Making the SDGs count for land rights
By Michael Taylor, Director of the International Land Coalition (ILC)
There are 1, 690 content items of different types and languages related to open data on the Land Portal.
Opening up land contracts and land data ... with caution
This is a contribution to our ongoing debate 'Open Data and Land Governance: Increased accountability and transparency as a means to overcoming poverty?'. Join in and ad your voice to the discussion!
By Kaitlin Cordes, Head of Land and Agriculture at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
The need for transparency in land data
By Jenna DiPaolo Colley, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Secure, legally-recognized land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities are vital to mitigating climate change, securing sustainable development, preventing conflict, and reducing poverty. It is also a core human right for up to 2.5 billion people who customarily hold and use land around the world.