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Morocco Declaration for Land Governance

28 February 2025

During the closing session of the Third Arab Land Conference, Rania Hedeya, UN-Habitat’s Regional Representative for the Arab States, presented the joint declaration that emerged from the conference’s discussions, outcomes, and recommendations, calling on all land sector stakeholders in the Arab region, as well as conference participants, to take collective action in advancing good land governance.

Corruption Perceptions Index: Corruption is playing a devastating role in the climate crisis

11 February 2025

Global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Transparency International. The report has exposed serious corruption levels across the globe, with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50 out of 100. The global average on the index has remained unchanged at 43, highlighting the need for urgent action against corruption and warning of a critical global obstacle to implementing successful climate action.

NEWS: Land Portal welcomes 2024 World Bank Land Conference materials into the Land Library

04 December 2024

December 3, 2024 — At the Land Portal, we are committed to advancing the accessibility and long-term sustainability of knowledge on land governance. The World Bank Land Conference is one of the premier venues for knowledge exchange on land, and we were thrilled when the organizers requested our support in making the 2024 conference session materials available to the public in our Land Library, which now hosts over 73,000 publications on land governance. 

 

Land rights matter: Impact of the project for Responsible Land Policy (ProPFR) in the Centre region of Cameroon

14 November 2024

Tobias FELDT, Consoler TAPIMENE, Tabea RIEMENSPERGER

The project Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon is being implemented since January 2023 and contributes to strengthening land use rights in the Centre Region of Cameroon, safeguarding the livelihoods of the rural population and simultaneously promoting the protection and restoration of forest-rich landscapes.

The Struggles for Land Podcast- Season 1 - Episode 2 - Commons and communities

29 June 2024
The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as well as researchers and consumer associations. These exchanges between actors from the four corners of the globe enable us to better understand the local and international stakes, the successes and the difficulties of these mobilizations, which all have in common that they are working towards a society based on peasant and feminist agriculture in harmony with ecosystems. You can listen to all the episodes on this page and on the various platforms:

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