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  1. Library Resource

    Companion to Land Portal Zimbabwe country narrative

    Reports & Research
    December, 2020
    Zimbabwe

    This detailed timeline provides further background information on the history and land governance of Zimbabwe summarised in the Land Portal country profile.

  2. Library Resource
    The State of Land Information in South Africa

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    November, 2020
    Southern Africa

    What is the state of land information in South Africa? Is there really a lack of land data to support decisions and to improve land governance? This was the point of departure that a team of specialists grappled with to uncover the many different sources of land data and information available in South Africa. For the very first time, they attempted to systematically review and categorize the entire ecosystem of data and information related to key land topics in the country, assessing over 104 land datasets from 59 different sources.

  3. Library Resource
    Informal settlements and access to data in the time of COVID: a case for sharing data for decision making

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    November, 2020
    Southern Africa

    The spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and other countries in the region has again brought to the fore the fact that very dense, under-serviced, mostly informal, settlements are not healthy places to live. They are also places where the spread of a disease is difficult to prevent or manage.

    The kind of emergency response that was required to address the imminent spread of COVID-19 highlighted the widespread vulnerability of the poorest, compounded by highly unequal access to services and ongoing unhealthy living conditions.

  4. Library Resource
    The Covid-19 Crisis and Land Governance

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    September, 2020
    Global

    This webinar took stock of the emerging insights on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on land rights and discussed concerns about the expected mid-to-long term impacts on equitable and sustainable land governance.

    The discussion built upon previous efforts of the broader land governance community, including the Quick-scan Survey on the COVID-19 crisis by LANDac and the LANDdialogue, insights from the LANDac Professional Learning Programme and the webinar and discussion series ‘Land Rights Implications of COVID-19’ by the Land Portal Foundation and its partners.

  5. Library Resource
    COVID-19, Regulatory Rollback and the ‘Green Recovery’: Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voices

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    October, 2020
    Global

    COVID-19 has negatively affected indigenous land rights, particularly for those who already face food insecurity as a result of land confiscation or grabbing and the loss of their territories. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the expropriation of indigenous lands and natural resources and the increase in conflicts on their territories were already placing indigenous peoples in a particularly precarious situation. The crisis has led to reports of encroachment upon indigenous land by opportunists, such as illegal loggers and miners.

  6. Library Resource
    COVID-19, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Indigenous Peoples Defining the Path Forward

    Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    October, 2020
    Global

    Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage more than half of the world´s land. These biodiverse ancestral lands are vital to the people who steward them and the planet we all share. But governments only recognize indigenous and community legal ownership of 10 percent of the world´s lands. Secure tenure is essential for safeguarding the existing forests against external forces. This is specifically true for forests managed by Indigenous Peoples, where much of the world’s carbon is stored.

  7. Library Resource
    COVID-19 and Public Health: Indigenous Peoples on the Front Line
    Reports & Research
    October, 2020
    Global

    Three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans, with Ebola, SARS, MERS and now COVID-19 being examples. Scientists are warning that deforestation, industrial agriculture, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and other types of environmental degradation increase the risk of future pandemics.

  8. Library Resource
    LandVoc - Community of Experts Workshop

    June 2020 Workshop Report

    Conference Papers & Reports
    September, 2020
    Global

    This report provides a summary of a two-part online workshop in June 2020 to explore the creation of a community of experts to support the ongoing development of the LandVoc concept scheme, and to support ongoing contributions from the LandVoc community to AGROVOC. The workshops brought together 35 experts mprove awareness of the importance of controlled and multilingual vocabularies, and of value of semantics to management. of agriculture and land related knowledge.  

  9. Library Resource
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    Institutional & promotional materials
    September, 2020
    Global

    This brochure provides a brief inroduction to LandVoc, the linked land governance thesaurus.  Logistical as well as technical information are provided. 

  10. Library Resource
    Five Years into the SDGs: Are we on track to deliver the land targets?

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    September, 2020
    Global

    This virtual side event was proposed as part of the 2020 SDG High Level Political Forum which was held from 7th to 16th July 2020. It was organised by the SDG Land Momentum Group, an informal group of civil society organizations and multilateral agencies which advocate the implementation of the land targets of the SDGs and support their monitoring.  

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