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Land Portal | Data Story – Pastoralists in Iran: Flexible sustainable use-rights solutions in the semi-arid area of Maymand
31-07-2020
The Land Portal Foundation has published a new Data Story by Abolfazl Sharifian Bahraman and Dr. Hossein Barani - "Pastoralists Read more
ITC University of Twente | Implications of Customary Land Rights Inequalities for Food Security
31-07-2020
Newly published article by Baslyd B. Nara, Monica Lengoiboni and Jaap Zevenbergen (ITC University of Twente) - "Implications of Customary Read more
ITC University of Twente | From Closed to Claimed Spaces for Participation: Contestation in Urban Redevelopment Induced-Displacements and Resettlement in Kigali, Rwanda
31-07-2020
Newly published article by Alice Nikuze, Richard Sliuzas and Johannes Flacke (ITC University of Twente) - "From Closed to Claimed Read more
Dublin City University, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and Wageningen University | Call for Abstracts
28-07-2020
The joint initiative by Dublin City University, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and Wageningen University and Research on “Power and Read more
New publication | On whose land is the city to be built? Farmers, donors and the urban land question in Beira city, Mozambique
17-07-2020
New article published by Murtah Shannon, Kei Otsuki, Annelies Zoomers (Utrecht University) and Mayke Kaag (African Studies Centre Leiden) -- Read more
LANDac | Online Encounter 2020 Preliminary Programme Available
03-06-2020
The preliminary programme of the LANDac Online Encounter 2020 is now available on our website! Download the programme here. Read more

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Call for applications: Shelter City Netherlands
29-04-2021
Shelter City provides temporary safe and inspiring spaces for human rights defenders at risk where they re-energise, receive tailor-made support Read more
Roads to Change: Livelihoods, Land Disputes, and Anticipation of Future Developments in Rural Kenya 
28-04-2021
Roads to Change: Livelihoods, Land Disputes, and Anticipation of Future Developments in Rural Kenya  This article by Greiner, Greven and Read more
ILC | 2021 UN Food System Summit (UNFSS) Survey and Independent Dialogues
26-04-2021
A group of concerned actors has partnered to co-lead a series of Independent Dialogues ahead of the upcoming 2021 United Read more
Call of abstracts:  IASC Land Commons Virtual Conference
22-04-2021
As one of a series of virtual conferences organized by the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), Read more
WRI Blog | 4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions
21-04-2021
Peter Veit wrote a blog for the World Resource Institute (WRI) on how countries are now missing out on a Read more
Land Portal | RVO and FAO Round Table on Land Consolidation in the Arab World
21-04-2021
The Land Portal summarized the outcomes of the roundtable by RVO and FAO to initiate a dialogue and to share Read more
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral GIS Researcher in Environmental, Housing and Health Inequalities
19-04-2021
Deadline for application 21st of April 2021. University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences – Department of Geography, Read more
LAND at lunch: Investments and conflict in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique
01-04-2021
LAND at lunch: Investments and conflict in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique On April 15, from 12.00 – 13.30 CEST, LANDac organizes a Read more
LANDdialogue: Liberia – More than 1.3 Million Hectares now under Community Ownership and Control
22-03-2021
March 5, 2021 - Gerald C. Koinyeneh in Front Page Africa Monrovia – Local communities across Liberia seem to be Read more

Opportunities

Opening of 2 PhD positions at VUB and KU Leuven in the field of housing and neighborhood studies
19-03-2021
Deadline for application: 3rd May 2021 For a new project on ‘Reconceptualizing the right to housing from a personal and Read more
Land MDPI Special Issue “Land Perspectives: People, Tenure, Planning, Tools, Space, and Health”
19-03-2021
Efficient land (including water and forest) administration practices are required to achieve many global development agendas—e.g., land degradation neutrality, New Read more
Young Farmers Open Letter Contest
19-03-2021
Young Farmers Open Letter Contest BACKGROUND In 2020, the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Read more
MLRF | Vacancy Communications and Event Management Specialist
03-03-2021
Extended deadline: 10 March 2021 The Mekong Region Land Governance together with our partners; FAO and Land Portal will be Read more
Land Portal | Job Opportunity: (Open) Data Officer
02-03-2021
The Land Portal Foundation is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated (Open) Data Officer to join our dynamic data team Read more
Nominate a Climate Hero
02-03-2021
What stories of frontline climate leadership need to be heard and amplified? The Human Impacts Institute, together with the Tenure Read more
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