Land acquisitions and rights | International Institute for Environment and Development

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Case study

Conservation and discrimination: case studies from Nepal’s national parks

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News

Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series

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Blog

Legal empowerment as action research

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Blog

Women claim their space in land governance

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Annual review video

International investment treaties: changing the narrative

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Long read

Making their voices count

Legal tools for citizen empowerment

How IIED is improving the use of legal tools to strengthen local rights in natural resource investments More in this collection

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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

Latest publications

ALIGN - Soutien technique sur les investissements fonciers pour les gouvernements dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire

ALIGN - Technical support on land-based investments for governments in low- and middle-income countries

ALIGN - Technical support on land-based investments for civil society in low- and middle-income countries

ALIGN - Soutien technique sur les investissements fonciers pour la société civile dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire

ALIGN - Faire progresser la gouvernance des investissements fonciers

ALIGN - Advancing Land-based Investment Governance

We have 143 items under Land acquisitions and rights

A bleak urban landscape. In the foreground, a painting of two hands reaching towards each other, painted in red and blue on a black background.

Mediation and development-related conflict report – launch event

Webinar, May 2022

Three people working in a paddy field.

Investment governance in Cambodia: a window of opportunity

Blog, May 2022

Two men sit on a bench and take notes, while a small crowd sits on the floor in front of them.

Conservation and discrimination: case studies from Nepal’s national parks

Case study, Apr 2022

Two men walk behind a herd in an arid landscape.

Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series

News, Mar 2022

A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.

Legal empowerment as action research

Blog, Jan 2022

A concerete mixing lorry drives under an arch that has the words 'Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone' written on it

Special economic zones: a rights perspective

Project, Dec 2021

Three women and a man sit on a bench.

Women claim their space in land governance

Blog, Nov 2021

Four people sit on the floor to look at a map on the ground.

In her name: securing land tenure for women in Zambia

Blog, Oct 2021

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Zambia’s chiefs champion gender equality in land and natural resource governance

Blog, Sep 2021

Woman holding a hoe in a field.

Women’s land rights: it's more complex than just tenure

News, Aug 2021

Landscape of fields and forest

Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples

Interview, Aug 2021

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Traditional leaders in Zambia shift gender norms and strengthen women’s land rights

Blog, Jul 2021