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A 20-year analysis of mangrove forest cover dynamics in Thailand found that mangrove ecosystems fared better when under community management.
Meet Rottana Dy, one of our Program Officers based in Cambodia. Rottana started working for Landesa in 2021.
Archipelago Times — The Government of Indonesia is synchronizing regional and national policy to protect the country’s mangrove ecosystems, including advocacy support from Landesa Bumi Indonesia on the subject of land tenure security.
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.
NPR — Landesa’s Rusrann Loeng was quoted in a feature on how mangrove restoration in Cambodia has helped revive collapsing fisheries. The article highlights community-led restoration efforts alongside the science behind mangroves’ role in carbon storage and climate resilience.
KabarPapua.co — A strategic workshop advanced the administration and registration of customary land under Indonesia’s Ministerial Regulation No. 14 of 2024, highlighting Landesa’s partnership with the Yapen Islands Regency Government to strengthen state recognition of customary land and protect mangrove ecosystems as part of Indigenous territories.
Our work has emphasized the importance of explicitly recognizing land rights in the NDCs as effective tools for natural resource management, particularly in forest and coastal ecosystems.
Landesa’s new study shows how Indonesia’s new capital can balance urban growth with mangrove conservation by integrating ecosystem service economics into land certification to strengthen gender-responsive land rights.
MetroSulawesi — Landesa Indonesia Senior National Policy Manager Rino Subagyo was present at the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) session on Socialization of Customary Land Registration and Administration in Manggarai Regency.
KabarPapua.co — Landesa is partnering with ATR/BPN and the Yapen Customary Council to secure legal recognition of Indigenous land rights in Papua, Indonesia a through participatory mapping and registration.
