By Landesa Responsible Investments in Property and Land (RIPL) Project
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…
By Philippine Sutz (IIED), LEGEND Core Land Support Team
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…
By Women for Women International
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 in…
By Philippine Sutz, Senior researcher – Legal Tools team; Natural Resources Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This blog was produced for the LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin. Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) is a DFID programme that aims…
By Federica Gabellini, Communication Specialist - Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Land Tenure, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
This blog was produced for the LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin. Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (…
By Nicholas Tagliarino, Research Analyst and Peter Veit, Director, Land and Resource Rights Initiative
World Resources Institute (WRI)
At the Golden Globe Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio dedicated his award for Best Actor to the First Nations and Indigenous Peoples of the world. Speaking directly to…
New research examining the geographical coverage of international investment treaties raises concern about how they might affect public action to address 'land grabbing'.
It is increasingly clear that the international legal arrangements governing the global economy can have direct implications…
New research examining the geographical coverage of international investment treaties raises concern about how they might affect public action to address 'land grabbing'.
It is increasingly clear that the international legal arrangements governing the global economy can have direct implications…
By Rachael Knight, Director, Community Land Protection Program, Namati
The scale of the global land grab is staggering. While international actors have made excellent progress establishing complaint boards, issuing principles for responsible investment, and securing commitments from multi-…
By Laura Meggiolaro, Land Portal Coordinator
As part of its localization strategy, the Land Portal is taking a collaborative approach to partner with existing networks and transform their land-related information into Linked Open Data. In the Greater Mekong, the Land Portal is working with a…
Date: 4 mars 2016
Source: Le Courrier
Par Christophe Koessler
De nombreux codes de conduite et autres «principes» volontaires ont été adoptés pour amenuiser les impacts négatifs d’achats de terres à grande échelle dans les pays du Sud. Leurres ou garde-fous?
La propriété privée continue à…
Date: 09 mars 2016
Source: La Tribune
Par Carlos Moreno
Le Salon de l'Agriculture vient de fermer ses portes à Paris. Rendez- vous incontournable du monde rural, lieu de rencontres avec les urbains mais également prisé par les responsables politiques, il met au premier plan les…