This course offered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations focuses on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator 5.a.2 which assesses women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control. The course describes the indicator, explains its rationale and provides countries with step-by-step guidance for conducting the assessment.

The 2017 New South Wales (NSW) Landcare and Local Land Services Conference is the premier event to showcase sustainability, Landcare and volunteering across NSW and includes the annual Landcare Muster and the NSW State Landcare Awards. Don’t miss this chance to gather with around 300 people from Landcare and community groups, farmers, Aboriginal groups, industry and government representatives from across NSW and Australia. The renowned science…

Transforming global food and land use systems is central to tackling the most urgent challenges of our time, from the climate and ecological crisis to food security for a growing population, to issues of justice, inequality and exploitation. The Global Systems Institute (GSI) is collaborating with the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), SYSTEMIQ and others to explore the potential for positive, systemic "tipping points" to trigger and accelerate…

The United Nations Development Programme is seeking a National Consultant on Forest and Land-Use Planning & Management Specialist based in Manila, Philippines

The World Bank is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 19th Annual Conference on Land and Poverty to be held in Washington, DC, USA.

Global Land Program is an interdisciplinary community of science and practice fostering the study of land systems and the co-design of solutions for global sustainability The GLP Working Group ‘Integration of Rural and Urban Land Systems’ is pleased to invite you to the second webinar of their new Young Speakers Series. The GLP Scientific Steering Committee contributes to the implementation of research to advance sustainability transformations…

The overall objective of the meeting is to review and validate pilot proof of concept Climate, Land, Energy and Water Strategies (CLEWs) models by the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa to evaluate the suitability of open-source tools to support the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to climate action of under the framework of the Paris Agreement. A nexus approach will be used to…

The MSc "Sustainable Land Management under Global Change" course provides the opportunity to embed a shared, more holistic and integrative philosophy of environmental sustainability. It embraces the principles and values presented in both global and national policy and guidelines and takes on board the concept of “think globally, act locally”. The course is designed for those people with a strong motivation to influence the future of our…

À l’occasion de la journée mondiale des sols ce 5 décembre 2021, le Groupe de travail désertification a partagé une vidéo réalisée par le CARI et Terre Nourricière pour présenter au grand public les orientations stratégiques de la France à l’international pour lutter contre la dégradation des terres et la désertification d’ici 2030. La France s’est engagée à soutenir les efforts des pays menacés par la désertification en ratifiant la Convention…

The Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy invites applications for its 2018 thesis fellowships. Fellowships will be awarded in the amounts of US$5 thousand for master’s theses, and US$10 thousand for doctoral theses, to students at universities in Latin America and North America who are in the mid to final stages of their thesis work. Thematic areas include one on the environment and climate…

South Pole seeks a Project Manager in the Forestry and Land Use Team based in Bogota, Colombia. The successful candidate will play a leading role in contributing to the carbon markets of tomorrow by implementing and managing the emission reduction projects and developing direct client relationship. You will be working with local communities and private owners for the design and development of carbon projects. In order to be eligible, the…

Overview of the findings and recommendations from the Landwise project including a web tool for visualisation. And how different Natural Flood Management measures related to land use and land management affect soil physical and hydrological properties with implications for flood risk management. Survey sites have included a range of arable, permanent grassland and woodland land uses over chalk, limestone and mudstone geology. Farming practices…

The objective of the project is the sustainable land and forest management in the Greater Caucasus Landscape secures the flow of multiple ecosystem services, including carbon storage and sequestration and water provisioning services, while ensuring ecosystem resilience to climate change. The project will engineer a paradigm shift from the current unsustainable practices to sustainable land and forest management practice. The project will address…

Apply for the position of Head of Programme - Crops, Environment & Land Use. The role involves extensive liaison with policy makers, other state agencies, farm representative bodies and other organisations and businesses operating in the agri-food sector. It also involves developing relevant relationships outside of Ireland in the EU and beyond.

This course will cover the agricultural and urban water quality issues in Florida, their bases, land and nutrient management strategies, and the science and policy behind the best management practices (BMPs). Students will learn to evaluate BMP research and analyze its role in determining practices and policies that protect water quality.