Colombia
Inequities in land tenure have existed throughout the history of Colombia. This is primarily due to competing interests between small landholdings (minifundios) and large estates (latifundios); between peasants and landowners.
Socio-economic indicators
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Total population
49,648,685
Urban population
80.8 %
Land-related indicators
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Agricultural land
40.3 %
Perceived tenure security
64.8 %
Women owning land
2.5 %
Area in deals
617,830 ha
News
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Land Formalization in Colombia: introducing the LAND-at-scale project
23 March 2021
LAND-at-scale has started to work in Colombia on land formalization through a Fit for purpose approach in Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities. The project is based on previous work by Kadaster International, who piloted the Fit for Purpose methodology successfully in Colombia. In this LAND-at…
Covid an Excuse to Strip Tropical Forests: Indigenous Groups
18 February 2021
PARIS (AFP) — Governments worldwide are using the Covid-19 pandemic to push through destructive development projects and roll back protections of indigenous groups, according to a global report on deforestation and rule of law released Thursday. An assessment by the Forest People’s Programme of…
Community Participation and Inclusion during a Pandemic: Recent Experiences from Around the World
20 October 2020
How can we reconcile the hazards of social interaction in a COVID-19 world with the importance of community participation to the successful, and sustainable, implementation of on-going land projects? The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all aspects of life and ways of working. From large cities to…
Colombia
projects
Land for Prosperity Activity in Colombia
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
<p>The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Land for Prosperity Activity, supports the Government of Colombia (GOC) in improving the conditions of rural households to achieve licit economic development through land tenure strengthening</p>
Support for "Victims and Land Restitution" Act of June 2011
Value: $262,000.00
Donors: Agence Française de Développement
Integrated program to improve informal settlements in Medellin
Donors: Agence Française de Développement
Biodiversity and Protected Areas Program - LifeWeb 2
Value: $2,460,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Blogs
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The Power of Data: Measuring Perceptions of Property Rights
17 October 2018
Until today, the world had no internationally comparable data on citizens’ perceptions of the security their property rights; no way of tracking how people evaluated the likelihood of their home or other land being taken from them. As of today, that changes: Prindex unveils the first wave of our…
Events
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Semana Internacional de la Sociedad Civil - ICSW 2016
La Semana Internacional de la Sociedad Civil (ICSW por sus siglas en inglés) 2016 se celebrará en Bogotá, Colombia, del 25 al 28 de abril con el fin de: Conectar las diferentes fuentes y fuerzas de la acción ciudadana, empoderando a la sociedad civil para que sea más sólida y eficaz, garantizar la…
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