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Governing land for the future: What (r)evolutions do we need?
The 13th Annual LANDac Annual Conference is taking place in person next week in Utrecht, Netherlands, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Opening remarks for the GIZ Land Governance Knowledge Exchange Workshop
Opening remarks for the GIZ Land Governance Knowledge Exchange Workshop delivered by
Investment Governance in Cambodia: A Window of Opportunity
Cambodia’s new investment law could open the way for more inclusive, sustainable investment.
Transparency Kazakhstan presented the results of monitoring the state of corruption in the country for 2020
Today in the building of the Central Communications Service Olga Shiyan, Executive Director of Transparency Kazakhstan, presented the results of the study «Monitoring the state of corruption in Kaz
Land-based investment in Tanzania: how simplified legal guides are empowering communities
Over the last 20 years in Tanzania, conflict has escalated between communities and foreign investors over land rights and land-based investments.
New blog series looks at navigating the challenges of land-based investment
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Land Portal are launching a new blog series on the governance of land-based investments in the Global South.
Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?
In Ethiopia, pastoralist communities and other communal land users face significant threats due to government policies which favour large-scale land investments and erode communal land rights.
Mining and land rights in South Africa: how has the Maledu judgement empowered rural communities?
Navigating the challenges of land-based investment governance
Women lead the change - why women’s land rights matter in Dutch and EU’s Africa strategies
Women own less than 20 percent of land in the world
Half of the world’s smallholder farmers are women
70 percent of Africa’s food is produced by women smallholder farmers