The Country Insights initiative seeks to expand knowledge about how countries govern their land, the challenges they face and the innovative solutions they find to manage land tenure issues. As part of this initiative, we publish country portfolios with a description about the land governance situation in the country and provide access to several news articles, blogs and events associated with land issues in that country. This information is based on comprehensive desk research and a peer-review process done by a network of researchers and specialists on the land issues of each country.
Latest country portfolios
South Africa
In 2019 South Africa had a population of 58.5 million people. The country has a land surface area of 1,220,000 km². Of this, around 11% of the land is arable. There are significant ecological variations ranging from dry conditions
Mauritania
Located in northwest Africa, more than three quarters of Mauritania are desert or semi-desert. Only 0.5% of the country’s land is considered useful for agriculture which equals 502,000 ha [1]. Nonetheless, the rural sector is an
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Authors of the latest countries' portfolios
 Amanda Martínez Elvir |
 Anne Hennings |
 Daniel Hayward |
 Marie Gagne |
 Nieves Zúñig |
 Rick de Satgé |
 Salah Abukashawa |
Peer reviewers of the latest portfolios
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