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The Land Portal at the World Bank Land Conference 2024

08 May 2024

For over two decades, the World Bank Land Conference has been an important and necessary forum for the land sector, bringing together participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase research, discuss issues and good practice, and inform policy dialogue. The Conference encourages cross-sectoral knowledge exchange and this year, the Land Portal team is eager to attend the relaunched Land Conference from May 13-17, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Call for nominations to the Equator Prize 2024 Nominate now!

Call for nominations to the Equator Prize 2024 Nominate now!

25 January 2024

This year’s Equator Prize will recognize innovative initiatives that showcase how action on nature, led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, can provide effective climate solutions, and demonstrate effective pathways to transform our global systems for people and Planet. Winning initiatives will be honored for their successes in protecting, restoring, and/or sustainably managing nature for nature-positive development outcomes.

Control of Africa’s forests must not be sold to carbon offset companies

17 November 2023

Control of Africa’s forests must not be sold to carbon offset companies (commentary)

Blogs

Exercising the governance muscle - why inclusive land governance matters

22 August 2024

Dr. Elizabeth Daley

Inclusive land governance at the local level allows for the community’s broader governance ‘muscle’ to be exercised in a constructive and practical way. This can reduce conflict and spark transformative social change.

Equitably restoring landscapes and supporting land and natural resource tenure security: the importance of project design and planning

Equitably restoring landscapes and supporting land and natural resource tenure security: the importance of project design and planning

18 June 2021

Dr. Matt Kandel

Landscape restoration creates opportunities for securing the land and natural resource rights of local land users as well for improving soil health, sequestering carbon, and enhancing biodiversity. In order to achieve synergies between these interrelated aims, restoration practitioners must carefully consider how projects are managed, particularly with regard to supporting equity in project design and planning—the focus of this blog.

New report asks: Where’s the money going in the Niger Delta?

03 May 2021

Tijah Bolton-Akpan

Miles Litvinoff

Oil companies are paying billions towards development in the Niger Delta, but it’s having little impact on the ground, say Tijah Bolton-Akpan and Miles Litvinoff.

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Events

International Soil and Water Forum 2024

09 December 2024 - 11 December 2024

Thailand

Managing Water Scarcity and Reversing Soil Degradation for Sustainable and Resilient Agrifoods Systems

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Land Conference del Banco Mundial

Land Conference del Banco Mundial

12 May 2024 - 16 May 2024

World Bank

1818 H Street, NW

Washington

United States

El Banco Mundial ha catalizado la comunidad mundial de la tierra durante más de 20 años, y nos complace anunciar que relanzaremos este evento de primer nivel del 13 al 17 de mayo de 2024, en Washington, DC, bajo el lema anual "Garantizar la tenencia de la tierra y el acceso para la acción climática".

World Bank Group

Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice

03 July 2024 - 05 July 2024

Utrecht University

Utrecht

Netherlands

Building on the successful collaboration in last year’s Annual Conference, the IoS Fair Transitions Platform (UU) and LANDac are pleased to launch this Call for a second joint Conference, which will have a somewhat different set-up from what you are used to and end with a Summit. We welcome your suggestions for panel sessions and round tables for the first two days. Building on your input, we will conclude on the last day with an experiment of democracy – a more-than human Summit. There will be limited hybrid options for participation in the Conference and the Summit.

IOS Fair Transitions

LANDac

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