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customary land rights

Customary land rights refer to the enjoyment of some use of land that arises through customary, unwritten practice rather than through written codified law.

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Empowering civil society and communities through open land data
14 June 2022
Global

Evidence shows that very little land data is open to the public. This second Whose Land? webinar focused on the opportunities and constraints of civil society organizations (CSOs) and local communities in advocating for more open land data and in harnessing its power for improved land governance. 

Organizers: 
Land Portal Foundation
Both ENDS
17 August 2022 to 19 August 2022

Location

See programme for venue and login details
XX
Southern Africa

We are pleased to announce the new dates for the Land Conference 2022: The failed Promise of Tenure Security, Customary Rights and Dispossession.  The conference is set to take place from 17-19 August 2022 online and in-person venues. The conference will be a hybrid event and is jointly convened by the Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC) at UCT, the Legal Resources C

Organizers: 
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
Learning Exchange and Policy Dialogue on Customary Tenure (CT)
1 December 2021 to 3 December 2021
Asia

THEME

Linking customary tenure (CT) recognition, food security and traditional livelihoods in the ASEAN region

Organizers: 
Asian Farmers' Association
Mekong Region Land Governance
Non-Timber Forest Products - Exchange Programme
Land Matrix
FAO VGGT Closing Events
27 October 2021 to 28 October 2021
South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam
Global

Over the past nine years, the project on Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT)has helped countries make political commitments towards the eradication of hunger, f

Organizers: 
Land Portal Foundation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
CFS 49
11 October 2021 to 14 October 2021

Location

Online Rome
Italy
IT
Global

The 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held virtually from 11 to 14 October 2021.

Organizers: 
FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
STRUGGLES FOR LAND FORUM AND NATURAL RESOURCES
29 July 2021

Location

Online
XX
Global

This  webinar begins at 2:30 pm GMT (4:30 pm Western Europe time, 11:30 am Brazilian time, 8:00 pm IST) on zoom, with live translations in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Organizers: 
Ekta Parishad
AGTER
COPROFAM
Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura
Via Campesina
ROPPA
Centro de Estudios Rurales y de Agricultura Internacional
Collectif pour la defense des Terres Malgaches
Digitization Land Records
8 July 2021

Location

Online
XX
Uganda
India
Global

Access to land is a critical factor for economic growth and poverty reduction.  For government, industry, and citizens to be able to use this asset effectively and to minimize land conflicts, it is important to have access to reliable land and property records.

Organizers: 
National Council of Applied Economic Research
NRMC
Land Portal Foundation
Cadasta Foundation
Land Conflict Watch
3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum 2021
26 May 2021 to 27 May 2021

Location

Online
South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam

Organizers: 
Mekong Region Land Governance
Land Portal Foundation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Government of Luxembourg
Land Equity International
Groupe de Recherches et d'Echanges Technologiques
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Online book launch: Migration and Women’s Land Tenure Security in the Greater Mekong Sub-region
19 May 2021

Location

Online
XX
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand

The new book Migration and Women’s Land Tenure Security in the Greater Mekong Sub-region draws on country-level and ethnographic research, based on a collaboration between FAO and Chiang Mai University.

Organizers: 
Mekong Land Research Forum

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AAKAR Books (AAKAR)

Established in 1991, AAKAR Books is a publishing company, started publishing quality scholarly books in Social Sciences in English and Hindi since 2001 and is now a niche for itself. Aakar Books is reputed for quality scholarly publishing in the field of Social Sciences.

CCNDNuevoDia

CCCND trabaja junto con las comunidades Ch’orti en la región Nor-oriental de Guatemala. La organización provee apoyo legal y visibilidad a estas comunidades que enfrentan amenazas y violaciones a sus derechos humanos dada la implementación de proyectos hidroeléctricos y mineria en sus territorios.  Su trabajo a contribuido en la recuperación de identidad y gobernanza del territorio chòrti,  así como en la múltiples propuestas para desarrollo de política pública para el acceso a la tierra y la administración del territorio del pueblo Ch òrti`.

SLE

 

Mission

SLE has provided hands-on vocational education and training for future experts and managers in the field of international development cooperation for the last fifty years. They offer postgraduate studies, training courses for international experts, and practice-oriented development research and consultancy to organizations and universities active in this field.

ECDO’s mission is to assist indigenous communities in working for a positive and sustainable change for those deprived of rights and opportunities by implementing both service delivery and rights based approaches. ECDO implements its activities in a fully participatory and bottom-up approach with an emphasis on empowerment from within indigenous communities.

Our vision

ISSTE

The IISTE is an IT firm delivering IT supports to education professionals and research institute around world. 

Mission statement of IISTE

“Accelerating Global Knowledge Creation and Sharing”.

In partnership government, community organizations, and education related foundations, IISTE offers a variety of programs and activities to promote education development, international collaboration, including

LAMOSA logo

 

LAMOSA is an independent Community Based Organization (CBO) advocating for land and agrarian rights, and substantive democracy through facilitating sustainable development. 

LAMOSA was established in 1991 to mobilize disposed communities to collectively fight discriminatory colonial and apartheid land laws, racial and gender discrimination and poverty. LAMASO in partnership with the government and Civil Society Organization (CSO) work in four provinces- Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northwest and Gauteng provinces.

Land Development and Governance Institute

 

MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

OUR VISION

Excellent administration and management of land for sustainable development

OUR MISSION

 

To implement an efficient land administration and management system in order to ensure equity in access to land

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  • Efficiency
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  • Rule Of Law
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MOTTO

The Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) is a national human rights-oriented civil society development and advocacy organization that was established in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone in 1988. It engages in advocacy and strengthens/enhances the capacity of civil society organizations to effectively engage women, men, children, communities, government and other actors for the transformation of society.

The project “Strengthened capacity for improved governance of land tenure and natural resources by local government in partnership with Non State Actors in the Central Highlands of Angola” is an initiative funded by the European Union, and implemented by the NGOs World Vision Angola, and Development Workshop, under the leadership of the Ministério da Administração do Território (MAT), and Provincial and Municipal Governments.

Stanford journal of international law.

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Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER )

HEKS champions the cause of a more humane and just world and a life in dignity. Internationally, HEKS/EPER focuses on rural community development, humanitarian aid and inter-church cooperation. 

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