Public lands are managed to accommodate and perpetuate a wide range of environmental, social, and economic values. This Certificate will allow students to focus on the origins of national parks, forests, and refuges and to study the tools and techniques land managers use to provide ecosystem services to the public. These tools will allow students to develop an understanding of regulatory and policy issues, the use of remote sensing and geographic…

Central Africa is home to the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. On this basis, a coalition of willing donors together with Central African partner countries – Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Gabon – have decided to enter into a collaborative partnership to establish the Central African Forest…

This online course introduces spatial planning, identifying its rationale and benefits, its key principles and the main stages in the spatial planning process. It represents a useful reference for all those who want to promote and implement spatial planning in their countries as an instrument to reconcile and harmonize different, often conflicting, public and private interests on land, fisheries and forests. The curriculum primarily addresses…

The Land Surveying degree at University of Tasmania provides the necessary qualifications for registration with the Tasmanian Land Surveyors Accreditation Board for the purposes of the Surveyors Act; and for reciprocal registration in other States of Australia. The one-year Graduate Diploma of Land Surveying is available to students who have completed the University's Bachelor of Surveying and Spatial Sciences or its equivalent, and prepares…

The World Bank Group (WBG) consists of five specialized institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The Development Economics Sustainability and Institutions (DECSI) unit within the…

The mission of the Arid Lands Resource Sciences (ALRS) program is to provide an academic environment in which to examine the economic, ecological and social factors which determine the long-term sustainable use of arid and semiarid lands. Programme Structure: Core Curriculum: The common core curriculum provides a base from which all students can proceed to more detailed studies in their selected areas of research interests. The core curriculum…

The world faces a crisis risking extinction of species through global warming. TropiMundo is an EC-funded and excellence-labelled Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems. They aim to bring together expert Higher Education Institutes (HEI), with long-standing worldwide expertise in tropical rain-forests and woodlands and in tropical coastal ecosystems. TropiMundo students are able to concentrate on botany…

Land market assessments are city‐wide data collection and interpretation exercises designed to aid policymakers by improving our understanding of the land market. Using land market assessments it is possible to build up a clear picture of the geographic patterns of land prices, land uses, and real estate market activities, as well as the demand and supply of land for different market segments or income groups. This course will introduce…

This Land Governance for Development course from Utrecht Summer School provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the ‘land rush’ within the more general context of land governance in Africa, Asia and Latin America including: the history and drivers of the process; the diversity of stakeholders and networks involved; and the global policy instruments of which inclusive land governance is an integral feature such as the Sustainable Development Goals…

The Equator Initiative is a United Nations-led partnership that brings together governments, civil society, grassroots organizations, and businesses to foster resilient communities by recognizing and advancing local nature-based solutions for sustainable development. This year’s Equator Prize will recognize innovative initiatives from local communities and indigenous peoples that demonstrate exceptional achievements in the area of nature-based…