sustainable land management

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Sustainable land management describes the use of land resources, including soils, water, animals and plants for the production of goods to meet changing human needs while ensuring the long term productive potential of these resources and the maintenance of their environmental functions.

Source: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992

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Continued interest in LAND-at-scale during COVID-19 crisis

25 May 2020

Egypt

Burundi

Ethiopia

Mozambique

Rwanda

Somalia

South Sudan

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Chad

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Colombia

Vietnam

Iran

Palestine

Global

The LAND-at-scale programme got a great response to the second call for ideas. The programme received 25 new ideas from 19 different countries. Support continues for enhancing land governance and tenure security. This is evident in the response and effort from embassies, NGOs and knowledge institutes.

Secure Land Rights Critical for Asia’s Rural Communities Threatened by COVID-19

16 April 2020

Asia

Land rights as human rights is facing new challenges in the time of COVID-19 and securing land rights mean resilience for rural communities in Asia in the face of the pandemic.

Food Security Today Is Not Just For Local Population, But For the Globe: Minister Rania Al Mashat

22 April 2020

Egypt

Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Dr.

Blogs

Communities, conservation & development in the age of COVID-19: Time for rethinking approaches

11 September 2020

Authors:

Michael Brown

Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Asia

Global

The global conservation community now faces the added challenge of Covid-19 on top of a longstanding set of complex conservation, sustainability, and development challenges. In the wake of this pandemic, return to business as usual is not a viable option. The existing systems and structures upon which conservation is based must evolve. Climate change, biodiversity conservation, and poverty elimination efforts have been further complicated by Covid-19, with the brunt of the pandemic borne most acutely by the poorest and most vulnerable.

Southern African governments fail smallholder farmers in their commitments made in the Malabo Declaration

23 March 2020

Authors:

Karin Kleinbooi

Wytske Chamberlain

Africa

In 2014, the African Union (AU) member states adopted the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods (the Malabo Declaration). This Declaration provides direction to transform the agricultural sector in Africa for the period 2015-2025 within the wider framework of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). It is an essential document that assists AU member states to achieve agriculture-led growth, and end poverty and hunger.

Putting research into action - one muddy step at a time

30 January 2020

Authors:

Dr. Elizabeth Daley

Africa

Tanzania

Asia

Mongolia

Global

I write this blog as our project team embarks on a fifth year of work on women’s land tenure security (WOLTS) with pastoral communities in mining-affected areas of Mongolia and Tanzania. Just before Christmas 2019, we were in Mundarara village in northern Tanzania. Exceptionally heavy rains made getting around much more challenging than usual. Locals travelling on foot had to make wide detours to avoid getting bogged down in waterlogged grazing land, and it took everyone much longer to get to the village primary school for our long-planned training day.

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Discussions

Towards Sustainable Land Governance in Kenya

Closed

22 August 2017 to 29 September 2017

Kenya

Global

Background

From August 22nd to September 15th 2017 the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI) and Land Portal Foundation will co- facilitate an online debate that will involve the contribution of major stakeholders focusing on contemporary Kenyan land governance issues.

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Events

CFS High-Level Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition

13 October 2020 to 15 October 2020

Location

Online

XX

Global

The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will organize a High-Level Virtual Special Event on Food Security and Nutrition, 13 - 15 October 2020. The session, in lieu of CFS 47 which has been rescheduled to 8 - 12 February 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, will seek to keep food security and nutrition front and centre on the global sustainable development agenda.

Organizers:

FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

LANDac Conference 2020 - Land Governance Challenges and Climate Change: Handling Pressures, Upholding Rights

2 July 2020 to 3 July 2020

Location

Muntgebouw

Leidseweg 90

Utrecht

Netherlands

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NL

Global

The LANDac Annual International Conference offers a podium for researchers, practitioners and private sector representatives interested in land governance for equitable and sustainable development.

Organizers:

LANDac

Webinar: Land in the SDGs: Why Reporting Matters and How Civil Society Can Get Involved

21 April 2020

Location

Online

United States

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US

Global

This webinar aims to: (1) promote understanding of the role CSOs can play in monitoring the progress of SDG land targets; (2) Introduce formats developed by the SDG Land Momentum Group on parallel reporting to ILC members and the land community; (3) Encourage CSOs and other stakeholders to report on progress on the implementation of SDG land targets.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Organizers:

International Land Coalition

Oxfam International

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

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Library

The Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation

Reports & Research

September 2020

Global

Informal settlements in areas that are already disaster prone are an increasing problem. Climate adaptation is also often used as an excuse fo evictions to redevelop sites in a more climate-proof manner in what is often referred to as ‘climate gentrification.

Five Years into the SDGs: Are we on track to deliver the land targets?

Reports & Research

September 2020

Global

This virtual side event was proposed as part of the 2020 SDG High Level Political Forum which was held from 7th to 16th July 2020. It was organised by the SDG Land Momentum Group, an informal group of civil society organizations and multilateral agencies which advocate the implementation of the land targets of the SDGs and support their monitoring.

The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices

Reports & Research

September 2019

Africa

Kenya

Latin America and the Caribbean

United States of America

Asia

Global

The climate crisis demands urgent action, yet we live in a politically polarized and paralyzed world. As governments and other actors struggle over climate change, our environment is irreversibly changing.

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Organizations

Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA)

A Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA) é um espaço de articulação e convergência entre movimentos, redes e organizações da sociedade civil brasileira engajadas em experiências concretas de promoção da agroecologia, de fortalecimento da produção familiar e de construção de alternativas sustentáveis de desenvolvimento rural. Atualmente a ANA articula vinte e três redes estaduais e regionais, que reúnem centenas de grupos, associações e organizações não governamentais em todo o país, além de quinze movimentos sociais de abrangência nacional.

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) is the largest and oldest academic society dedicated to the study and conservation of tropical ecosystems. Our society is international in scope and membership, with almost 900 members from 65 countries, with whom we seek to:

Bioversity International

Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization. We have a vision – that agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet.

We deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity to attain sustainable global food and nutrition security.

We work with partners in low-income countries in different regions where agricultural and tree biodiversity can contribute to improved nutrition, resilience, productivity and climate change adaptation.

Cambodian Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC)

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) is a government ministry of Cambodia. The Ministry is responsible for governing land use, urban planning, construction projects, and for the resolution of land use conflicts.

The Ministry is currently organized into 6 administrative areas:

Centre for Liveable Cities Singapore (CLC)

The Centre distills key learning points from Singapore’s urban development journey since its independence in 1965, while creating knowledge to address emerging urban challenges. It shares this knowledge with local and international urban leaders, with the aim of positioning Singapore as a global hub for urban solutions. The Centre’s work spans four main areas:

Research

The Centre focuses on two key research questions:

Centro de Extensión Universitaria e Divulgación Ambiental de Galicia (CEIDA)

O CEIDA -Centro de Extensión Universitaria e Divulgación Ambiental de Galicia- promove a educación ambiental en todos os sectores sociais, así como o intercambio científico e cultural, traballando na procura de solucións aos problemas ambientais e fomentando as boas prácticas cidadás neste eido.

Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) aims to help decision-makers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development.

Our mission

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

CPI’s mission is to help nations grow while addressing increasingly scarce resources and climate risk. This is a complex challenge in which policy plays a crucial role.

Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)

What we do

We are reminded on a daily basis that the natural environment in which we live is vitally important for our well-being, whether it is in the form of climate change, global warming, declining fertility or dwindling natural resources.