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VNGi | Participatory cartography in Benin: A VNG International project

LANDac partner VNG International have recently experimented with a revolutionary new tool for securing community land rights in Benin. As in many parts of Africa, land rights in Benin are largely undocumented, resulting in land related conflicts accounting for… Read More

Utrecht University | Call for abstracts: Sustainable management of river deltas under pressure

The EGU General Assembly 2017 in Vienna, Austria will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where… Read More

LANDac | Book of abstracts available now: Climate change interventions as a source of conflict, competing claims and new mobilities

LANDac in collaboration with IDS Utrecht University and NWO will hold a conference on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th November, in Utrecht, on “Climate change interventions as a source of conflict, competing claims and new mobilities”.   The… Read More

LANDac | Programme – Climate change interventions as a source of conflict, competing claims, and new mobilities

Available now!   The full programme for the LANDac, Utrecht University and NWO organised conference.   landac-nwo-ccmcc-and-ids-uu-conference-programme

LANDac | Climate change interventions as a source of conflict, competing claims and new mobilities: Register now!

Registration is now open for the NWO CCMCC, LANDac, and IDS-UU conference:   CLIMATE CHANGE INTERVENTIONS AS A SOURCE OF CONFLICT, COMPETING CLAIMS AND NEW MOBILITIES: INCREASING THE RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 24 and 25… Read More

LANDdialogue | FPIC workshops at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

To deepen the knowledge on FPIC amongst public, civic, private and academic stakeholders in The Netherlands and to promote better insight in the background, value and importance of FPIC, The Organising Committee of the Land Governance Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue… Read More

LANDac & NWO | Conference: “Climate Change Interventions as a Source of Conflict, Competing Claims and New Mobilities”

*UPDATE* The deadline for the submission of an abstract for this conferenc has been extended to 2nd October 2016.   LANDac in collaboration with NWO’s Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change (CCMCC) programme and IDS-Utrecht University, is… Read More

AFSA | Call for abstracts – Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agro-ecology, Food Sovereignty and their Roles in Nutrition and Health

From 24-26 November 2016, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative for Africa (EOA-I), AfrONet, IFOAM – Organics International and others are organising a 3-day conference on changing food systems in Africa in the context… Read More

LANDac | Publication: Where do I report my land dispute?

A new publication by Doreen Nancy Kobusingye, Mathijs van Leeuwen and Han van Dijk, focuses on the reporting of land conflicts in Uganda. The article, titled ‘Where do I report my land dispute? The impact of institutional proliferation… Read More

LANDac | Country fact sheets on land governance and food security updated and extended

Updated country fact sheets on land governance and food security are now available for download on the LANDac website. As part of the joint knowledge agenda on land governance and food security, the fact sheets – originally compiled… Read More