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Both ENDS | New publication: Advancing inclusive land governance: Successful strategies and practices from the field
02-03-2021
Both ENDS works together with a diverse network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on inclusive land justice and land governance Read more
Land Portal | Country portfolio China launched
07-01-2021
Country portfolio of China launched on the Land Portal  China is the first in a series of countries to be Read more
LAND at lunch: The conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, from a land governance perspective
03-12-2020
LAND at lunch The conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, from a land governance perspective On December 9, from 12.00 – 13.00 Read more
ITC Twente | Evaluating Some Major Assumptions in Land Registration: Insights from Ghana’s Context of Land Tenure and Registration
02-10-2020
Read this new article by Zaid Abubakari, Christine Richter and Jaap Zevenbergen: Evaluating Some Major Assumptions in Land Registration: Insights Read more
LANDac | Guatemala Blog Series Update – Land governance in Guatemala: a new setback
16-09-2020
Over the course of 2018 and 2019 Jur Schuurman has zoomed in on the story of Guatemalan land issues from Read more
LANDac & Partners | Brief Series Land, Housing, and COVID-19
01-09-2020
By Karol Boudreaux (Landesa), Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque (Norwegian Refugee Council), Yuliya Panfil (New America), and Chantal Wieckardt (LANDac) Following the Webinar Series Read more

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Seminar on Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs)
21-06-2021
"Debating ESIAs: Effectiveness, concerns and prospects” Sharing the results of a literature review and expert interviews as part of the Read more
IGAD Women’s Land Rights Conference
21-06-2021
28th - 30th June 2021 Even though women are the primary users of agricultural land in most African communities, the Read more
LAND-at-scale Knowledge Management Launch
15-06-2021
Knowledge management and learning is at the heart of RVO's LAND-at-scale program. For this reason, RVO is excited to announce Read more
PhD Dissertation “In the Aftermath of the Jatropha Boom: Exploring socio-political and ecological dynamics in ‘failed’ jatropha spaces in Ghana”
15-06-2021
We are happy to share that Richmond Antwi-Bediako has recently and successfully defended his LANDac-related PhD dissertation "In the Aftermath Read more
Handbook of Translocal Development and Global Mobilities
15-06-2021
Edited by Annelies Zoomers, Professor of International Development Studies and Maggi Leung, Kei Otsuki and Guus Van Westen, Associate Professors, Read more
CCSI: Transparency for Whom? Grounding Land Investment Transparency in the Needs of Local Actors
31-05-2021
Transparency is often seen as a means of improving governance and accountability of investment, but its potential to do so Read more
CCSI: More Contracts and ESIAs: OpenLandContracts.org
31-05-2021
CCSI: More Contracts and ESIAs: OpenLandContracts.org The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment's online database of contracts and associated agribusinesses, forestry Read more
IHS – Course on Sustainable Urban Management (Scholarships available)
31-05-2021
Course dates: 3 January - 25 March 2022 (dates are still subject to change) Scholarship OKP application date: 13 June Read more
Opportunity: Two co-editor positions at The European Journal of Development Research (EJDR)
28-05-2021
Deadline for expressing interest: July, 31st, 2021 The EJDR is seeking to recruit two new co-Editors to join its Editorial Team. Read more

Opportunities

The Land Portal launches third annual land data stories contest
22-03-2021
In honour of International Open Data Day, having taken place on March 6th, we would like to invite you to submit Read more
Job Opportunities: Three faculty positions in Social/Cultural Geographies (Singapore)
22-03-2021
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (NUS) THREE faculty positions in Social/Cultural Geographies addressing contemporary crises of sustainability in Read more
Call for Articles: Contested airport land in the Global South
22-03-2021
Contested airport land in the Global South Call for contributions to book edition "Contested airport land in the Global South" Read more
Opportunity: PhD in Geography
22-03-2021
Deadline for application is 30th April 2021. Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Department of Geography at the University of Read more
Opportunity: Climate Change and Resilience in Food Systems Course
22-03-2021
Climate Change and Resilience in Food Systems Course University of Leeds, GCRF Africap Learn new research-led strategies designed to mitigate Read more
Studentship opportunity: PhD scholarship on The Housing ‘Trilemma’: Geographies of Precarity in Rural Scotland
19-03-2021
Deadline for applications: 31st March 2021 This PhD studentship seeks to understand how precarity is produced, experienced and resisted in Read more
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