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Rick has over 40 years experience working in the land sector in Southern Africa. He is part of the Land Portal knowledge engagement team working to research and develop knowledge resources including data stories, blogs and in-depth country profiles for Southern, Central and Eastern Africa.
Rick is also a Senior Research Associate with Phuhlisani NPC - a South African land sector NGO and the curator of specialist Southern African land news and analysis website https://knowledgebase.land
He tweets on land related issues Twitter account https://twitter.com/KnowledgebaseL
He has a PhD from the University of Cape Town. His research in Langa, Cape Town features as the central case study in a recent book Urban Planning in the Global South (2018), co-authored with the late Vanessa Watson, which examines the on-going contestations over land and housing in the rapidly growing cities of the global South.
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Burundi: A chronology 1000-2024
This chronology has been researched as supplementary material for the Land Portal country profile on Burundi and the 2024 data story (forthcoming) on the challenges of restoring land rights in post conflict settings.
Colonialism Revamped in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Madagascar: New legislation puts local communities at risk of eviction to pave way for investors
Pastizales, tierras áridas y pastoreo
Pastagens, terras secas e pastoreio
Rangelands, drylands and pastoralism
Derechos a la Tierra de Pueblos Indígenas y Comunidades Tradicionales
Direitos à Terra de Povos Indígenas e Comunidades Tradicionais
Doubts grow over who’ll benefit from UAE carbon deal for fifth of Zimbabwe
Land and conflict
Struggles to control valuable land, natural and mineral resources are at the heart of many conflicts around the world. Many have their roots in colonial conquest and post-colonial resource grabbing by colluding local and global elites. Land conflicts frequently entail clashes of values and meanings associated with land. Conflict risk is rising with climate change and the race to control critical mineral and water resources. Millions of people face loss of livelihoods and displacement.