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Securing Forest Tenure - Strengthening Multi-Stakeholder Action

May, 2024
Benin
Brazil
Colombia
The session emphasized the urgent need to secure forest tenure as a means of safeguarding both Indigenous Peoples' (IPs) and Local Communities' (LCs) rights and the global environment. With approximately 3.3 billion individuals living within close proximity to forests, the issue of formal land rights for IPs and LCs—who customarily manage around 50% of the world's land—has become critical. Despite their vital stewardship role, only 10% of these lands are formally recognized, often due to overlapping claims with state-designated conservation areas.

How Land Administration Standards Empower People, Environment, and Economic Progress

May, 2024
Colombia
Benin
Nepal
Belize
Suriname
The session focused on the transformative potential of land administration standards in advancing social, environmental, and economic objectives. It began with a discussion of the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) and the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM), showcasing their importance in the global land agenda. These models aim to provide standardized frameworks that address both formal and informal land tenure systems worldwide. The session highlighted the need for a multi-stakeholder dialogue to refine these models further and ensure their relevance to diverse contexts.

Carbon Markets and Climate Justice: How Carbon Trading Frameworks Can Protect Community Land Rights

May, 2024
Sierra Leone
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Guinea
The roundtable session on carbon markets and climate justice addressed how carbon trading frameworks can be designed to protect community land rights, especially as countries in Africa and Asia establish legal frameworks in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The discussions highlighted the crucial role of tenure security in achieving effective conservation, recognizing that rural communities are key to successful conservation outcomes.

Case Study - Shortcomings to overlapping land rights and a way forward: the case of Mailo land in Central Uganda

Reports & Research
June, 2018
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda

Uganda has a complex land tenure system. Four tenure systems officially recognized by the 1995 Constitution coexist: freehold, Mailo, leasehold, and customary tenure. While undocumented customary tenure dominates in the country (UNPS 2013/2014 data estimates that 84% of parcels are held customarily), Mailo tenure is predominant in the central and parts of the western regions. Around 10% of Uganda’s land (in surface) is held under Mailo tenure, possibly

more.

Policy Paper - Self-financing model for the scaling of customary land services in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2024
Africa
Uganda

This paper presents the pilot experiences with a contributory model to customary land registration in Northern Uganda and discusses the potentials, challenges, and recommendations for further scaling up. The pilot was implemented between November 2021 - February 2023 in Bululu sub-country – and is continuously backstopped and monitored by the GIZ implemented “Responsible Land Policy in Uganda “(RELAPU)” project. The so-called “Bululu self-financing pilot” is built on prior project experience in “Fit for Purpose” (FFP) land demarcation and registration of customary land in rural settings.

National Lands Policy

Zambia
The document titled "National Lands Policy" provides policy direction for the administration of land. It acknowledges and recognizes the importance of customary tenure. This policy is crucial in the context of land governance and land tenure security, as it sets the guidelines for managing and distributing national lands.

Collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa

Reports & Research
March, 2025
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

The study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa aims to consolidate and analyse the state of the evidence on how tenure arrangements – in particular collective ownership and management of forests operating in complex systems of contingent factors – impact forest condition outcomes, as well as livelihood outcomes of forest dwellers in sub-Saharan Africa.