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Morocco Declaration for Land Governance
28 February 2025
During the closing session of the Third Arab Land Conference, Rania Hedeya, UN-Habitat’s Regional Representative for the Arab States, presented the joint declaration that emerged from the conference’s discussions, outcomes, and recommendations, calling on all land sector stakeholders in the Arab region, as well as conference participants, to take collective action in advancing good land governance.
Maroc : le chilien Agroberries investira 40 millions $ dans la production de myrtille d’ici 2023
25 March 2024
(Agence Ecofin) - Le Maroc est l’un des principaux fournisseurs africains de l’Europe en produits horticoles. Dans le pays, la dynamique de l’industrie locale attire de plus en plus d’investissements étrangers.
Blogs
Récapitulation du webinaire : Les autorités traditionnelles en Afrique et leur rôle dans la gouvernance foncière
17 November 2023
Dans le cadre d'un webinaire stimulant animé par Nolundi Luwaya, directeur du Centre de recherche sur la terre et la responsabilité de l'Université du Cap, des experts de toute l'Afrique se sont réunis pour démêler les complexités du rôle des autorités traditionnelles dans la gouvernance des investissements fonciers. Cet événement a mis en lumière les défis uniques et les stratégies employées par les autorités traditionnelles dans la gestion des investissements fonciers.
Governing land for the future: What (r)evolutions do we need?
23 June 2022
The 13th Annual LANDac Annual Conference is taking place in person next week in Utrecht, Netherlands, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. All the conference sessions will also be accessible online to registered participants. LANDac brings together land governance stakeholders from around the world who might not otherwise meet, including academic researchers, the private, civil society, and policy makers.
Land-based investment in Tanzania: how simplified legal guides are empowering communities
25 April 2022
Over the last 20 years in Tanzania, conflict has escalated between communities and foreign investors over land rights and land-based investments. Here, Masalu Luhula discusses how the use of simplified legal guides is helping to empower communities to engage in dialogue and negotiations with government authorities and investors – and to promote socially responsible land-based investment.
Events
Le rôle des autorités traditionnelles africaines dans la gouvernance des investissements fonciers
15 November 2023
En examinant les paysages de plusieurs pays africains, nous mettrons en lumière la myriade d'expériences des chefs traditionnels, en soulignant les variations de leur autorité législative et le poids de leur parole. En s'appuyant sur des études de cas réels, le discours soulignera les zones de friction potentielles entre les chefs traditionnels, les entités gouvernementales et la population locale, en particulier lorsque les projecteurs se tournent vers la gestion des investissements fonciers dans les domaines ancestraux.
International Institute for Environment and Development
Land Portal Foundation
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Namati
ILC Africa
The role of African traditional authorities in land-based investment governance
15 November 2023
By examining the landscapes of multiple African countries, we will unearth the myriad experiences of traditional leaders, emphasizing the variances in their legislative authority and the weight of their word. By drawing upon actual case studies, the discourse will underscore potential friction areas between traditional leaders, governmental entities, and local populace, especially when the spotlight turns to the management of land based investments within ancestral domains.
International Institute for Environment and Development
Land Portal Foundation
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Namati
ILC Africa
IOS-Fair Transitions-LANDac International Conference 2023
27 June 2023 - 29 June 2023
Utrecht City Centre
Drift 25
Utrecht
Netherlands
We are happy to announce the joint IOS-Fair Transitions-LANDac International Conference at the crossroads of the fair transitions and land governance debates in the context of climate change. The conference is structured around the joint challenge of finding ways to make transitions fair and inclusive, for human and non-human life.
IOS Fair Transitions
LANDac
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Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
Manuals & Guidelines
April, 2021
Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia
Increased investment in agriculture and food systems—from both the private and public sectors—is critical to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt to climate change. To generate sustainable benefits, this investment must be responsible. What role should investment incentives play in encouraging such investment? This Guide helps to answer that question.
Creating an enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Reform
Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2021
Africa
Asia
Europe
This fact sheet describes the course that provides guidance on driving reforms that strengthen policy, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks for responsible agricultural investment (RAI). Specifically, the course provides support to design the reform strategy, establish multi-stakeholder consultation processes for decision-making and enhance the role of regulatory processes in creating an enabling environment for responsible agricultural investment.
Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts
Manuals & Guidelines
August, 2021
Global
Investment in agriculture is essential for sustainable development, in particular for achieving food security, adequate nutrition, decent employment, poverty reduction and environmental protection. In seeking to attract agricultural investment, many governments and local communities have entered into Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (ALIC).
There are 666 content items of different types and languages related to responsible investment on the Land Portal.
Responsible investment is an approach to investment that explicitly acknowledges the relevance to the investor of environmental, social and governance factors, and of the long-term health and stability of the market as a whole. It recognises that the generation of long-term sustainable returns is dependent on stable, well-functioning and well-governed social, environmental and economic systems.
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