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NEW RELEASE | Responsible Land Investment: A Practitioner’s Podcast
July 05, 2022
In this 4-part podcast series, our host Megan Olson, a land tenure specialist at Landesa, sits down with experts from around the world who share real-life wins, challenges, and lessons from their work in making land-based investments more responsible. Episode 1 on Indonesian Palm Oil and the Power of Remediation is out now.
Read MoreE-Learning Course: Achieving Responsible Land-Based Investments for Practitioners
June 28, 2022
New self-paced online course for NGOs, CSOs, researchers, and other practitioners working on issues of land, natural resources, and agriculture to deepen skillsets and explore best practices for responsible investment in land.
Read MoreWelcoming New Program Leadership
May 31, 2022
Four staff take on new roles to further strengthen Landesa's work in Africa.
Read MoreTowards Responsible Renewable Energy: Launch of Vision and Principles
May 30, 2022
Tune in to our hybrid roundtable event to hear our collective vision for the growth of responsible renewable energy in India and the principles that we will strive to champion. We aim to rapidly reduce carbon emissions in a way that is ecologically safe, respectful of rights, and socially just.
See EventGender and Land Tenure Workshop at COP15
May 14, 2022
This three-part workshop at COP15 aims to increase the capacities of UNCCD National Focal Points and other relevant stakeholders on addressing gender and land tenure related issues in the context of the implementation of the Convention and land degradation neutrality (LDN).
See EventNew Resource: Women and Dirt
May 11, 2022
Land rights for women flips the script of gendered power—it challenges patriarchy at its root, by fundamentally changing women’s economic, social, and political status. And key to climate action, research shows efforts to protect biodiversity and address climate change are more successful when women have strong land rights.
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