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MetroSulawesi — Landesa Indonesia Senior National Policy Manager Rino Subagyo was present at the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) session on Socialization of Customary Land Registration and Administration in Manggarai Regency.
HELLO! — In an exclusive interview, Bridgerton author Julia Quinn highlighted her role as a goodwill ambassador for Landesa. Quinn shared how her platform helps raise awareness of the importance of land rights, noting her recent trip to Kenya with Landesa and emphasizing that secure land rights are a foundation for food, medicine, and education.
ITV — Tanzania’s Ministry of Community Development pledged, with support from UN Women and Landesa, to advance women’s economic equality under the Generation Equality Forum commitments.
KabarPapua.co — Landesa is partnering with ATR/BPN and the Yapen Customary Council to secure legal recognition of indigenous land rights in Papu, Indonesia a through participatory mapping and registration.
The Daily Star — Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD), Landesa, and The Daily Star organised a roundtable discussion titled “NDC Implementation Challenges: Accelerating Mitigation & Adaptation through Sustainable Land Management” at the newspaper’s office in Dhaka.
Forum for the Future — Landesa is part of the Responsible Energy Initiative (REI), a collaboration between industry and civil society to ensure renewable energy grows in a way that protects labor and human rights, restores ecosystems, includes communities in decision making, and strengthens local economies.
Meet Racheal Kisiangani, Landesa’s Senior Land Tenure Specialist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Racheal started working for Landesa in 2023.
IUCN — The Royal University of Agriculture and the Fisheries Action Coalition Team hosted a national forum on climate-smart agriculture to address climate resilience in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap and Mekong River regions, with participation from students, local communities, and partners funded by the EU and Landesa. The event brought together 200 stakeholders to share knowledge and develop strategies for sustainable farming, fisheries management, and eco-tourism as tools to help local farmers adapt to climate change.
The Guardian TZ — Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho and Godfrey Massay were interviewed about the urgent need to close the gap between Tanzania’s progressive land policies and the realities women face, calling for dismantling discriminatory traditions, improving governance, and ensuring women know and claim their land rights.
CGIAR — At the 3rd International Agrobiodiversity Congress in Kunming, China, Landesa’s Esther Mwaura-Muiru emphasized that women’s exclusion from agricultural programs, financial systems, and decision-making bodies isn’t just unjust—it actively undermines the conservation of agrobiodiversity.
