So far in 2021, Landesa’s programs have strengthened land rights for over 760,000 people. Read more about gender-sensitive land services in India, updates from Myanmar and Cambodia, and additional program highlights in our latest Impact Report.
Landesa is monitoring the ongoing situation in Myanmar, where the military has declared a state of emergency and assumed control of the government.
Land degradation neutrality is daunting, but not impossible. And often the solutions are simple, even if the implementation is challenging: protect forests and land, and the people stewarding them.
Read more about Daw Mar Mar Wai, Landesa’s Regional Program Manager based in Ayeyarwady, Myanmar.
In Myanmar, Landesa is helping preserve momentum toward reform – both on the land and online – with a series of measures to protect our staff and government partners while keeping vital activities running.
New policy brief details the ways that stronger land rights for people living in rural areas can improve climate mitigation efforts, contribute to the success of Community Forest Groups, encourage adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture, and create opportunities for women to invest in their land.
New landscapes require new approaches. Read about the steps Landesa is taking to protect the health and wellbeing of our employees and their communities, and to ensure our vital work continues.
What if we could alleviate rural poverty, strengthen women’s rights, and help turn the tide against climate change, all at once? In Myanmar, a program to secure land rights for the country’s forest-dwelling communities is helping villages make progress toward all three.
Beth Roberts writes about Landesa’s land rights program in Myanmar that is working to alleviate rural poverty, strengthen women’s rights, and help turn the tide against climate change for the country’s forest-dwelling communities.