LANDac Proceedings

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UTRECHT SUMMERSCHOOL LAND GOVERNANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAMME AVAILABLE, REGISTRATION STILL POSSIBLE

2 - 13 July 2012
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
 
In July 2012 LANDac organises the third Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students will acquire the most up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical debates. In addition, they will learn about best practices in land governance from different contexts and on different levels: local, national and international. The course is useful for Masters' students, academics and practitioners from anywhere in the world who are interested in or work...

NOW AVAILABLE: SUMMERSCHOOL PARTICIPANTS' WORK ON LAND GOVERNANCE IN ARGENTINA AND RUSSIA / UKRAINE

The 2011 Summerschool on Land Governance for Development participants' best papers and posters are now available.

Two papers were chosen as best quality papers from the 2011 Summerschool participants: Matilde Carabellese's paper "Land grabbing in Argentina: tendencies and consequences", and Natalia Mamonova & Michelle Steggerda's paper (which is here represented in a poster) "Land governance in Russia and Ukraine. Same start with different policies".

CONFERENCE REPORT 'KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT' 2012. NEW DONORS, NEW INVESTMENTS: NEW DEVELOPMENT?

Report now available:
NEW DONORS, NEW INVESTMENTS: NEW DEVELOPMENT? Beyond the Millennium Development Goals  8th Knowledge for development conference, Utrecht, January 27, 2012

This seminar, organized by IDS (Utrecht University), LANDac, HIVOS, FNV Mondiaal, IOB (Antwerp University) and SID, aimed to critically assess the meaning of development in the context of contemporary transformations such as the increased involvement of giants like India and China in development cooperation and the increased role of southern countries in international investment flows. Some key questions were: How do...

UTRECHT SUMMERSCHOOL "LAND GOVERNANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT" BACK IN 2012

2 - 13 July 2012
Utrecht University, the Netherlands

In July 2012 LANDac organises the third Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students will acquire the most up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical debates. In addition, they will learn about best practices in land governance from different contexts and on different levels: local, national and international. The course is useful for Masters' students, academics and practitioners from anywhere in the world who are interested in or work in the...

Report LANDac Lunch Meeting “Van Landjepik Naar Duurzaam Landgebruik" (20 October 2011)

In September 2011, Oxfam International presented the report “Land and Power”, which discusses the local implications of the global rush for fertile land by companies, and argues that international companies can and should assume responsibility for protecting local rights when deciding to invest in land (see attachment).This report has generated wide media interest and questions have also been asked in parliament. LANDac, the IS academy on land governance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited Oxfam to present the report. Next, three organisations and initiatives that support Dutch private sector interest in developing countries, with financial support from BuZa were invited to comment on the report. These are...

IIAS Newsletter: Food Security and Land Grabbing in Asia

http://www.iias.nl/the-newsletter/newsletter-58-autumn-2011
 
The most recent issue of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Newsletter contains a series of papers in on land problems in Asia, with a particular focus on food security. The issue was edited by Annelies Zoomers and contains several contributions from LandAc-related authors and studies.
 
Local crop or foreign commodity? Guest editor Annelies Zoomers considers the food security debate in Asia, in the context of domestic and international land acquisitions intended to meet increasing demands for both food and (bio)energy. Various...

Argentina looks at limiting foreign land buys

Article in the Wall Street Journal on Argentina's plans to limit foreign land acquisition (Matt Moffett - 1 September 2011). Dr. Irma Mosquera (Utrecht University) was interviewed about the judicial aspects of foreign land acquisition.

Conference report "The Global Land Rush - What’s real & what are the myths?" (24 March 2011)

Reports about land acquisitions in developing countries – often labeled as land grabbing – are on the rise. The number of land-related conflicts seems to be growing, leading to concerns about increasing land inequality in societies were many people depend on access to land for their livelihoods. On 24 March, 2011, International Development Studies (IDS) of Utrecht University, in collaboration with LANDac and the Society for International Development (SID), organised a seminar about the global land rush, referring to the increasing occurrence of land acquisitions by both domestic and international investors. This document gives a summary of the presentations and discussions during the seminar

Conference Report "Climate-Smart Development in the South" (5 Nov 2010)

How to align ‘climate proofing’ and growing land pressures with poverty reduction strategies?
On November 5, 2010, International Development Studies (IDS) of Utrecht University organised its 7th annual "knowledge for development conference" for experts and students in development policy, practice and research. This year’s topic was ‘climate smart development’. The seminar aimed to give an overview of climate change policies that are currently implemented by developing countries, and to discuss the implications of these policies for equitable and sustainable development.  This document gives a summary of some of the presentations and discussions during the day.
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