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1. Library Resource

   

   Global land use: Policies for the future

   Reports & Research

   September, 2011

   Africa, Global

   Land & Investments

   land use

   land

   land grabbing

   land rights

   land investments

   Includes summary; global land resources and projections for the future; soils and soil policies; ecosystems’ services; biofuels and impacts on land use; biofuel production and land use in Brazil; land and national self-sufficiency; land use and increasing production; overseas land investments (often called ‘land grabbing’); land rights and ownership – the Rwandan example; international voluntary guidelines for land investment; conclusion.

2. Library Resource

   

   Key Messages on Women, Land and Peace

   Sustaining peace through women’s empowerment and increased access to land and property rights in fragile and conflict-affected contexts

   Reports & Research

   December, 2021

   Global

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Gender

   Land & Investments

   land governance

   forestry

   land

   activities

   women

   These messages were developed based on the field experience in fragile and crisis affected contexts of UN-Habitat and the partners of the Global Land Tool Network and the HLP Area of Responsibility of the Global Protection Cluster. They are a quick reference on how to empower
   women and protect their housing, land and property rights in fragile and crisis affected contexts and why this is an essential element to sustain peace and stability.

3. Library Resource

   

   Reflections on the limited impact of the VGGT in Sub-Saharan Africa and opportunities for its future with lessons from Nigeria and Sierra Leone

   Journal Articles & Books

   February, 2022

   Africa, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Global

   Forest Tenure

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Investments

   VGGT

   scale

   land investments

   The reality that significant improvements in security of tenure at scale in rural Africa are still needed nearly a decade after the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land;Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) suggests a need to explore its limitations and consider what it would take to realize its objectives. The article documents significant impacts of the VGGT reform processes and highlights illustrative or “one-off” results.