China Takes Steps to Slow Urban and Rural Wealth Gap

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.

Meet Momtaz Begum, a woman rebuilding hope in coastal Bangladesh by adapting her land and planting mangroves to protect her home from the rising tide of climate change.

The return or transfer of land from a company to a community has the potential to bring about positive outcomes for all parties. But…