Latest news

How Chinese massive land grabs deprive the population of their main sources of livelihood (farming and hunting)

27 October 2021

Cameroon

The population of the Upper Sanaga division, in the centre region of Cameroon, have been going through a night mare to find what to eat on a daily basis.

Their crime is that a Chinese agro industry took interest in the agricultural potentials of their farming sites. They were then forced to watch the pieces of land that served them to farm and hunt being snatched away from them.

Women and their families are celebrating in Jacaré, Pernambuco - for the right to remain on the land they have lived for over 50 years.

12 May 2020

Brazil

Please meet the small community of Jacaré de Gonçalves Ferreira, in Caruaru, Brazil, where a group of women are celebrating their victory!

Pygmy Indigenous leader imprisoned on false charges for defending land rights against ''conservation''

17 December 2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, indigenous pygmy communities displaced from their lands for “conservation” and a community leader imprisoned for defending their rights

Blogs

Conflict and land tenure security: What is the relationship?

3 December 2021

Authors:

Paul Prettitore

Global

Land tenure—the formal and informal relationship individuals and groups form with land—effectively determines who uses what land under which conditions. Tenure security is important to promote rural resilience and climate change adaptation, build endowments of assets, and provide adequate housing. But land tenure security is not static.

Open Data and Corruption in Land Governance

29 January 2021

Authors:

Dr. Marcello De Maria

Global

The data revolution – characterised by the transition to big data, open data and new digital data infrastructures [1] – is projected to make an astonishing 44 billion terabytes of digital data and information available by the end of 2020 [2]. Despite this plethora of information now available to us, about 1 billion people in 140 countries still feel insecure about their land and property rights [3].

Minutes from final session of the Conference on Fair Compensation (Cape Town, South Africa (Dec. 9, 2016))

Global

The Rethinking Expropriation Law initiative hosted a Conference on Compensation for Expropriation in Cape Town, South Africa on December 7-9, 2016. The final session of the Conference took place on December 9 and aimed at discussing the development of a protocol on fair compensation.

For the final session in Cape Town, scholars, judges, activists, and government officials from around the world sat together to provide input on what guidance and principles should be included in the protocol on fair compensation.

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Discussions

What can we do to achieve sustainable pro-poor land reform in South Africa?

Closed

19 November 2018 to 7 December 2018

Facilitators:

Dr. Rick de Satgé

Partners:

Phuhlisani NPC

Land Portal Foundation

South Africa

In February 2018, South Africa’s National Assembly passed a resolution to establish an ad hoc Constitutional Review Committee to explore and debate the need for a constitutional amendment to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation in the public interest.

Debate on land valuation and fair compensation

Closed

28 November 2016 to 23 December 2016

Global

Land tenure changes are on the rise throughout the world as a result of increased migration from rural to urban areas, expansion of infrastructure, commercial pressures on agricultural land, extractive activities, and climate change. Shifts in land tenure arrangements are proceeding through compulsory acquisitions (i.e. expropriations) and voluntary market transactions, such large-scale land leases and concessions.

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Events

Eviction response during and after COVID-19

27 May 2020

Location

Online

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Global

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).

Organizers:

Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility

Environmental Peacebuilding

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

Land Portal Foundation

New America

LANDac

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Library

"When we import goods, we export jobs"

Conference Papers & Reports

September 2017

Africa

Nigeria

This article was submitted for the UN Economic Commission for Africa “2017 Conference on Land Policy in Africa” Nov. 14-17 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Status of National Legal Frameworks for Valuing Compensation for Expropriated Land

Journal Articles & Books

June 2017

Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Asia

Global

The challenges associated with determining fair compensation for expropriated land have been extensively discussed and debated among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and the public.

Global Report on Internal Displacement

Reports & Research

May 2017

Global

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Organizations

Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

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.

Land Journal RICS (Land Journal RICS)

The Land Journal is published six times a year for members of the Rural, Geomatics, Minerals & Waste Management, Environment, and Planning & Development professional groups.

The journal emphasises the crossovers in these practice areas and their global nature, with articles contributed by experts from all over the world.

Current and recent issues of Land Journal can be downloaded below. Earlier archived issues can be obtained from our library (e library@rics.org).

Legal Resources Centre (LRC)

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is South Africa’s largest public interest, human rights law clinic. Established in 1979, we use the law as an instrument of justice for the vulnerable and marginalised, including poor, homeless and landless people.

Nicholas K. Tagliarino (NKT)

The legal data collected for Nicholas Tagliarino's dissertation and posted on Land Book examines whether national expropriation, compensation, and resettlement laws in developing countries are adopting international standards designed to secure tenure rights and ensure responsible land governance. The analysis conducted for this dataset is based on Section 16 of the UN Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, which establishes standards on expropriation, compensation, and resettlement.

Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)

REPOA was formed in 1994 in Tanzania with the mandate to contribute to the alleviation of poverty in its multiple dimensions through research and capacity building. Over time, REPOA’s mandate has expanded beyond alleviating poverty to encompass growth and socio-economic transformation for poverty reduction.

REPOA’s STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2015-2019

Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)

SERI is a public interest legal services organisation that provides pro-bono assistance to communities through research, advocacy and litigation across three main themes: ‘Securing a Home’, ‘Making a Living’ and ‘Expanding Political Space’.

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