RRI Tenure Tool
RRI Tenure Tool
Who owns the world’s forests? How have communities’ forest tenure rights shifted over time? And what is the strength of communities' and community women’s rights to forests and freshwater?

Drawing on over 15 years of research, our databases detailing the distribution of Forest Tenure, the Depth of Rights, Women’s Rights, and Freshwater Tenure provide answers to these critical questions.

RRI’s Tenure Tracking data monitors the legal recognition of Indigenous Peoples’, Afro-descendant Peoples’, and local communities’—including women’s—rights to forests, land, and natural resources through databases that examine both quantitative and qualitative aspects of community rights recognition. These databases track rights across more than 75 countries. Read a detailed history of RRI’s signature Tenure Tracking Databases.

The RRI Tenure Tool shares charts and tables at the global, regional, and country level. Explore forest and water tenure data using the links below.

Explore the Datasets

Forest Tenure Data
Data including forest area data, bundle of rights, and women’s rights to community forests.
 Water Tenure Data
Data on the recognition of communities’ and community women’s rights to freshwater.
 LandWise Law Library
A database of laws and regulations on communities’ and women’s territorial, land, forest, and freshwater tenure rights.

Methodologies

Forest Tenure Bundle of Rights Women’s Rights to Community Forests Water Tenure

Contact us

We invite you to send us questions or feedback on the accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness of the data presented by contacting Chloe Ginsburg.

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