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Land governance issues in context

The Land Portal Issue Portfolios provide a reliable introductory guide to understanding how land issues connect with a broad range of development priorities and challenges, such as food security, climate change, conflicts, corruption and more. They are a support for policy makers, researchers, practitioners or anyone willing to engage in debates and activities that impact on land and resource governance. All portfolios are reviewed by external experts and fully referenced. Contact us if you have any questions or suggestions about our Issue Portfolios.

Urban Tenure

In this completely revised and updated issue page we explore the different settings in which rapid urbanisation is taking place, focusing primarily on the global South. We highlight how climate

Forest in Seychelles, photo by Karin Guzy

Forest Tenure

Forests and woodlands provide livelihoods for many communities who rely on timber, firewood, building materials, non-wood forest products, fodder, food, medical plants, and water. According to FAO,

Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

In this updated issue page we provide fresh insights into the challenges and risks facing diverse pastoralist communities across the globe from the Sahel to Siberia. Learn about rangelands and

Land & Climate Change

Land use, land tenure, and climate change are closely intertwined. The effects of climate change, manifested in either rapid or slow-onset ways, has altered how land and natural resources are

Indigenous & Community Land Rights

Estimates of the amount of land held in terms of customary and Indigenous systems of land rights vary widely across contexts. According to the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), communities and

Land & Conflicts

Struggles to control valuable land, natural and mineral resources are at the heart of many conflicts around the world. Many have their roots in colonial conquest and post-colonial resource grabbing

Land & Corruption

Land governance is a sector particularly vulnerable to corruption due to the economic and social value given to land. For the same reason, corruption in land governance has high social costs

Photo by UNICEF Ethiopia. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Land Degradation & Tenure

One third of the world’s soils - including farmland, forests, rangelands, and urban land - are already degraded and it is estimated that this number could rise to almost 90% by 2050. Land Degradation

Land & Investments

Land investments encompass a wide range of activity in forestry, agriculture, mining, industry, urban infrastructure, tourism, and conservation. Theoretical benefits see investment bringing capital,

Land & Gender

From large land acquisitions that displace communities without due compensation, to the encroachment of mining on indigenous lands, to the brunt of climate change and natural disasters, to everyday

Land & Food Security

Producing food for the world’s growing rural and urban populations starts with agricultural land. Reducing current high levels of hunger and malnutrition, as called for by the Sustainable Development

Forest Landscape Restoration

Restoration is an urgent correction to the past and current global land degradation trends, to return forest cover, improve food security, and tackle climate change – among other goals. It has been

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Land governance issues in context