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What explains tenure dynamics across the centuries? It’s more complex than you think

Have you ever wondered why people experiencing poverty in rural areas of the Global South tend to have insecure land tenure? If you have, you may have rightly concluded that the greed of powerful actors and colonialism are an important part of the story. But this barely begins to describe the forces that have strengthened and weakened tenure security across time for those with little voice and power.

Indigenous Voices Rise in the Desert: Achievements at UNCCD CoP16
Indigenous voices rise in the desert: Achievements at UNCCD CoP16

This was by far the largest UNCCD CoP to date (the previous CoP15 in 2022 had 7,000 participants), but even in an increasingly crowded space, Indigenous voices rang loud and clear, achieving several important breakthroughs.

In Memoriam: Owen J. Lynch (1953–2024)

Owen J. Lynch, an early pillar of the now global movement to legally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ land rights, passed away on November 14, 2024, in his beloved home state of Minnesota, US.

Charting the Path to Scale: New insights and emerging lessons for donors to advance communities’ tenure rights and forest guardianship

Building on the State of Funding report published in April 2024, this blog post shares important updates on finance for Indigenous Peoples', Afro-descendant Peoples', and local communities' tenure and forest guardianship and examples of how direct funding is already driving important progress in tropical forests and other key ecosystems.

A Historic Win and Long-Due Recognition for Afro-descendant Peoples 
A historic win and long-due recognition for Afro-descendant Peoples

After decades of being omitted from the UN’s biodiversity convention, Afro-descendant Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean got great news at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recently held in Cali, Colombia. 

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