Landesa CEO & President Chris Jochnick moderated the SOCAP18 panel Land Rights Present Both Risk and Opportunity for Investors with panelists from Oxfam, TMP Systems, New Forests, and Landesa. They explored how strengthened land rights for smallholder farmers can be the key to building productive and sustainable supply chains.
Stanford Social Innovation Review published an article by Jochnick called Land Rights Pose Opportunities, Not Just Risks, to Companies and Social Justice. By focusing on four critical aspects of land rights, he writes, businesses can not only manage risks, but also do a great deal of global good while strengthening their bottom lines.
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Mangrove Ecosystem Service Valuation in Indonesia’s New Capital City – IKN
This brief highlights how recognizing and integrating the ecosystem services of mangroves into planning decisions—complemented by conservation efforts and sustainable resource use through strengthened tenure rights—is essential to promoting sustainable land use in Indonesia’s intended new capital city.
Research, Landesa Reports
Integrating Mangrove Ecosystem Valuation, Land Certification, and Gender Inclusion in Nusantara Capital City
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.
Landesa Reports, Research
Strong Roots, Stronger Futures: Momtaz Rebuilds with Hope
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.
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