News on Land

Plurality of Knowledge: The Future of Land Governance in Shifting Global Contexts

Utrecht, the Netherlands | 2-4 July 2025

Call for Abstracts and Early Career Researcher Contributions - closes 23 February 2025!

Find the full Call for Abstracts and Call for Contributions here.

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.

Tenancy Agreements transform Prospects of South Sudanese Refugees in West-Nile, Uganda.

Award information and nomination forms are also available in: Bahasa, Nepali, French, Spanish.

For 20 years, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has stood with Afro-descendant, Indigenous, and local communities as they safeguard their lands and territories, adva

Land Portal Foundation graphic design is a crucial component of optimizing our identity across all channels and has been key to building a professional brand. Our consistent marketing collateral has enabled our brand to be easily recognizable and allowed our stakeholders to quickly get familiar with what we have to offer. Our graphic design is in part a source of our credibility.  We rely on strong visual foundations to communicate confidence in our work and in our expertise.

GIZ Knowledge Exchange Workshop 2024 in Senegal took a deep dive on anchoring practitioners’ experience in Responsible Land Governance Systems.

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. 

We are excited to announce the launch of the Open Data Champions Initiative, an effort to celebrate and elevate leaders worldwide who champion open data in the land sector. This initiative shines a spotlight on the incredible individuals dedicated to advancing data transparency and access, especially within the Global South. These champions are at the forefront of transformative change, harnessing the power of data to address critical land governance challenges.

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.

Between June and September 2024, a 57% increase in forest cover loss has been recorded in Saamaka territory, compared to rates observed in the previous 6 years

77% of deforestation inside Saamaka territory has occurred after the 2007 Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling in favour of the Saamaka People.