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This blog was written as a contribution to the Mekong Regional Land Forum taking place from June 21-23 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Philip Hirsch is a keynote speaker at this event.
By Philip Hirsch, Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney
By: Marianne Gadeberg
Date: June 3 2016
Source: CGIAR
By: Marianne Gadeberg
Date: June 20 2016
Source: CGIAR
By: Camilla Toulmin
Date: June, 20 2016
Source: IIED
Following a recent field visit to central Mali, Camilla Toulmin reports back on local struggles and new initiatives driving change.
This blog was written as a contribution to the Mekong Regional Land Forum that took place from June 21-23 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Duncan Pruett was a keynote speaker at this event.
By Duncan Pruett, Program Policy Advisor for Oxfam in Myanmar
By Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne and Associates
This blog is written by Larissa Stiem and Focali member Torsten Krause based on results presented in their article “Exploring the impact of social norms and perception on women´s participation in customary forest and land gov
Exciting news! Ashoka, the International Anti-Corruption Conference and Transparency International have teamed up to launch the first ChangemakerXchange in Southern Africafrom 2 – 5 October in Johannesburg, South Africa.
By Imma Subirats, Senior Knowledge and Information Management Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect” (The Land Portal Video).
By Marie Becher and Jill Powis, Peace Brigades International
More land and environmental activists are being killed than ever before. We can't forget their work when planning for the future.
By: Katie Reytar, Peter Veit and Nicholas Tagliarino - August 09, 2016
By Oumar Sylla, Director of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
On behalf of UN-Habitat, particularly the Land and the Global Land Tool Network Unit, which also serves as the GLTN Secretariat, I was pleased to present some key messages at the third Preparatory Committee Meeting of Habitat III.