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the latest from Global Land Alliance: our programs, our partners and how we promote sustainable PROSPERITY of people and places
Global Land Alliance Tackles how to Measure Capacity Development
As part of the Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) under USAID’s second Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights project (STARR 2), Global Land Alliance, led by Cynthia Berning, teamed with TetraTech to think through how to best measure the results of the capacity development activities that are part of the project
Malcolm Childress Keynote Address at University of Twente
Today, Malcolm Childress is speaking at the University of Twente in the Netherlands on land governance challenges and opportunities related to climate, urbanization and social justice.
Colombia Rural Introduces New Policy Recommendation for Vacant Lands
Colombia Rural, Global Land Alliance partner, under the leadership of Margarita Varón Perea, introduced policy to the Corte Constitucional in Colombia this past Friday (2/8/2019) during a Public Hearing on Land Regime and Land Reform.
Save the Date! Prindex Second Data Wave Launch
Save the date! If you’re going to be in Washington DC on 25 March for the World Bank’s Land and Poverty conference, join Prindex, Gallup, Omidyar Network and DFID for a reception to launch our second wave of data measuring perceptions of land rights & tenure security
ASPRS 2019 – Collaboration between GLA, University of Florida Geomatics Program and Forest Count Potawatomi
Adam Benjamin presented a collaborative UAV exercise between the University of Florida’s Geomatics Program, Forest County Potawatomi Community’s Land and Natural Resources Division and Global Land Alliance at #ASPRS2019 this week.
Global Land Alliance Parcel Post – Jan 2019
Check out the Global Land Alliance January Parcel Post newsletter!
‘Defending Democracy in Brazil’ Event in DC
Last night Theresa Williamson and Catalytic Communities, partners of the Global Land Alliance and the GLA CLT Center, hosted a fundraiser entitled Defend Democracy In Brazil: Politics and Music at Busboys and Poets.
Agroforestry Project in the Dominican Republic
Global Land Alliance is supporting the Government of the Dominican Republic’s Agroforestry project, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. GLA is developing an audit procedure and rules for the monitoring and verification of land tenure clarification
Register for the Prindex Webinar!
Are you a policymaker, civil servant, advocate or researcher interested in land and from one of the first 15 countries in which we have collected data? Join us on Wednesday, November 28th
2017 Annual Report
We are so busy in 2018 we almost forgot to send you our Annual Report for 2017, but there is a lot to share and we very pleased to share our 2017 Annual Report with you.
Upcoming Prindex Webinar
Have you registered for the Prindex Webinar, moderated by Global Land Alliance’s Director Malcolm Childress, cohosted by Land Portal yet?
We've Moved
Excited to announce that Global Land Alliance has moved to a new office, proudly co-locating with Cadasta Foundation! Come by and say hello!
Catalytic Communities’ CLT Exchange in Rio
Global Land Alliance’s partner organization Catalytic Communities completed an exchange this past August with leaders of Puerto Rico’s Caño Martín Peña favela community to strengthen support and knowledge exchange for Communal Land Tenure.
Malcolm Childress on Land Portal for Prindex
“Researchers, policymakers, donors, and citizens the world over will have access to data that gives all of us a truly global picture of what we believe to be an urgent challenge of the 21st century: insecure land and property rights.”
Prindex Team in Action at their 15-Country Data Launch
Malcolm Childress and the rest of the Prindex Global team in action as they launch unprecedented data on perceptions of property rights from 15 countries in Rome, Italy.
International Day of Rural Women
Global Land Alliance recognizes and celebrates the intersectional leadership on International Day of Rural Women
CLT Center at Ground Solutions Network Conference
The CLT Center joins community leaders from across the US and world as participants in Intersections 2018, hosted by Grounded Solutions Network happening October 1-4th. Excited to build partnerships and knowledge sharing in lasting affordability, community land trust, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability.
Espacio Feminista at Global Land Forum
Global Land Alliance partner Patricia Chaves of Espacio Feminista shared at the Global Land Forum 2018 today that the global meeting in Bandung, Indonesia underscores the need to have such a global network.
Leveraging the SDGs to Improve Womens Land Rights
Landesa published a document today which validates and offers a replication model of a collaboration between Espaço Feminista, Landesa, and Global Land Alliance to strenthen women’s land rights through local, women-led processes.