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Our landscape, our rights, our investment
6 Oct 2022
About GLF Africa 2022 GLF Africa 2022: How to build an equitable, resilient food future brought together over 8,500 participants from 122 countries and featured 182 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and government leaders, and 68 incredible partners to explore African solutions to the global food crisis caused by climate change, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. […]
Land tenure rights: a reality check
6 Oct 2022
About GLF Africa 2022 GLF Africa 2022: How to build an equitable, resilient food future brought together over 8,500 participants from 122 countries and featured 182 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and government leaders, and 68 incredible partners to explore African solutions to the global food crisis caused by climate change, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Across […]
Why land rights matter
7 Sep 2022
Introducing the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy In cooperation with policymakers in the partner countries, the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy project is working to improve the framework conditions for good land governance. Together with its partners, the project aims to introduce transparent procedures and mechanisms in land administration, thereby improving the population’s situation […]
Responsible land policy in Uganda is helping women feel safe
7 Sep 2022
About Responsible Land Policy in Uganda With an average of 213 inhabitants per km2, the population density in Uganda is very high in comparison with other African countries. The population is growing by more than 3.3% per year. Land in Uganda is increasingly fragmented due to inheritance rules. As a result, land ownership is […]
Supporting smallholder farmers access land through leasing
11 Jul 2022
Facilitating land access to smallholders While leasing farming land is a common practice in rural Kenya, existing legal provisions for leasing land are unclear to many community members. The community sees the official process as very costly, serving well-off people who lease large and/or high-value land. Community-led land lease guidelines, on the contrary, are […]
Cultivating equality in Burkina Faso
11 Jul 2022
The challenge: the gender gap in land policy implementation Burkina Faso’s legal framework for land governance recognizes equal rights for men and women. By law, women, just like men, can obtain formal land possession certificates and inherit the land. However, due to weak land governance institutions, the land law has so far only been […]
Why are land rights important to stop drought?
16 May 2022
UNCCD COP15 COP15 brings together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land. The land is crucial for a healthy, productive society, and COP15 explores links between land and key sustainability issues such as climate change. These […]
Why tenure security is important to combat land degradation?
14 May 2022
UNCCD COP15 COP15 brings together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land. The land is crucial for a healthy, productive society, and COP15 explores links between land and key sustainability issues such as climate change. These issues are discussed during high-level roundtables […]
How safeguarding tenure rights can save millions of people
14 May 2022
UNCCD COP15 COP15 brings together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society, and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land. The land is crucial for a healthy, productive society, and COP15 explores links between land and key sustainability issues such as climate change. These issues are discussed during high-level roundtables […]
Deborah Delgado Pugley: How women are restoring Amazonia
14 Mar 2022
GLF Amazonia 2021: As it happened On 21–23 September 2021, the GLF Amazonia digital conference put forth one clear message: the protection of the Amazon is crucial for the survival of people and ecosystems globally. Titled “The Tipping Point – Solutions from the Inside Out,” the event featured the foremost scientists conducting researching the Amazon’s […]
