LANDac publication | Plantations are everywhere! between infrastructural violence and inclusive development
This paper by Annelies Zoomers discusses Tania Murray Li’s article After the Land Grab: Infrastructural Violence and Indonesia’s Oil Palm Zone, placing it in the wider debates about global land grabbing and inclusive development. An excerpt: Although Tania Murray’s article focuses… Read More
NWO-SRoL | New applied call on legitimate stability launched
Today, NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, together with the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law, launched the sixth call for applied proposals of the Security and Rule of Law research program at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and… Read More
LANDac | Final learning event for WLRA in Nairobi (Scaling up women’s land rights in Africa) – video and report now available!
The LANDac project Scaling up women’s land rights in Africa (WLRA) just had its final learning event in Nairobi, Kenya. The 2-day learning event was organized by LANDac (the Netherlands Land Academy), GROOTS Kenya and ActionAid in Kenya, Enda… Read More
LANDac | New publication: LANDac Masterclass @ World Bank Conference 2018
On March 23rd 2018, at the World Bank’s Land and Poverty Conference 2018 in Washington D.C., LANDac hosted the Master Class Land governance from the bottom up: including local communities in multi-stakeholder processes. With the Master Class, LANDac… Read More
LANDac | World Bank reflection meeting in Utrecht – 12 April 3-5pm
WORLD BANK LAND AND POVERTY CONFERENCE REFLECTION MEETING THURSDAY APRIL 12, 3-5 PM @ UTRECHT LANDac is organizing a debrief meeting following the World Bank Land and Poverty 2018 conference. At this meeting you are invited… Read More
GIZ | New publication: Safeguarding Human Rights in Land-Related Investments
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development commissioned a study to compare the Voluntary Guidelines on Land with the IFC Performance Standards and the World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Framework. The result is the analysis… Read More
LANDac | Inventaire des projets de recherche en cours/ Call for ongoing initiatives
ENGLISH VERSION BELOW L’Académie néerlandaise de gouvernance foncière pour un développement durable et équitable (LANDac, www.landgovernance.org) a initié ce projet pilote de recherche pour mieux comprendre la relation entre les investissements fonciers en Afrique de l’Ouest et… Read More
LANDac | Announcing the LANDac Conference 2018!
LAND GOVERNANCE AND (IM)MOBILITY: Exploring the nexus between land acquisition, displacement and migration 28th and 29th June 2018 Muntgebouw, Utrecht, the Netherlands Key notes including: Prof. dr. Tania Li, St. George Campus; Canada Research Chair in the Political-Economy and Culture… Read More
LANDdialogue | APG Reference Guide for Risk Assessment in relation to LAND – document and webinar
In the context of the LANDdialogue, APG initiated a LGD_Reference Guide 2017. The guide provides a useful tool that can help investors identify and monitor ESG risks, and gives an overview of available information on general land-related topics… Read More
Last Updated: 15th January 2020 by Coordinator
LANDac | Summary report WB Conference Reflection Meeting 2018
On April 12, 2018, LANDac organised a meeting for Dutch actors working on land governance to reflect on the World Bank’s Land and Poverty Conference 2018, that took place in Washington D.C. from March 19 – 23. The meeting… Read More