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Displaying 951 - 960 of 11562016 Aglaw Colloquium
The Institute of Law, Politics and Development is pleased to announce the 2016 AgLaw Colloquium which will be held on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 October, 2016.
Discover the Land Portal Land Book
Join Marcello Demaria, Land Portal's Researcher and Data Analyst with the Land Portal Foundation for an exciting webinar that will teach you how to explore and use the Land Portal Land Book and the dynamic country portfolios based on Linked Open Data.
Nomadic Custodians: A Case for Securing Pastoralist Land Rights
As part of the Global Call to Action in Indigenous and Community Land Rights, this brief puts the spotlight on the need to secure land rights for the world's pastoralists, as pastoralism is practised by an estimated 200-500 million people. Pastoralists manage rangelands that cover a quarter of the world's land surface but have few advocates.
"Pastoralists have been widely accused of being economically inefficient and turning their ‘over-grazed’ pastures into deserts. But these presumptions are not based on evidence and are usually very wide of the mark."
LANDac Annual International Conference 2017
LANDac, the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development, is about to enter its second phase. LANDac II be launched on 26th October 2016 at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague and will continue until 2021.
Land and Poverty Conference 2017: Responsible Land Governance—Towards an Evidence Based Approach
The World Bank is pleased to announce the 18th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty from March 20 to 24, 2017 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. The conference theme will be: Responsible Land Governance: Towards an Evidence Based Approach.
Scholarships for Land Governance course organized by Wageningen University & Research
The Land Governance course challenges forest and nature management professionals to adopt an integrative perspective, to look beyond the forest, and build bridges between the public and the private sector. It focuses on the development of institutional development at landscape level including multistakeholder platforms and networks, and financial support mechanisms to guide landscape dynamics on the ground.
Land for Life Youth Social Media Activist Challenge
The Land for Life Youth Social Media Activists Challenge: “Are You the ONE?” campaign aims to recognize active, passionate and dedicated young people who are currently active in conserving natural resources and promoting such actions to their peers and local communities via social media. Winners' initiatives, stories, experience and /or challenges encountered, ideas or solutions will be communicated and highlighted through UNCCD’s various communication channels such as social media platforms and website.
Land Portal Launches Innovative Dynamic Country Portfolios Based On Linked Open Data
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
Voice - Call for proposals, Innovate and learn grants
Voice is a new innovative grant facility that supports the most marginalised and discriminated people in ten low- and lower-middle income countries in Africa and Asia. It aims to amplify and connect thus far unheard voices in efforts to leave no one behind. Voice is an initiative by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is executed by a consortium between Oxfam Novib and Hivos.
