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19 January 2018
2018 could be transformative for the indigenous and community land rights movement, with unprecedented opportunities for scaling up rights recognition around the world.
Last week, the Rights and Resources Initiative—a global coalition comprising 15 Partners, 7 Affiliated Networks, and more than…
18 January 2018
It's time to ditch the jargon and tell stories about property rights that create the impact needed for change
In a world bombarded with information, stories are everything. Strong storylines can inspire movements and shift attitudes. The “99 percent” story sparked a global conversation about…
5 January 2018
There’s been quite a hubbub in the land community the last month over the reclassification of two land indicators from ‘Tier III’ to ‘Tier II’. So what’s this all about? For the uninitiated, each SDG indicator has to go through a validation process before it gets included in the formal SDG…
3 January 2018
Date: 2 janvier 2018
Source: Farmlandgrab
Par: Gaëlle CLOAREC
Total s’apprête à importer dans le sud de la France des quantités massives d’huile de palme, fruit d’une monoculture intensive, pour produire des biocarburants. Alors que l’Union Européenne, 2e importateur mondial, cherche à…
2 January 2018
The recent series of devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean has reminded the world, once again, that natural disasters are not equal-opportunity destroyers. The economically marginalized and those lacking secure land and property rights are often disproportionately affected for at least three…
6 September 2017
By Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Chairman of the Advisory Board of CCSI, University Professor at Columbia University, and Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Think of land use as the most important bridge between the SDGs. Farm land is the key to the survival of millions of…
2 December 2016
In February of this year, a deportation officer of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency was indicted for extorting immigrants for cash and sexual favors. Arnaldo Echevarria promised two undocumented women “working papers” in exchange for sex, eventually impregnating…
11 November 2016
By Nicholas Tagliarino, Land Portal Foundation
Looking for easy access to online information, data, news, and other materials on land? Want to learn more about indigenous and community land rights, women’s land rights, and forest tenure? Tired of information on land being inaccessible or…
1 February 2016
By Amanda Richardson, Resource Equity
This blog was produced for the LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin. Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) is a DFID programme that aims to improve land rights protection, knowledge and information, and the quality of private sector investment…
10 January 2016
By Rachel Turner, Director, International Finance & Senior Land Champion, UK Department for International DevelopmentPhoto: UN Women/Ashutosh Neg (Creative Commons Attribution) This blog was produced for the LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin. Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (…
24 November 2014
Posted: 11/24/2014
Source: Huffington Post
By Tim Hanstad, President and CEO, Landesa
If we want to empower rural women in the developing world, there is no better first step than providing them with secure rights to land.
The reason is simple: developing world economies are agricultural…
6 October 2014
Photo: CIAT/GeorginaSmith (Creative Commons)
Women play important roles in all smallholder farming systems. Advocates for women farmers often claim that “women produce 60-80% of the world’s food.” Occasionally, we are told that this statistic refers to food produced in developing countries, or…