Below is a list of projects that allocate a significant share of their budget to strengthening land tenure and natural resource governance. Use the filters on the left to narrow the list by project characteristics, including status, sector, region, and approximate funding level.
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LAND-at-scale
Active Project
LAND-at-scale is a land governance support programme for developing countries. The livelihood of a large part of the world’s population depends directly on having secure access to land. LAND-at-scale aims to contribute to fair and just tenure security and access to land and natural resources for all. This will lead to more sustainable and efficient...Read More
Land Registration in Merged Areas (LRMA) Activity
Completed Project
Implemented by DAI Global, LLC
Liberia Land Management Activity
Completed Project
The USAID Liberia Land Management Activity (LMA) advances effective and inclusive management of communal land through land tenure processes and promotes the formalization of land rights in Liberia, with special consideration for customary land rights and the rights of women, youth, and marginalized groups.
USAID Agro Trade Activity
Completed Project
USAID Agro Trade Activity is a five-year project designed to enhance job creation and bolster the incomes of Kyrgyz farmers and agribusinesses. The initiative focuses on fortifying value chains to stimulate regional and cross-border trade, particularly in southern Kyrgyzstan's Batken, Jalal-Abad, and Osh oblasts.
West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development
Completed Project
Recognizing the need to protect future generations from adverse environmental impacts, the USAID-funded WABiLED Program focuses on three core objectives: combating wildlife trafficking and enhancing great ape conservation; reducing deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss in key transboundary forest landscapes; and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration from forestry and land use.
USAID Resilience ANCHORS Activity
Completed Project
Implementer: ECODIT LLC
Vietnam Sustainable Forest Management Activity
Completed Project
The Sustainable Forest Management Activity focuses on reducing land-based carbon emissions and increasing carbon sequestration in Vietnam's natural production forests and plantation production forests in seven provinces.
Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) II
Completed Project
USAID’s Integrated Land and Resource Governance II (ILRG II) program works with USAID Missions, operating units, host country governments, civil society, the private sector, and local communities to develop inclusive, innovative and replicable strategies to clarify tenure and property rights and resolve land-related conflicts. ILRG II’s approach to land and resource governance supports a broad range of development goals.
Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE)
Completed Project
ACE is a global USAID program that facilitates the Agency’s ambitious work to fight climate change, conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources, improve land governance, and expand access to secure, modern energy and resilient infrastructure. The program strengthens capacities for technical leadership and effective programming through integrated support in four areas: communications, knowledge management, training, and organizational development.
Improving Land Access for Women
Completed Project
The Improving Land Access for Women (ILAW) Activity is a three-year, $5.25 million Task Order under the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights II Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract.
Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) Activity
Completed Project
The Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) activity provides demand-driven support services and technical assistance for USAID Missions and Operating Units across a wide array of environmental and natural resource management issues.
Land Advisors Program
Completed Project
The USAID Land Advisors Program expands USAID’s cadre of land and resource governance ambassadors from Missions and across sectors by building the capacity of selected USAID staff in land and resource governance (LRG) programming. Land Advisors lead the Agency in:
Feed the Future Ethiopia Land Governance Activity
Completed Project
The goal of the Activity is to assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE), its regions, and its citizens in strengthening land governance, increasing incomes, reducing conflict, and supporting well-planned urbanization, thereby contributing to the country’s Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II). To help achieve these goals, the Activity will work in close partnership with relevant institutions in the GoE, Ethiopian universities and research institutions, and other development partners operating in the land, agriculture, pastoralism, and other development sectors to implement activities.
Zahabu Safi (Commercially Viable Conflict-Free Gold Project – CVCFG)
Completed Project
This project contributes to the broader US government goal of reducing instability in the DRC – which has more than 1,100 minerals worth nearly $24 trillion – by providing commercial opportunities to artisanal miners by linking them to responsible gold buyers in international markets, or by strengthening local partnerships between artisanal mining cooperatives and established institutional investors/anchor institutions within the DRC.
Land for Prosperity Activity
Completed Project
Unclear land tenure and property rights paired with insufficient or nonexistent basic services have hindered agricultural and economic development in Colombia’s rural areas for decades. The lack of formal land rights inhibits economic growth, fuels illicit economies and activities, creates violence and social tension, and sets the stage for land appropriation. Women, ethnic communities, and youth in rural areas are especially vulnerable to these risks.
Supporting the Policy Environment for Economic Development (SPEED+)
Completed Project
SPEED+ Is working to further develop a favorable business environment to attract investment and expand markets, with the goal of contributing to inclusive economic growth and the conservation of natural resources. The project works across critical sectors to link together reforms across four components: (1) agriculture, (2) trade and business enabling environment, (3) power and...Read More
Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG)
Completed Project
USAID’s Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) program is a flexible field support mechanism that works with USAID Missions to provide both short- and long-term assistance. The program gives USAID operating units and missions around the world an opportunity to request support for a wide array of services to improve land and resource governance, strengthen property rights, and build resilient livelihoods as the foundation for strong economic growth, stability, resilience, and self-reliance.
Haiti: Leveraging Land in Haiti Project
Completed Project
In Haiti, a complex and ambiguous land tenure system hampers economic and social development. Many families in Haiti are living informally on public lands without access to basic services. Meanwhile, the lack of accurate land registries coupled with complex legal processes lead to difficulties managing land at all levels. Moreover, municipalities have little incentive to provide services to households that pay no taxes or fees on public lands.
Haiti: Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP)
Completed Project
Under the USAID-funded Land Administration and Management Program (LAMP), Habitat for Humanity, in collaboration with the Haiti Property Law Working Group (HPLWG), worked to improve understanding among relevant stakeholders of the need for clear, well-documented and legal land transactions to promote much-needed earthquake reconstruction and long-term development. Background The lack of clarity regarding land tenure...Read More
Artisanal Mining and Property Rights (AMPR)
Completed Project
Legal and responsible artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) supply chains can promote peace and stability and provide livelihoods for men and women. However, the ASM sector remains largely informal and rife with criminal activity and corruption. The majority of ASM diamond and gold exports flow through illegal channels, depriving governments of revenues, with diggers and miners suffering from conflict and violence.