The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) are inviting case study submissions for presentation at a stakeholder meeting to be held on...

The International Land Coalition has a new "guest post" by the FOLA (Focus on Land in Africa) team at WRI and Landesa. It talks about clashes in understandings and applications of land tenure and...

Deadline October 15
The Competition on Good Practices to Improve Security of Tenure in the Muslim World aims at documenting and deepening the global knowledge on approaches, initiatives and projects that increased security of tenure in Muslim contexts, with special consideration to the poor, the women, and the youth. Papers that document experiences that provided a positive impact on the communities and that could be replicated and institutionalised are of particular interest, as it is the intention of the organisers to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The objectives of the competition are:
  • Documenting good practices and lessons learned on tenure security in the Muslim world
  • Encouraging knowledge development and capacity development on good land practices
  • Identifying innovative tenure security tools and approaches to be further developed and tested
  • Identifying land rights champions (individuals and organisations) in the Muslim world

Looks like there is a new initiative to help collect data on pastoralists. Follow the Sheep is letting people sign up to walk with  shepherds for a few days. People interested...

CALL FOR COMMENTARIES Submission Due June 5, 2013 2,500 words maximum Edited but not peer-reviewed; query form required The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development  soliciting commentaries on food systems research priorities for the next...

Today's post is all about confusion, contradiction and perspective. At times like this I think of a dear friend and colleague of mine. When we are in meetings and things...