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In the Indian Sundurbans, women are taking collective action to restore mangrove forests and embracing sustainable alternative livelihoods.
The Telegraph India — An op-ed highlights how women make up a major share of India’s agricultural workforce while remaining largely excluded from land ownership and the rights tied to it. It cites a 2021 Landesa study showing that only 13% of women in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha hold legal land documents, despite making up a major share of the agricultural workforce.
In celebration of Earth Day, we’re announcing an expansion to our Coastal Livelihoods and Mangroves Project, an ambitious effort to strengthen coastal land and tenure rights for millions of people, protect fragile mangrove ecosystems, and mitigate climate change.
Meet Saheli Gupta, Landesa’s Program Associate for the Mangroves project based in India. Saheli started working for Landesa in 2022.
Women help feed the world. To honor them, let’s secure their rights to land. Globally, more than 400 million women work as farmers, growing…
Forum for the Future — Landesa is part of the Responsible Energy Initiative (REI), a collaboration between industry and civil society to ensure renewable energy grows in a way that protects labor and human rights, restores ecosystems, includes communities in decision making, and strengthens local economies.
APN News — At the Third International Conference on Public Policy and Management in Patna, Landesa’s Pinaki Halder joined a high-level panel on SDG land indicators and the role of local institutions. The panel emphasized integrating land titles into Gram Panchayat Development Plans to strengthen land data systems and improve sustainable development outcomes.
Entrepreneur Loop — Landesa’s research on land and property rights is featured as a key structural factor shaping women’s entrepreneurship in India, underscoring how limited land ownership constrains access to capital and long-term business investment.
India Development Review — Landesa India’s Pinaki Halder spoke on a panel at the Responsible Renewable Energy Summit about what it would take to make renewable energy truly people-centric.
We are pleased to share Landesa’s 2024 Annual Report, which highlights our impact over the past year and introduces our 2025-27 Strategic Plan.
