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Making their voices count

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Blog

Climate justice and the IPCC special report on land

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Article

Local solutions to strengthen women’s voices in land governance

The new landcam website

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New 'Landcam' website launched

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New IIED legal tools newsletter focuses on legal empowerment

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GWI animation: how to secure land rights of people affected by dams

Legal tools for citizen empowerment

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Article

Introduction to legal tools for citizen empowerment

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Project

ALIGN: Advancing Land-based Investment Governance

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Project

Rethinking investment treaties and dispute settlement in the light of sustainable development

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Sécuriser les droits fonciers au Cameroun : ce qui n’a pas marché et ce qu’il faudrait faire

The future of land: commercial pressures and the case for systemic law reform to secure rural land rights

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The landscape of the Santurbán páramo.

Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia

Blog, Dec 2020

A data collector speaks to a householder.

Helping indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal

Case study, Dec 2020

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What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania

Blog, Dec 2020

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What works for women’s land rights?

Blog series, Nov 2020

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Can promotion groups help strengthen women’s access and control over land?

Blog, Nov 2020

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Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile

Case study, Nov 2020

Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.

Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?

Blog, Oct 2020

Woman tilling soil with a hoe.

Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights

News, Oct 2020

Woman cutting weeds in forest.

What’s needed to halt threats to rural land rights in Cameroon

News, Sep 2020

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“Public officers are also human beings”: trust and environmental governance

Blog, Jul 2020

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Archive of completed legal tools projects

Article, Jun 2020

Strengthening land governance, local to global

Project, Jun 2020