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Good Practices in Land Rights Work.

Reports & Research
October, 2021
Global
COVID-19
sustainable development
land rights
land stakeholders
In order to further benefit from the great wealth of
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Great Green Wall Accelerator Technical brief - Edition N°1

Reports & Research
September, 2021
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
land management
climate change
land restoration
capacity development
The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank on Monday. During a forum
hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Bank pledged to assist in mobilising up
to $6.5 billion over five years, to advance the landmark initiative.
The resources will be made available through a range of programmes in support of the Great Green Wall by drawing on internal as well
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Gender and land degradation neutrality: A cross-country analysis to support more equitable practices

Reports & Research
December, 2019
Global
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
sustainable development
land degradation
land restoration
women
Women and men have unequal opportunities to address land degradation. While adoption of Sustainable Development Goal target 15.3 leads the world to ‘strive towards land degradation neutrality (LDN)’ by 2030, gender concerns are sparsely considered in LDN programming to date. To achieve LDN in regions with deeply entrenched socio‐cultural norms requires gender‐responsiveness, accounting for the varied gender components of land degradation.
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A Global Baseline of Carbon Storage in Collective Lands

Reports & Research
September, 2018
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
land conservation
collective ownership
local communities
Forests and other lands are essential for achieving climate and development ambitions. If appropriately leveraged, natural climate solutions can contribute upwards of 37 percent of cost-effective CO Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to achieving such outcomes. 2 mitigation by 2030,1 and evidence shows
This report presents the most comprehensive assessment to date of carbon storage in documented community lands worldwide.
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Rights-Based Conservation: The path to preserving Earth’s biological and cultural diversity?

Reports & Research
November, 2020
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forest conservation
indigenous peoples' lands
land conservation
local communities
Given the urgent need to prevent a collapse of biodiversity across the Earth, certain governments, organizations, and conservationists have put forward proposals for
bringing 30 percent and up to 50 percent of the planet’s terrestrial areas under formal “protection and conservation” regimes. However, given that important
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Global Land Outlook

Second Edition

Reports & Research
April, 2022
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land management
desertification
land degradation
land restoration
natural resources

The second edition of the Global Land Outlook (GLO2), Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience, sets out the rationale, enabling factors, and diverse pathways by which countries and communities can reduce and reverse land degradation by designing and implementing their bespoke land restoration agenda. Land restoration for recovery and resilience is about creating livelihood and development opportunities for people simply by changing the way we use and manage our land resources.
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Effecting change through an innovative financial product

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
farmers
land use
This case study assesses how a new agricultural loan product is helping smallholder farmers to access loans by using their land use right as a guarantee..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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Technical assistance on cost benefit analysis enabling MFIs to allocate resources efficiently

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Ethiopia
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Investments
This summary analyses technical assistance on costâ€“benefit analysis;provided by LIFT to microfinance institutions (MFIs) to help them assess the impact of a new agricultural loan product..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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Building healthy portfolios: technical assistance on default management system for partner microfinance institutions

Reports & Research
August, 2019
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
This summary describes technical assistance provided by LIFT to microfinance institutions to help them improve their management of loan defaults..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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How can Land Administration in Ethiopia become Transparent and Economically Productive for All?

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land
land governance
This document summaries LIFTs Costed Implementation Plan to improve land transparency in land governance in Ethiopia..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...