Land acquisitions and rights

Using legal tools and participatory approaches, we work to strengthen land rights for local people to improve their livelihoods and get a better deal from incoming investors

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The role of urban green space: how London got its parks

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Two men walk behind a herd in an arid landscape.

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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

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Men and women stand in a ploughed field looking down at the turf.

Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea

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Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say

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Asociación ANDES: from local potato farmers to global strategies for protecting crop diversity and Indigenous rights

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Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

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A man sitting on a bench surrounded by large trees.

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Publications

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Using dialogue to address land-related conflicts

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Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon

21051IIED.pdf

Supporting small-scale farmer agency in commercial agriculture: Collective learning on the role of socio-legal empowerment from an international action-research project

21016IIED.pdf

(Re)claiming power in value chains: A guide for small-scale farmers and their advocates

20926G.pdf

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

20921G.pdf

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

20916G.pdf

ALIGN - Advancing Land-based Investment Governance

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Recalibrating rights, limitations and obligations in land governance

20741IIED.pdf

Mediation and development-related conflict

20736iied.pdf

People and nature first: safeguards needed in mining exploration

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Book summary: Land, investment and migration: thirty-five years of village life in Mali

Article, 19 March 2020

A trail through burned rainforest

Land rights and investments: why business standards are not enough

Blog, 16 March 2020

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Q&A: Successful social mobilisation for land rights in Nepal

Article, 28 February 2020

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Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights

Article, 27 January 2020

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Assisting communities to seek legal redress for land rights violations

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One man in a small boat on a reservoir, in front of a large dam

Resettlement from large dams – what have we learned?

Blog, 30 October 2019

A group of seated African women gather for a discussion (Photo: Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT))

Making their voices count

Long read, 10 September 2019

Four women farmers bend over to work their land

Climate justice and the IPCC special report on land

Blog, 13 August 2019

A road through deforested land

Investor-state dispute settlement: IIED and partners contribute to reform working group

News, 22 July 2019

A woman harvests palm fruit in Tanzania

Local solutions to strengthen women’s voices in land governance

Article, 13 May 2019