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territory whose owners legitimacy is drawn from prior occupancy (founding fathers).

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Multimedia
October 2023
Bangladesh

This video is about the everyday struggles of Munda people of Datinakhali Mundapara in Shyamnagar upazila (subdistrict) of Satkhira district in Bangladesh. Munda is one of the indigenous communities in the country.

Corruption risks in land-based solutions to climate change
Policy Papers & Briefs
October 2023
Global

“Nature-based” solutions to climate change require the acquisition of large swaths of land for reforestation, afforestation, conservation and renewable energy sources. However, corruption in the land sector is already widespread and this additional demand for land may aggravate pre-existing corruption risks, as well as causing new ones.

Journal Articles & Books
October 2023
South Africa

This article discusses the implication of the 2021 CASAC v Ingonyama Trust judgment on South Africa’s land governance policy trajectories. It explores the extent to which there are missing links between policy imperatives, the legal system, court processes and socio-economic emancipation.

Reports & Research
October 2023
Global

Struggles to control valuable land, natural and mineral resources are at the heart of many conflicts around the world. Many have their roots in colonial conquest and post-colonial resource grabbing by colluding local and global elites. Land conflicts frequently entail clashes of values and meanings associated with land.

Training Resources & Tools
October 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean

Los días 6 y 7 de septiembre de 2023, un grupo de 18 jóvenes líderes Indígenas, Afrodescendientes y de comunidades locales de organizaciones de la Coalición de RRI se reunieron por primera vez en Bogotá, Colombia

Conference Papers & Reports
October 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean

Los Pueblos Indígenas son mencionados solamente en 2 de las 169 metas de los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Cada objetivo proporciona metas específicas que deben alcanzarse a lo largo de un período de 15 años.

Visions and expectations of young people in the municipality of Solano Caquetá, Colombia
Reports & Research
October 2023
Colombia

Solano is a municipality located in the department of Caquetá within the deforestation arc of the Colombian Amazon, the second largest municipality in area of the country. Solano can only be reached by river, although there are already several trails that allow to reach the municipal’s capital by car at certain times of the year.

Reports & Research
September 2023
Brazil

This case study covers the work of Fundo Casa Socioambiental (“Casa Fund” or “the Fund”), which is a Brazil-based non-profit founded in 2005. A grant-making institution, it mobilizes financial resources from a mix of private philanthropies,bilateral donors, and NGOs.

Reports & Research
September 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central African Republic

This case study describes the work of the Central African Forest Initiative, a multi-stakeholder platform for policy dialogue andcoordination and pooled trust fundto support investments.