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A group of colourfully dressed people stand behind a huge amount of amassed crops and in front of some impressive mountains under a blue sky.
Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the nature and climate crises
Insight, 10 October 2024
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Lobbying for land then and now: reflections on what changed in Karachi
… Land acquisitions and rights … Lobbying for land then and now: reflections on what changed in Karachi …
Insight, 13 March 2024
Four people sit on the floor to look at a map on the ground.
In her name: securing land tenure for women in Zambia
… no way for me to feed them except for the farm.” Taking agricultural land from widows is common across much of the world, including in sub-Saharan Africa, where most land – around 90% – is undocumented. When land is documented, the … programme is helping to resolve long-standing tensions over customary rights and promoting gender-responsive practices to encourage joint land …
Insight, 14 October 2021
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The Right to Land
Publication, 24 January 2022
Woman tilling soil with a hoe.
Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights
… Rights to land are fundamental to the empowerment of many rural African … women, whose livelihoods rely on their access to and control over land. However, the promotion of gender equitable land governance has … circles. Our new IIED blog series 'What works for women’s land rights' focuses on gender and land tenure, and aims to change the …
News, 15 October 2020
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Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… Land tenure security expert Rachael Knight  (RK), a lawyer by training … diverse experiences to IIED – from working with grassroots land rights activists to crafting land tenure legislation. Rachael founded … does IIED provide support to communities affected by large-scale land acquisitions? RK: IIED’s legal tools team has been using a variety of …
Article, 27 January 2020
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Recalibrating rights, limitations and obligations in land governance
… Land rights are typically subject to limitations and come with obligations, and it is this interplay of rights, limitations and obligations that underpins many of the most … legal reforms to recalibrate rights, limitations and obligations in land governance. It reconfigures long-established notions of “bundles of …
Publication, 18 March 2022
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… Land is the backbone of livelihoods for most women and men in rural … generation. For women, given their prominent role in food production, rights to access and control over land is crucial. Over the past 15 years, pressures on land across … Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? … Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights? …
Insight, 15 October 2020
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Bringing coherence and a rights-based approach to Indonesia’s climate and investment governance
… renewable energy and conservation projects — come with a significant land footprint and impact heavily on local communities and Indigenous … and economic governance strategies and define priorities using a rights-based approach to ensure social and environmental benefits. … Land acquisitions and rights … Bringing coherence and a rights-based approach to Indonesia’s climate and investment governance …
Publication, 15 August 2023
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LandCam : leçons de six années de recherche-action-plaidoyer dans un contexte de réforme foncière
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 25 March 2024