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Effective climate action depends on the rights and leadership of the people who live on and steward the land. This brief explores how secure, inclusive land rights can improve outcomes and reduce risks across mangrove conservation, carbon markets, renewable energy, and global climate policy.
This infographic explores five tested approaches that agricultural projects and companies can use to strengthen women’s land rights and build more productive, equitable, and resilient food systems.
A 20-year assessment of mangrove forest dynamics in Thailand suggests that Community Forests perform better than surrounding forest areas at preventing tree cover loss.
Mangrove forests are among the planet’s most productive ecosystems, supporting livelihoods for hundreds of millions of coastal people while storing vast amounts of carbon. Since 2022, Landesa has partnered with governments, civil society and local communities to strengthen coastal land tenure rights in some of the world’s most vital – and vulnerable – mangrove areas. This ambitious effort is improving outcomes for people and planet through programming that sustains livelihoods, protects mangroves, and mitigates climate change.
We conducted a mid-term “Pause and Reflect” learning assessment for our 5-year Coastal Livelihoods and Mangroves Project, examining our work in Cambodia, Indonesia, India, and Bangladesh to understand roadblocks along change pathways and identify elements of success to build upon moving forward.
This protocol outlines a ten-step process for integrating consultation and FPIC across regulated and voluntary carbon markets, including jurisdictional and private projects. It is designed to safeguard the tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples (IPs, LCs, & ADs) and populations throughout the full carbon project lifecycle.
These infographics reflect Landesa’s findings from the Community Fisheries Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment report and were developed as primary tools for raising awareness through educational events conducted with Community Fishery members in Cambodia.
After Cyclone Aila destroyed her home, Supriya Mondal lost nearly everything. But the disaster also set her on an unexpected path, one that would turn her into a trusted community leader helping protect the Sundarbans through climate-smart livelihoods and mangrove conservation.
This brief highlights how recognizing and integrating the ecosystem services of mangroves into planning decisions—complemented by conservation efforts and sustainable resource use through strengthened tenure rights—is essential to promoting sustainable land use in Indonesia’s intended new capital city.
Landesa’s new study demonstrates how Indonesia’s intended new capital city can showcase integrated and inclusive tenure security and coastal management that balance urban development with mangrove ecosystem conservation. The study reveals the feasibility of implementing Payment for Ecosystem Services and proposes integrating ecosystem service economics with the land certification framework in the country, pioneering gender-responsive ecosystem service rights certification.
