India Land and Development Conference, ILDC is back with its eighth episode at the picturesque FLAME University in Pune this week. It has been quite a journey for this collaborative convening. Despite its 8th edition, it has emerged as a globally recognized land convergence event, drawing attention…

Photo Credit: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer (Creative Commons Attribution)India is among the world’s most land-scarce countries relative to population. By 2050, using current population growth projections, land per capita in India will decline four fold: China will have four times more land per capita and…

Organized by the Cadasta Foundation,  Land Conflict Watch,  the Land Portal Foundation, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) of India, and NRMC Center for Land Governance, the webinar "The Digitization of Land Records: A Panacea for Land Conflicts" provided an in-depth look at the…

This blog post is part of the series What to Read. This issue has been developed in the frame of a project in collaboration with ANGOC, ALRD and funded by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). Climate change adaptation has become a hot topic of debate. There is a certain urgency when…

Ce billet de blog fait partie de la série Quoi lire. Ce numéro a été développé dans le cadre d'un projet en collaboration avec ANGOC, ALRD et financé par le Forum mondial de la recherche agricole (GFAR). L'adaptation au changement climatique est devenue un sujet de débat brûlant. Il y a une…

Esta entrada de blogue faz parte da série O que ler. Esta edição foi desenvolvida no âmbito de um projeto em colaboração com a ANGOC, ALRD e financiado pelo Fórum Global de Pesquisa Agrícola (GFAR - sigla em inglês). A adaptação à mudança climática se tornou um tema de debate bastante discutido.…

Esta entrada de blog forma parte de la serie Qué leer. Este número se ha elaborado en el marco de un proyecto en colaboración con ANGOC, ALRD y financiado por el Foro Global de Investigación Agrícola (Global Forum on Agricultural Research - GFAR). La adaptación al cambio climático se ha convertido…

This panel session reflected on the definition of ‘scaling-up’ with experts from the field bridging experiences from the ground to the theoretical concept of scaling. The focus lied on scaling for increased tenure security – geographically and/or institutionally. Reflections were given on what was…

In the wake of global climate action, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for renewable energy and carbon offset projects will increase the pressure on land. In addition, deforestation-free value chains that are also intended to reduce carbon emissions will require changes in the conduct of LSLAs…

As researchers and practitioners in the land sector, we are inspired by the possibility of strengthening women’s land rights as a way to empower women socially and economically. One such potential benefit concerns the ways in which land rights may protect women from domestic or gender-based…

En tant que chercheurs et praticiens du secteur foncier, nous sommes inspirés par la possibilité de renforcer les droits fonciers des femmes comme moyen d'autonomiser les femmes sur le plan social et économique. L'un de ces avantages potentiels concerne la manière dont les droits fonciers peuvent…

  India’s civil courts are reportedly clogged with property related litigation. Two estimates in this regard mention a figure of two thirds of all cases and eighty percent of all cases! It is believed that a large proportion of these are caused by lack of transparency in transactions and the…