We are happy to announce the launch of the project Participatory Land-Use Consolidation for Climate Resilience and Inclusive Business Models in Egypt, which started in May 2024 and will run until October 2026. The project aims to reduce land fragmentation through participatory land use consolidation in order to increase the productivity and income of smallholder farmers, and to strengthen the institutional capacity of key institutions on land governance aspects.

As part of a scoping study titled Land Governance for Climate Resilience: A review and case studies from LAND-at-scale projects headed by Richard Sliuzas, Emeritus Professor, University of Twente, GLTN dove into the links between climate and land governance in the ‘’Scaling up community-based land registration and land use planning on customary land in Uganda’’ project. This case study highlights experiences from the community-based wetland management planning approach in Butaleja, Uganda, focusing on how the approach is addressing land governance issues and contributing to community climate resilience.

What I learned about land rights from people who don't work in land rights

By Peter Sangeyon, Gender and Land Champion, WOLTS Project Tanzania

From 1995 to 2005 I was the village chairman, and I was a ward councillor for ten years after that. I was very pleased when the community selected me to be a WOLTS gender and land champion.

Por Fernando Eguren, presidente del CEPES

La crisis alimentaria en el Perú no deja de empeorar, pero el Estado no se ha dado cuenta. Una última encuesta nacional nos revela unas cifras impactantes: en setiembre el 57% de encuestados respondió que en los últimos tres meses sus hogares habían dejado de comer al menos un día.

Chad is at the verge of an emerging land tenure crisis. As observed in many countries in Africa, formal and customary tenure systems overlap. Customary tenure systems, that generally prevail in rural areas, differ from region to region, with each its own needs and practices. Land conflicts are abundant, caused by degradation and transformation of land surfaces caused by climate change, as well as land investments by domestic investors with disputed legitimacy.

Burundi has the world’s highest hunger score and around 45 percent of the population is affected by food insecurity. The country copes with increasing scarcity of land as a result of increasing population size, returnees and IDPs and climate change. With the majority of Burundians depending on agriculture for their food and livelihoods, land scarcity makes this reliance on agriculture precarious. This pressure on land causes elevated levels of land disputes with over 55% of all court cases being related to conflicts over land.

Por: Roxana Liendo

Por David Singaña , IEE-OCARU

Hace un año, gracias a una beca LEDE de la Red de Periodismo de Soluciones  (Solutions Journalism Network LEDE Fellowship) y en colaboración con el Land Portal, inicié un proyecto para encontrar historias de respuestas a los daños causados a la tierra y el medio ambiente.  Durante este tiempo, afirmé que comunidades y personas de todo el mundo trabajan para proteger y sanar el medio ambiente, aunque esas historias apenas lleguen a los principales medios de comunicación.

Por: Fiorella Montaño

El año pasado, en ese sector, guardabosques comunitarios habían entrevistados a colonos asentados ilegalmente. Aproximadamente 70 familias de las comunidades de Alal, Pisbawas, Kibusna y Kauhmakwas, que incluyen niños, niñas, mujeres y personas mayores de edad, se han refugiado en el bosque ante el temor de más secuestros y eventuales ataques. Toda la zona se encuentra en alerta roja en estos momentos.