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Project

Special economic zones: a rights perspective

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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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Interview

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

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Long read

Making their voices count

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Case study

Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile

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

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Democratizing earth observation to improve transparency in land use governance

Possible reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): the assessment of damages and compensation

Supporting an enabling legal environment for women’s empowerment in food and agriculture

Promouvoir un environnement juridique facilitant l’autonomisation des femmes dans les secteurs de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture

Promouvoir les droits fonciers légitimes à travers l’autonomisation juridique

Tenure rights in large-scale and artisanal mining: Implications of the Tenure Guidelines

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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

Women working the land

Study shows how training is shaping women’s awareness of their land rights

Blog, May 2021

International investment treaties: changing the narrative

Annual review video, Mar 2021

People sitting around a meeting table

What role do local governance frameworks play in strengthening women’s voices in land governance?

Blog, Mar 2021

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Ensuring women’s participation in land governance: “bringing the law home” in Tanzania

Blog, Jan 2021