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We are in a climate emergency. Land rights is a way out.

40% of global land area is considered degraded.

Each day we lose more biodiversity, and our ecosystems decline, making our planet even more susceptible to rising temperatures and extreme climate events. These, in turn, further undermine remaining natural carbon sinks – the vast forests, wetlands and grasslands that the 2.5 billion people who live on and from the land call home. 

Because land is at the centre of the climate crisis, many of the solutions to it lie in how land is governed and managed.

As stands, large-scale industrial agriculture is responsible for between 25-30% of global emissions. The industry drives biodiversity loss, destroys carbon sinks, and exacerbates food insecurity.  Land-based ecosystems are further deteriorated by resource and mineral extraction, ranging from fossil fuels to the extraction of “green transition” minerals.

At least 55% of transition minerals -- critical for reaching a net zero economy -- are projected to be on or near Indigenous Peoples' lands and territories. They are often extracted without Free Prior and Informed Consent or equitable benefit sharing, reproducing existing patterns of injustice often associated with other forms of resource extraction. We have to be careful that in our fight against the climate crisis we do not further undermine peoples' livelihoods and erode communities' connections to land and nature.

Both industrial agriculture and the top-down energy transition destroy local livelihoods and erode communities' connections to land and nature. 

Another world is possible.

Evidence shows that with secure land rights, people who live on and from the land are in a position to uphold traditional knowledge and customary land use and governance practices, including promoting community-based restoration practices and protecting critical carbon sinks.

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pastoralists save their ecosystem in Kyrgyzstan

"If you treat your land as a mother with respect, then good will come from this land" - Aigul Aidarbekova, woman pastoralist

Tackling the issue

Explore ways the ILC is working with its members to address the climate crisis through community-led actions, global advocacy and people-centred data

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A 3-pillar approach

Promoting land tenure rights as a basis for protecting biodiversity and reversing land degradation -

ILC focuses on promoting land rights as a critical cornerstone for community based conservation and restoration initiatives, while being a defense against top down initiatives in the name of such efforts, which may undermine land rights, prevent traditional land use practices or lead to land evictions.

Defending land tenure rights in the context of climate solutions

ILC's climate-focused work ensures land rights are a basis for carbon and biodiversity markets and other financing initiatives, while highlighting the need to protect land rights in the context of the green energy transition.

Securing land tenure rights for sustainable food systems

Protecting the land tenure rights for sustainable land use practices, including those of pastoralists and other mobile communities, smallholders and family farmers, highlighting their contribution to reversing land degradation, promoting sustainable land use practices, guaranteeing food security and fighting

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#ALRD #LANDESA #GLTN #LAND PORTAL #Ecosystems #Women's Land Rights #Bangladesh #4. Equal Land Rights for Women #6. Locally managed ecosystems

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#6. Locally managed ecosystems #Kyrgyzstan #Pastoralism

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#Latin America & the Caribbean #National partnerships #Ecosystems #Indigenous Peoples #Biodiversity and conservation #Climate change #Indigenous peoples #6. Locally managed ecosystems #Ecuador #ECOLEX

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#RDF #Kyrgyzstan #UVOC #Youth #Ecosystems #Guatemala #Indigenous Peoples #Establishment and strengthening of local institutions #KYRGYZ JAYITY #Project design and implementation support

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#Climate change #Asia #Women's Land Rights #Bangladesh #1. Secure tenure rights #Maldives #4. Equal Land Rights for Women #India #Advocacy

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#Climate change #LUNA CRECIENTE #Latin America & the Caribbean #Indigenous peoples #Indigenous Peoples #5. Secure territorial rights for indigenous peoples

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#WRI #Ecosystems #1. Secure tenure rights #3. Diverse tenure systems #6. Locally managed ecosystems #9. Effective actions against land grabbing #Briefs

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#Briefs #6. Locally managed ecosystems #Ecosystems #Global #3. Diverse tenure systems #5. Secure territorial rights for indigenous peoples #Indigenous Peoples

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#Asia #Ecosystems #EFT #Land rights #India

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#Jordan #2. Strong small-scale farming systems #3. Diverse tenure systems #Research and training #Water management #Ecosystems #Climate change #Europe, Middle East & North Africa

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#Climate change #Ecosystems #Indigenous Peoples #Land policy and multi-stakeholder dialogue #Project design and implementation support #Toolkits

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#Latin America & the Caribbean #ECOLEX #Ecuador #Climate change #Indigenous peoples #Ecosystems #Establishment and strengthening of local institutions #5. Secure territorial rights for indigenous peoples #6. Locally managed ecosystems #7. Inclusive decision-making #Mapping and land registration #Land policy and multi-stakeholder dialogue

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#Africa #Climate change #Ecosystems #Uganda #Application of laws, guidelines & standards #2. Strong small-scale farming systems #4. Equal Land Rights for Women #Land conflict resolution #6. Locally managed ecosystems #Mapping and land registration

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#Europe, Middle East & North Africa #6. Locally managed ecosystems #Land policy and multi-stakeholder dialogue #Advocacy & campaigning #Application of laws, guidelines & standards #2. Strong small-scale farming systems #3. Diverse tenure systems #Forestry #Campaigning #Advocacy #Ecosystems #Climate change #Community empowerment #Multistakeholder processes #Policies and laws #Women's Land Rights #NAPFO

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#Latin America & the Caribbean #6. Locally managed ecosystems #Land conflict resolution #Land policy and multi-stakeholder dialogue #7. Inclusive decision-making #9. Effective actions against land grabbing #Establishment and strengthening of local institutions #Land rights #Forestry #Extractive industries #Conflict resolution #Biodiversity and conservation #Ecosystems #Ecuador #Community empowerment #Natural resource management #Multistakeholder processes

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