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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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