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Landesa’s new study demonstrates how Indonesia’s intended new capital city can showcase integrated and inclusive tenure security and coastal management that balance urban development with mangrove ecosystem conservation. The study reveals the feasibility of implementing Payment for Ecosystem Services and proposes integrating ecosystem service economics with the land certification framework in the country, pioneering gender-responsive ecosystem service rights certification.
Over 70 million people depend on the mangrove forests in the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. Using a regional and collaborative approach, Landesa is strengthening their coastal land tenure rights through an ambitious program that will sustain livelihoods, protect mangrove forests, and mitigate climate change. Learn more about this project.
Many challenges, such as deforestation, water management, land conflicts, labor rights, and smallholder support require collective action to address them in a meaningful way. This resource offers guidance for planners and implementers of landscape initiatives and suggests practical approaches to ensuring IPLC participation in, or ownership of, decisions in landscape initiatives at various key steps.
Landesa looked into the land issues and risks of coal and renewable energy (particularly wind, solar, and geothermal) in seven countries. Check out the full report for findings and recommendations for addressing prevalent land-related issues.
An overview by Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) of the Indonesian development process, current major issues, and a review of the U.S. aid program.
2004 A report on the three-year “Land Law Initiative,” a collaboration between Landesa (then-called the Rural Development Institute), the Indonesian National Land Agency (BPN)…
