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European Network for Rural Development
The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) is the structure that brings together all the stakeholders aiming to achieve improved rural development results in the EU.
The ENRD supports the effective implementation of EU Member States' Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) by generating and sharing knowledge, as well as through facilitating information exchange and cooperation across rural Europe.
Biovision Foundation
Biovision was founded in 1998 by Swiss World Food Prize recipient Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, with the aim of sustainably improving life for people in Africa while conserving the environment as the basis for all life.
In the 1980s, the world renowned entomologist Hans Rudolf Herren saved millions of people in Africa from starving to death by devising organic control methods for a devastating cassava pest. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 1995 for his work – he is the first, and so far only, Swiss person to have received it.
Centre for Rural Development
Our Vision – To convert poor into power.
Our Mission – CRD”s mission is to ensure sustainable livelihood of poor people by using local resources and skills through community participation.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). In operating with other federal offices concerned, SDC is responsible for the overall coordination of development activities and cooperation with Eastern Europe, as well as for the humanitarian aid delivered by the Swiss Confederation.
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
The Potsdam Nobel Laureates Symposium “Global Sustainability – A Nobel Cause” brought together internationally renowned scientists and decision-makers under the patronage of German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel in 2007. The symposium produced the highly regarded Potsdam Memorandum, which calls for a joint effort to tap into “all sources of innovation and invention” to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. Specifically, it identifies the need for a new “global contract” to increase sustainability in the age of the Anthropocene.
New York University - Center on International Cooperation
The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) is a non-profit research center housed at New York University (NYU). Our core mission is to enhance international responses on the countries and issues most important to conflict prevention and recovery, through direct and regular engagement with multilateral institutions and the wider policy community.
Land Library Search Guide
The Land Portal's Land Library is a free online repository with over 20,000 land-related resources. All the resources are highly curated, making the items much easier to find, for both novice and advanced searchers.
In this Search Guide, you can find options on how to search for a particular resource that you are trying to find.
If you notice a bug or have any suggestions on how we can improve the Land Library or this Search Guide, please do not hesitate to contact the Library team through landlibrary@landportal.info.
1. Simple search through keywords
You can enter any keywords, such as topics or countries, in the simple search bar to find information relevant to your search. The search engine will retrieve the first records that contain all of the keywords, and subsequently, the records that contain some of the keywords entered. The search engine will search for the keywords in the all the metadata fields of the records (title, description, etc.).
When entering terms in the search bar, please remember the following elements:
- The search engine is not case sensitive
- The search engine will accept the following "boolean" operators: AND, OR & NOT. For example:
- Indonesia and customary law;
- Indonesia not customary law;
- Indonesia or Malaysia and customary law.
- The search engine will search for exact wording if you put the keywords like this: "customary tenure".
2. Advanced search for Geographical focus
Through the advanced search drop down menu, you can refine your search by the geographical focus of the resource. If you are looking for a resource that focuses on a particular country or region, you can select it through a dropdown menu or start typing the country or region and have the field auto-complete the word you are typing. The selection of the countries or regions through this form is a closed list - meaning that the term needs to exist in the Land Portal's country list. The Land Portal follows the UN list of areas and regions.
3. Advanced search for Resource Type
Through the advanced search drop down menu, you can refine your search by the type of resource. If you are looking for a particular type of resource, you can select it through a dropdown menu or start typing the keyword and have the field auto-complete the word you are typing. The selection of resource types through this field is from a closed list - meaning that the terms need to exist in the Land Portal's resource type list. Access this page to find out more about the types of resources used on the Land Portal.
4. Advanced search for Data Provider
A Land Library Data Provider is a website or library that the Land Portal aggregates metadata from on a large scale. The Land Portal uses importers, a technical module, to extract the metadata of sometimes thousands of resources. The list of organizations that are listed in this dropdown menu allows you to search for one or more of these particular data providers.
5. Advanced search for Related Topics
A more effective way to search by topical keywords is through the related topics field in the advanced search filter. This filter selects topical keywords from a controlled list, LandVoc. Using a controlled list is more efficient because then there is no chance of missing a resource that mentions the synonym or a translated word of the keyword you have typed in. The full list of land-related concepts that are included in LandVoc can be found on this page.
Land Library Resource Types
The Land Portal's Land Library contains highly curated metadata of over 50,000 land-related publications, articles and multimedia from well over 1,000 information providers.
In order to combine these different databases that the Land Portal harvests metadata from, the Land Portal has consolidated certain elements from these different databases to fit one standardized metadata model in the Land Portal's Land Library.
One of the elements in metadata about resources that the Land Portal curates, is the type of resource. Many organizations and information providers use different terminologies to describe the types of resources they publish. The Land Portal has therefore created several broad categories of resource types, to be able to consolidate these various classifications.
Below you can find the list of resource types the Land Library uses, along with a short description of what is meant with each category.
Save Cambodia's Wildlife
Save Cambodia's Wildlife (SCW) was established and registered with the Ministry of Interior in July 29, 2002. SCW was initially based in Takeo Province and activities in the first few years included the provision of technical support to Phnom Tamao Rescue Centre, and increasing environmental awareness both within the wildlife rescue centre and with the general public.