Land governance: the LANDac conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 8-10 July 2015

摘要

The Dutch Land Academy (LANDac) organised an international conference on 'Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development' on 8 10 July 2015. Two hundred and fifty participants from thirty-five countries were in attendance and discussed papers presented in forty thematic sessions. The organisers were overwhelmed by the demand for the conference topic. The conference was originally planned for two days, but due to the large number of abstract submissions, it was extended to become a three-day conference. In addition to the thematic sessions, there were keynote sessions, keynote debates, roundtables and book presentations. To complement the conference, a PhD summer school on land governance and sustainable development took place. LANDac was founded in 2010. From the beginning, LANDac has focused on the drivers and actors of land governance in developing countries and continues to search for ways of generating 'equitable and sustainable development'.