Land acquisitions and rights

Using legal tools and participatory approaches, we work to strengthen land rights for local people to improve their livelihoods and get a better deal from incoming investors

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Civil society improvements to land tenure governance in Guinea

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Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea

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Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say

Isabella Nchimbi
06 October 2022

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Law, economies and justice: a new programme

Lorenzo Cotula
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Special Economic Zones: global trends and issues in Senegal and Madagascar

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Asociación ANDES: from local potato farmers to global strategies for protecting crop diversity and Indigenous rights

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Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

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Law, economies and justice

A collaborative programme of work on renegotiating the law to promote fairer, more sustainable economies

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A series of blogs looking at ways to strengthen women’s access to and control over land in Africa

Publications

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Using dialogue to address land-related conflicts

21296iied.pdf

Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon

21051IIED.pdf

Supporting small-scale farmer agency in commercial agriculture: Collective learning on the role of socio-legal empowerment from an international action-research project

21016IIED.pdf

(Re)claiming power in value chains: A guide for small-scale farmers and their advocates

20926G.pdf

ALIGN - Technical support on land-based investments for governments in low- and middle-income countries

20921G.pdf

ALIGN - Technical support on land-based investments for civil society in low- and middle-income countries

20916G.pdf

ALIGN - Advancing Land-based Investment Governance

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Recalibrating rights, limitations and obligations in land governance

20741IIED.pdf

Mediation and development-related conflict

20736iied.pdf

People and nature first: safeguards needed in mining exploration

Man walks by a vegetable plot

Civil society improvements to land tenure governance in Guinea

Active Project

Men and women stand in a ploughed field looking down at the turf.

Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea

Blog, 17 October 2022

People draw a map on a large piece of paper on the ground

Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say

Blog, 06 October 2022

Aerial view of a village surrounded by vegetation

Law, economies and justice: a new programme

Blog, 04 October 2022

Wildlige graze in the foreground of a rural scene with a road and trees and mountains in the background.

Special Economic Zones: global trends and issues in Senegal and Madagascar

Event on 21 September 2022

Asociacion Andes team

Asociación ANDES: from local potato farmers to global strategies for protecting crop diversity and Indigenous rights

Article

A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.

Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

Blog, 24 June 2022

A man sitting on a bench surrounded by large trees.

The role of urban green space: how London got its parks

Blog, 16 June 2022

Aerial view of a forest in Cameroon.

Navigating the challenges of land-based investment governance

Blog, 10 June 2022

A bleak urban landscape. In the foreground, a painting of two hands reaching towards each other, painted in red and blue on a black background.

Mediation and development-related conflict report – launch event

Event on 07 June 2022