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Romy leads the development of Land Portal's Country and Thematic portfolios, as well as the curation and ingestion of land-related publications and statistical datasets.
She is a communications specialist and policy advisor/project manager with more than 20 years of experience. She has worked previously with Embrapa (Brazil), CIFOR, FAO, GIZ, amongst other organizations on topics such as community forest management, payments for environmental services and agriculture & food security policy.
For the last 10 years her work has focused on land governance while as a project manager. In 2015 she supported the Global Donor Working Group on Land to advocate and secure SDG indicator 1.4.2 on land tenure security.
Romy holds a BA in Journalism from the Federal University of Pará, Brazil, and an Master of Science in Environmental Governance from the University of Freiburg, Germany.
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 129New data story: Challenges of securing land rights in post-conflict Burundi
Sur la Base de Données - Projets sur le Foncier
Cette page est en cours de développement. Elle expliquera les données et la méthodologie utilisées dans le développement de la base de données des projets fonciers.
IATI Community Event 2024
The IATI Members' Assembly and Community Exchange 2024 are taking place in Bogotá, Colombia.
Land Projects Database - dataset version from 26 March 2024
This is the dataset from 26.03.2024 of Land Portal's Projects Database - a dataset curated by the Land Portal's team. The dataset includes information about +3,800 development projects with objectives related to land governance. Most of the projects have been sourced from the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), and some have been provided directly by donor or implementing organizations. A number of projects may have a broader scope, e.g.
Population Growth: The Implications for Land Tenure and Food Security in Communal Areas
This blog discusses how the increase in population presents a challenge for land tenure management in Namibia’s communal areas.
Gender equality and food security - women’s empowerment as a tool against hunger
This publication analyzes gender inequalities that constrain women’s roles in agriculture and food production, and in the long run undermine achievement of food and nutrition security in the Asia and Pacific region. It recommends priority interventions that would enhance food and nutrition security in the region by ending gender discrimination and empowering women. It argues for policy reforms to advance gender equality and strengthen country-owned food security strategies.
Four articles on why women remain central to feed families and the world
In honor of International Women’s Day, this What to Read Digest offers a selection of some of the must-read publications for anyone wishing to understand the link between land, food security and women.
Land governance researchers learn the latest skills to communicate their research
The Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa recently held a workshop to train academics in how to communicate their research to decision makers. This blog post summarises the main insights and results of the three-day training in Tanzania.