This brochure provides an overview of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP) implemented by the German Development Cooperation Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). It points out the relevance of land rights for reducing hunger and conflicts as well as the potential for achieving environmental, social and economic development.

Si nous voulons comprendre et adresser une restauration des terres et des forêts qui soit durable sur deux plans, social et écologique, il est essentiel de comprendre de manière compréhensive le régime foncier ainsi que forestier.

It is important to understand and address land and forest tenure – comprehensively – if we are to work towards land and forest restoration that is both socially and ecologically sustainable. Forests are critical to planetary health, and the increasing threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and hunger call for urgent action at all levels.

In the framework of Prindex, the Global Land Alliance (GLA) conducts regular global surveys on the perception of land tenure security in more than 100 countries, amplified by in-depth country- and region-specific studies of tenure security. Since 2016, these have been implemented in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, India, Nigeria and Tanzania.

In August 2020, the UN-Habitat Sudan Country Programme and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) published the “Darfur Land Administration Assessment: Analysis and Recommendations” report, developed in close cooperation with the United Nations Country Team of Sudan, the United Nations - African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Darfur Land Commission.

In August 2020, the UN-Habitat Sudan Country Programme and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) published the “Darfur Land Administration Assessment: Analysis and Recommendations” report, developed in close cooperation with the United Nations Country Team of Sudan, the United Nations - African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Darfur Land Commission.

L’actualité de cet automne s’annonce exceptionnellement chargée sur les questions environnementales : les trois COP issues du Sommet de la Terre vont se réunir à quelques semaines d’intervalle, en commençant par la COP Biodiversité.

This document lists the lessons learned, achievements, and challenges experienced by the Saameynta Joint programme (henceforth Saameynta) related to establishing durable solutions for internal displacement. 

Les Dialogues sur le foncier sont une série de webinaires dont la mission est de faire en sorte que les Peuples autochtones, les communautés locales et les Peuples afro-descendants, ainsi que leurs droits fonciers, soient au premier plan de l'agenda climatique.

Sud-Cameroun Hévéa (“SudCam”), a giant monoculture rubber plantation and a Cameroonian subsidiary base of Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited (“Halcyon Agri”) has come under intense scrutiny and criticism due to the severe human rights violations and threats to biodiversity inflicted upon the surrounding Indigenous Peoples, local communities and workers.

The longitudinal study aims to delve into the link between displacement patterns and land governance in Somalia, as well as the impact of the solutions that are currently being used to address displacement in the context of the UN-led Saameynta program.

Les fiches « Analyse des cadres juridiques et institutionnels » du CTFD fournissent par pays, un état des lieux des dispositifs organisant le foncier et l’accès aux ressources naturelles (renouvelables ou non), et en étudient les liens avec les processus de décentralisation à l’œuvre dans les différents États.