Eager to extract natural resources, governments and corporations are increasingly snatching land from indigenous groups. But these communities aren't standing by idly—they're mapping territory borders, protesting and even litigating to protect their land and resources.
Blog Posts: land tenure
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by - A new sugarcane plantation forced 600 Cambodian families off their land. Many lost all their belongings, and parents, unable to farm and afford school fees, sent their children to work in Thailand. It's a shocking story, but one that's all too familiar for the 2.5 billion people living on indigenous and community lands.
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by and - New data on the LandMark platform backs up what research already shows: Indigenous Peoples and local communities are some of the best environmental stewards.
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by , , and - In Indonesia, a land grab by a palm oil company violates local villagers’ land rights. The path to justice is far from easy―but a new mapping initiative could help remove obstacles.
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by - The OneMap process offers hope for reconciling conflicting land rights claims in Indonesia.
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by - The struggle for land rights has left many Indonesians on the outside looking in.
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by - Lawrence MacDonald sits down with Gita Syahrani and Adi Pradana to learn about their work on the OneMap.
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by - Amid corruption scandals, Brazil appears to be backsliding on commitments to secure indigenous land tenure.
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by , and - Grappling with Brazil's longest recession since the 1930s, government officials are under enormous pressure to combat rising unemployment, address corruption and control inflation. Yet two recent bills designed to solve the problem are misguided attempts that could degrade the environment, diminish human rights and hurt the economy.
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by and - A new report shows that forests managed by Indigenous Peoples and communities hold about one-quarter of the world's tropical aboveground carbon.
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