Often, approaches to investment-related land rights violations are reactive, rather than proactive and preventative: legal support is usually provided after communities have been negatively impacted, displaced or evicted — and after lives have been lost, property destroyed, local waters and soils polluted, and communities devastated.

Countries face severe local and global climate risks with grave social, economic, and environmental costs. Given a significant portion of global emissions are a result of agriculture, forestry, and other land-based investments, governments can mitigate climate risks by ensuring these investments contribute to, rather than undermine, national and global climate goals.

The need for further discussion on territoriality in the context of rural development, driven by the political forces of globalization and the economic and social transformations within nations, comes as no surprise. It arises from the necessity to adapt methodologies, instruments, and activities to meet the new demands imposed by these changes and their unintended consequences.

Land is critical to the lives, livelihoods, and food security of millions of people across the world. But a series of unprecedented pressures on global farmland are now accelerating and converging. This land squeeze is driving a surge in land inequality, rural poverty, and food insecurity – and risking a tipping point for smallholder agriculture.

This is the dataset from 26.03.2024 of Land Portal's Projects Database - a dataset curated by the Land Portal's team. The dataset includes information about +3,800 development projects with objectives related to land governance.

A agricultura sustentável é vital no mundo de hoje, pois oferece o potencial para satisfazer as nossas necessidades agrícolas, algo que a agricultura convencional não consegue fazer. Este tipo de agricultura utiliza uma técnica agrícola especial em que os recursos ambientais podem ser plenamente utilizados e, ao mesmo tempo, garante que nenhum dano lhe seja causado.