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   Growing the Field

   A Collaborative Approach to Change

   Reports & Research

   January, 2023

   Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Global

   Land & Gender

   gender equity

   gender equity in access to land

   rights in divorce

   land governance

   land inheritance rights

   climate change

   land rights

   community land rights

   smallholders

   youth

   women

   Land rights are ascendant across the development sector. Movements addressing women’s empowerment, poverty, social justice, food security and climate change are all increasingly turning to land rights to strengthen their cause. In 2022, renowned philanthropist MacKenzie Scott joined these efforts by making an unprecedented $20 million investment in our work. Ms. Scott’s generous gift represents a profound endorsement of the power of land rights to improve the lives of women, men, and communities around the world.

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   The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices

   A Webinar Report

   Reports & Research

   September, 2019

   Africa, Kenya, Latin America and the Caribbean, United States of America, Asia, Global

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   climate change

   common lands

   common rights

   commons

   indigenous peoples' land rights

   indigenous peoples' lands

   Indigenous Peoples

   indigenous people's tenure

   land rights

   land use

   property rights

   sustainable development

   sustainable land management

   sustainable land use

   The climate crisis demands urgent action, yet we live in a politically polarized and paralyzed world. As governments and other actors struggle over climate change, our environment is irreversibly changing. A United Nations report on the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services revealed that three-quarters of the earth’s land-based environment has been significantly altered by human actions.

3. Library Resource

   

   Land rights as a critical factor in donor agricultural investments: Constraints and opportunities for yieldwise in Kenya's mango value chain

   Reports & Research

   February, 2018

   Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   land rights

   land tenure

   land use

   property rights

   rural population

   sustainable development

   This study provides a case study of the mango value chain in Kenya and seeks to better understand key linkages between land rights and project outcomes. It explores (1) whether and how land rights for Kenya’s mango farmers affect project uptake and success; and (2) what (if any) are this project’s unintended consequences on land tenure in implementation areas.

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   Women’s Land Rights in Rwanda: How can they be protected and strengthened as the Land Law is implemented

   Reports & Research

   September, 2006

   Rwanda

   Land & Gender

   gender equity in access to land

   women

   land inheritance rights

   property rights

   land policies

   land dispute

   land administration

   land information systems

   land tenure systems

   tenure security

   marital property rights

   In Rwanda, two factors make land a highly important and contested issue. First,
   Rwanda has the highest person-to-land ratio in Africa. This creates tremendous
   pressure on land in a country where most of the population lives in rural areas, and
   where agriculture remains the central economic activity. Second, Rwanda is recovering
   from massive population shifts caused by decades of ethnic strife and the 1994 civil war
   and genocide, which resulted in displaced populations and overlapping land claims.