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LAND TENURE AND DISASTERS: RESPONSE, REBUILDING, RESILIENCE

Location: 
Washington DC Economic Partnership 1495 F Street, NW Washington, DC
Event Start Date: 
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 08:45
Event End Date: 
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:15
Event website
http://usaidlandtenure.net/events/disasters-webinar
 

After a disaster, land and property rights are often overlooked in response and rebuilding efforts. The lack of clear rights often leads to conflict, delay, and higher costs. But we can address these problems before a disaster strikes. We can:

• Create projects that strengthen the capacity of land administration institutions and staff;
• Build resilience by identifying safe and secure spaces for reconstruction;
• Include communities in documenting land rights and creating solutions for shelter; and
• Recognize the rights of vulnerable communities living in informal housing.

Learn how in a breakfast panel discussion. Experts will share their experiences in Sri Lanka, Haiti, and Indonesia.

Panelists:

• Dr. Cynthia Caron, Assistant Professor of International Development and Social Change at Clark University
• Adriana Navarro-Sertich, Housing and Urban Planning Advisor at UNOPS Haiti-Washington
• Bharat Pathak, Independent Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Consultant (Former Director at Mercy Corps in Indonesia)

This breakfast panel discussion will be hosted by USAID's Office of Land Tenure and Resource Management. The event is open to the public and participants are welcome to attend in person or online. Doors will open at 8:15 a.m. The discussion will begin at 8:45 a.m.

Washington DC Economic Partnership
The Pepco Room
1495 F Street, NW
Washington, DC
 

For more information on how to attend in person or online the event visit http://usaidlandtenure.net/events/disasters-webinar
 

10 Feb 2015 - 13 Feb 2015

The Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi (established in 1951 and have more than 2900 professionals as life members) is going to organize its 3rd International Conference on Natural Resource Management for Food and Rural Livelihoods from 10-13 February 2015 at New Delhi, India.

Background and Objectives

Multiple funds and finance mechanisms have contributed in promoting forest-related activities in developing countries. Designing an effective finance scheme is one of the key elements to enhance effective and efficient forest conservation and sustainable forest management in developing countries.

Godan is pleased to announce the GODAN workshop "Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition", Wageningen, 19/20 January 2015, which has been planned back-to-back with a 2015 GODAN partners conference. The workshop is hosted by the Dutch Government (Ministry of Economic Affairs) and is open to a broader public; the Partner conference is for GODAN partners only.

13 January 2015

Venue: University of Geneva, Uni Mail, Geneva, Switzerland

Venue: King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center (KHBTCC)
by Hilton, Dead Sea

The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties and the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will be held from 1 to 12 December. COP 20/CMP 10 will be hosted by the Government of Peru, in Lima, Peru.

For more information visit LIMA COP20 Website

Source: United Nation, Economic Commission for Africa

 

The Africa We Want: Achieving socioeconomic transformation through inclusive and equitable access to land by the youth

Source: FAO

The XX Latin American Congress and XVI Peruvian Congress of Soil Science will be held in Cusco, Peru.
From 9 November to 15 November 2014.

Land governance for inclusive development, justice and sustainability: time for action.

March 23-27, 2015

Washington, DC

Since 2002, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia has been organising annual workshops to discuss instruments like land consolidation, land banking and land market development. This has created a European wide network of professionals from different countries and different organisations under FAO guidance.