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Anna Locke is a Senior Research Associate in the Global Risks and Resilience Programme. She was previously Director of ODI’s Sustainable Environments and Societies Programme and Principal Research Fellow in ODI’s Climate and Sustainability Programme, working as an ODI staff member for nearly 11 years. She is Co-Director of Prindex, a global data initiative on tenure security working across 140 countries.
She has worked for 30 years in international development, 12 of which were based in Mozambique, working on and studying development issues in more than 20 countries across the world. She specialises in sustainable natural resource governance, climate change, and rural development and livelihoods. She is a respected specialist in land and property rights, and how they intersect with responsible agricultural investment, gender equality, violent conflict and environmental outcomes, particularly in areas under IPLC management.
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Gender justice for climate justice: what does collective forest governance look like for women in Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities?
Achieving the twin goals of protecting the planet and improving humanity’s wellbeing relies on women having the agency and space to co-govern the natural resources they - and their families - depend on for their livelihoods. Reflecting on COP27’s Gender Day, we look at how better understanding women’s access to, use, and control of land, forests and natural resources in Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) could be utilised to support climate action.
Indigenous peoples and local communities can save our forests: but governments must put them on the map
International Day of Forests: 21 March
A new study, published ahead of the International Day of Forests, warns that the Amazon is now nearing its tipping point; its ability to recover from disruption, such as droughts or fires, is rapidly reducing, increasing the risk of dieback of the Amazon rainforest and potentially releasing up to 90 billion tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Women and land – how to get from intentions to change on the ground
Everyone was energised by the trek of 29 women from 22 African countries up and down Kilimanjaro this month to raise awareness of women’s land rights, producing a charter of 15 demands on how to protect and enhance these rights. A powerful statement and great mobilising action.