transforms communities’ ability to protect their land rights and pursue sustainable development. This webinar will discuss the processes, the experiences, the challenges, and the context of this new law, highlighting the new responsibilities in Sierra Leone.
Organizers:
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
International Institute for Environment and Development
Land Portal Foundation
Namati
17 November 2022 to 18 November 2022
Location
Bedford Hotel & Congress Centre
Rue du Midi 135,1000 Bruxelles
Brussels
Belgium
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Brussels BE
Global
Copernicus Land User Event - Register now!
European and global land surface applications
Organizers:
Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
16 November 2022
Africa
Kenya
Tanzania
Senegal
Central Asia
Mongolia
Sharing practical strategies for empowering women on collectively-held lands
Panel will be presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, French, and Russian.
Organizers:
Resource Equity