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Diverse Conference on Community Land Rights Culminates in Strategic Action Plans to Increase Rights Recognition
On October 4-5, over 300 people from around 60 countries gathered in Stockholm, Sweden at the international conference Reducing Inequality in a Turbulent World: Scaling-up strategies to secure indigenous, community, and women’s land rights. Three strategy sessions—on rural and indigenous…
Watch the replay: Land rights — combating climate change and advancing peace and gender equality
Last week, we gathered in Stockholm for a global conversation, "Land rights — combating climate change and advancing peace and gender equality," a Sida Development Talks that featured Swedish aid officials, the president of the Ford Foundation, the coordinator of…
Tune in & Follow Along: Largest Ever Conference on Community Land Rights Convenes in Stockholm
Tomorrow, October 4, participants from 65 countries—including representatives from Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women’s groups, governments, NGOs, civil society, multilateral banks, and the private sector—are convening in Stockholm for the world’s largest international conference dedicated to advancing community and indigenous land rights.…
The implementation gap: Scaling-up recognition of community land rights
By the Rights and Resources Initiative The failure to recognize and secure community land rights on the ground undermines local, national, and global efforts to address poverty, food insecurity, conflict, inequality, and climate change. Local livelihoods are vital to feeding…
From aspiration to transformation: Taking stock of commitments and initiatives to secure indigenous and community land rights
By Fionuala Cregan, Coordinator, Land Rights Now While the recognition and defense of indigenous, community, and rural women’s land rights occurs at the local and national levels, the international arena can play a key role in influencing political will toward…
Indigenous Peoples and local communities are on the front lines of our changing climate
By the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) With the increase of industrial activity and carbon emissions, our planet has been steadily growing warmer. Two degrees Celsius is the magic threshold, scientists agree: should the Earth’s temperature rise by any more…
The private sector: an ally in securing indigenous and community land rights?
By Luke Allen, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Companies seeking lands for investment, governments encouraging such investment, and Indigenous Peoples and local communities who live and depend on the lands in question have come into conflict for decades. Indigenous Peoples…
To meet global development goals, protect women’s land and resource rights
By the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Landesa, and REFACOF. Indigenous and rural women comprise more than half of the up to 2.5 billion people who rely on the world’s community lands. They manage rural households and food production; play…
Why indigenous and community land rights matter (by the numbers)
(Up to) 2.5 billion. That’s the number of people around the world who depend on indigenous and community lands for their livelihoods and subsistence. The poorest households are most dependent on the land for food and survival. 50 percent and…
The final conference report is now online
The final report for From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling-up Community and Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights is here! Download it as a PDF or read a quick summary below. The aim of this conference was to develop strategies and actions for scaling up Indigenous…
From Rhetoric to Action: Day 2 report
“First, you have to stop human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples.” - Rukka Sombolinggi, Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago, Indonesia A clear, urgent message emerged from Day 2 of this conference. Putting an end to shocking human rights violations – imprisonment,…
From Rhetoric to Action: Day 1 report
Interest in the power of community land and resource rights to achieve positive social and environmental change is escalating. In opening this conference, Melchior Lengsfeld, of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, noted that the conference was oversubscribed and that people had…
