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Learn more about Landesa’s work to strengthen policy, legal, and institutional frameworks for sustainable mangrove conservation and livelihoods in Kenya.
Learn more about Landesa’s work to advance sustainable mangrove ecosystem management in Kenya by strengthening government and community efforts to restore thousands of hectares of mangrove forest—nearly one quarter of the country’s total mangrove area.
The purpose of this guidance is to support LJI implementers in designing, establishing, and strengthening their human rights grievance mechanisms as part of their broader social safeguards process.
Landesa’s Responsible Investments in Property and Land (RIPL) Resource Platform translates international guidelines and best practices for responsible investments in agricultural land into user-friendly guidebooks, with one designed for businesses, one for communities, one for governments, and country-specific guidebooks for Ghana and Tanzania.
Effective climate action depends on the rights and leadership of the people who live on and steward the land. This brief explores how secure, inclusive land rights can improve outcomes and reduce risks across mangrove conservation, carbon markets, renewable energy, and global climate policy.
This infographic explores five tested approaches that agricultural projects and companies can use to strengthen women’s land rights and build more productive, equitable, and resilient food systems.
Land and resource planning can help communities respond to climate change and engage in sustainable management practices. This brief presents initial findings from an ongoing study into the development of sustainable land use plans and their potential to create environmental and social benefits.
A 20-year assessment of mangrove forest dynamics in Thailand suggests that Community Forests perform better than surrounding forest areas at preventing tree cover loss.
While Tanzania has progressive legal frameworks for mangrove governance, persistent challenges remain in institutional coordination, clarity of community roles, and implementation at the local level. Strengthening community participation is equally essential for sustainable management and equitable benefit sharing. This brief highlights key governance challenges and identifies priority areas for strengthening community participation and sustainability in mangrove management.
Developed in collaboration with RECOFTC-Thailand, this brief draws upon insights from community forest registration processes supported by Landesa to present a practical and innovative pathway for moving toward community mangrove forest management plans.
