Resources for Mapping
Making Maps that Make A Difference
The purpose of this guide is to introduce the process of mapping for communities facing destructive development projects. It also provides information on how to use maps in a campaign.
Mapping For Rights' Mapping Methodology: A new approach to participatory mapping
This guide presents the 'Mapping for Rights' approach, which combines participatory mapping techniques, facilitation and hands-on support with the application of relevant and available technology. This combination of tools, guidance and equipment enables communities to identify advocacy goals that their maps could support. The maps are designed to provide a snapshot of the communities’ reality, including information on their history and socio- economic situation and demonstrate occupation and use of specific areas by communities.
Participating in Socially Responsible Land Investment - Model Guidebook for Communities Considering Agricultural Investment
This guide takes communities and their leaders, and 'ocal and national civil society organisations, through the steps needed to ensure that land investments in the community are carried out inclusively and responsibly.
Participatory rangeland resource mapping in Tanzania: A field manual to support planning and management in rangelands including in village land use planning
This field manual provides guidance to support, mapping, planning and management in rangelands. It is based on experiences in Tanzania, but the tools presented can be useful for other contexts too.
PRACTITIONERS’ GUIDE Mapping Guidelines for Participatory Rangeland Management in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Areas
This Practitioners’ Guide provides the step-by-step instructions and checklists that will guide a mapping team through a mapping exercise.
Respecting free, prior and informed consent
This technical guide sets out practical actions for government agencies, civil society organizations, land users and private investors globally to respect and comply with their responsibilities in relation to FPIC. It
• translates principles of responsible land governance and tenure (see the VGGT) into practical mechanisms, processes and actions,
• gives examples of good practice – what has worked, where, why and how, and
• provides useful tools for activities such as the design of policy and reform processes, for the design of investment projects and for guiding interventions.
Satellite Earth Observations in Support Of The Sustainable Development Goals
This Handbook aims to explain how satellite Earth Observation (EO) are an essential tool in the development of the information and evidence required by many of the SDG Targets and Indicators.It has been prepared for national agencies, UN bodies and other SDG stakeholders working towards a collective implementation of the 2030 Agenda and towards a cost-effective response of countries to the SDG monitoring and reporting challenges.