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Renforcer la Gouvernance Pastorale en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale: Leçons de la mission transnationale et inter-projets d'échange de connaissances

04 February 2025

ProPFR et PETRA, GIZ

Cameroun, Janvier 2025

Du 9 au 16 décembre 2024, s’est déroulée au Cameroun une mission transnationale d'échange de connaissances sur les questions foncières et agropastorales. Une mission qui a réuni des experts, praticiens, acteurs de la société civile et autorités politico administratives.

2022 Land Portal Annual Report Highlights Increasing Access to Land Information

05 April 2023
The Land Portal Foundation reported another successful year in 2022, making significant progress toward their organizational strategy and monitoring and evaluation framework. According to their annual survey, 87% of users reported a positive impact on their work, while the website continued to receive high traffic, averaging 74,000 visits per month.

Second Dialogue event strengthens Responsible Investment in Land in Lao PDR and reinforces stakeholder collaboration

22 September 2022
The event convened various stakeholders from the sector with the aim to review the progress of implementation of responsible investments in agriculture and forestry in Lao PDR, exchange experiences and discuss responsibilities to foster collaboration efforts.  

New blog series looks at navigating the challenges of land-based investment

29 March 2022

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)  and the Land Portal are launching a new blog series on the governance of land-based investments in the Global South. The series will explore practical strategies and approaches adopted by rights defenders and others to address common challenges surrounding these investments.

 

Congo: Govt reaches deal with the private sector to develop state land reserves

27 September 2021

The Congolese government approved on September 20 the bill approving the partnership agreement with Total Nature Based Solutions (TNBS), Congo First Company (CFC), and Forest Neutral Congo (FNC) for the development of the State land reserve located at Léfini in the Plateaux department. This bill was presented to the Council of Ministers by Rosalie Matondo (pictured), the Minister of Forest Economy.

Nearly half of investors in Africa have experienced disputes with local communities – new research

15 September 2021

Almost half (46%) of investors surveyed in sub-Saharan Africa have experienced disputes with local communities over land, new research from the ODI and TMP Systems has found.

As part of an ongoing initiative to facilitate responsible land investment, experts have warned companies are failing to avoid serious risks both to themselves and local communities, even though it makes financial sense to do so.

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