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Women’s struggle for land in South Asia: Can legal reforms trump social norms?
A century has passed since women in Undivided India, now divided into several countries of South Asia, demanded equal rights in property — especially land, the most important means of production in developing economies. The struggle continued after Independence.
Human Rights and Investment Law: What Does Meaningful Progress Look Like?
CCSI's International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series concludes on December 8th with a panel on “Human Rights and Investment Law: What Does Meaningful Progress Look Like?” The virtual series, focusing on the perspective of policy makers on central topics in investment law and policy, also included panels this year on AfCTA and Investment Facilitation; you can view the v
HEKS/EPER Land Forum 2021: Putting Peasants Rights into practice
10 December 2021 (International Human Rights Day)
Learning Exchange and Policy Dialogue on Customary Tenure (CT) Recognition, Food Security and Traditional Livelihoods in the ASEAN Region
THEME
Linking customary tenure (CT) recognition, food security and traditional livelihoods in the ASEAN region
Monitoring Coastal and Estuarine Water Quality Using Remote Sensing and In Situ Data
This two-part, advanced webinar series is a follow-on to the training on coastal and estuarine water quality held in September 2021. It is a hands-on training with demos provided by instructors, followed by an hour of lab time for participants to use Level-1 MODIS and VIIRS data provided by the Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC) and SeaDAS and OCSSW software for deriving water quality parameters.
World Bank Climate Report Launch Webinar: Strengthening Land Tenure of Indigenous People and Local Communities in FCPF Countries
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (Eastern Time)
Online via Zoom
This session will be interpreted in French and Spanish.
Fifth India Land and Development Conference (ILDC2021)
As the world is dealing with a pandemic, its repercussions are being reflected in India as well, along with an economic crisis and mass reverse migration which has significantly impacted the lives and livelihoods of people, ILDC2021 invites attention to the relevance of land security, in inclusive and sustainable development with inbuilt resilience to future shocks.
Financing Land Rights: Investing in people and nature
This webinar confronted the reality that Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities' land rights are greatly underfunded, despite these territories being key to global environmental health services. According to a 2021 study by Rainforest Foundation Norway, from 2011 to 2020 less than 1% of climate cooperation funds were allocated to forest management or to legalize indigenous territories, and in the past 10 years only 0,017% of all climate cooperation funds mention an indigenous organization in the implementation.
COP 26 side event: Securing Land and Territorial Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
Wednesday Novemeber 10th @ 9.00H - 10.30H GMT
Securing land and territorial rights that are people centred, gender just and age sensitive, provide an essential basis for indigenous peoples and local communities to contribute with nature-based solutions to