Land rights for sustainable life on land

This publication of the United Nations Convention to combat desertification (UNCCD) civil society organisations panel (CSO Panel) studies the land rights and tenure security roles in attaining land degradation neutrality (LDN). It provides recommendations in order to use land rights in combatting land degradation.

 [Authors’ summary: Secure rights to land and other natural resources is a primary factor in achieving the land degradation neutrality (LDN) goals; and the associated improvements in food, water, and livelihood security. As UNCCD, the CSO Panel, and partners in government, civil society and the donor and investment communities move forward with LDN targets, the role of land rights in both degradation and recovery processes are brought to the fore. This document is a CSO Panel publication that examines the linkages between land rights and land degradation, and provides a land rights perspective to the UNCCD LDN framework. It also provides policy and practice options and recommendations for using land rights as a set of tools in both the prevention of land degradation, and in the recovery of degraded lands. The document draws on the UNCCD CSO Panel’s expertise, along with the current scientific, policy and practitioner literature on land rights and degradation.]

Table of content:

1. How does land tenure security help achieve land degradation neutrality?
2. How does land tenure security contribute to eradicating poverty and promoting sustainable livelihoods?
3. How does land tenure security help farmers / indigenous peoples adapt to climate change?
4. How does land tenure security with sustainable land management help climate change mitigation efforts (also offering great opportunity for attracting funds and investment)
5. How does land tenure security contribute to human security in relation to conflicts and refugees?
6. How does land tenure security help women’s empowerment in rural areas
7. How do civil society organisations facilitate land tenure security for local communities?
8. How can land rights be understood in local situations, in order to attend to them in a way that supports land degradation neutrality?
9. How can governments learn more about the importance of land rights in land degradation?
10. How does land tenure security provide a connection between state tenure systems and indigenous peoples and customary tenure systems?
11. What is the role of state law in land tenure security?
12. How does tree tenure contribute to tenure security?
13. How can the LDN effort coordinate with land rights organizations?
14. What form of cooperation can best support land tenure security and LDN?

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