Land Tenure Projects

Explore land governance 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 directory by project status, sector, region, and approximate funding level. Open a project to learn about its activities and find related resources.

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Explore country profiles for background on national tenure systems and land governance. Browse research and publications for supporting evidence, or consult tools and resources for practical guidance. If you are new to these topics, What is Land Tenure? introduces the concepts that inform land governance projects and their role in secure rights and livelihoods.

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Global Burundi, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Iraq, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda

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
Multi-Country: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone

West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development

Climate Change and Natural Resource Management | Customary and Community Tenure | Economic Growth | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Responsible Land Based Investment | Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework
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.
Vietnam

Vietnam Sustainable Forest Management Activity

Climate Change and Natural Resource Management | Economic Growth | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Indigenous Peoples | Responsible Land Based Investment | Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework
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.
Multi-Country: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Zambia

Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) II

Climate Change and Natural Resource Management | Customary and Community Tenure | Economic Growth | Food Security | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Indigenous Peoples | Responsible Land Based Investment | Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework
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.
Global

Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE)

Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework | Climate Change and Natural Resource Management | Natural Resource Management | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Sustainable Urbanization
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.
Global

Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) Activity

Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework | Climate Change and Natural Resource Management | Natural Resource Management | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Critical Minerals
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:
Ethiopia

Feed the Future Ethiopia Land Governance Activity

Economic Growth | Food Security | Pastoralism | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment
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.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Zahabu Safi (Commercially Viable Conflict-Free Gold Project – CVCFG)

Artisanal and Small-scale Mining | Economic Growth | Critical Minerals
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.
Colombia

Land for Prosperity Activity

Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Youth | Economic Growth
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.
Mozambique

Supporting the Policy Environment for Economic Development (SPEED+)

Economic Growth
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
Multi-Country: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, India, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia

Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG)

Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework | Climate Change and Natural Resource Management | Natural Resource Management | Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment | Economic Growth | Conflict | Responsible Land Based Investment
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

Haiti: Leveraging Land in Haiti Project

Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance
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

Haiti: Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP)

Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance
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
Central African Republic

Artisanal Mining and Property Rights (AMPR)

Artisanal and Small-scale Mining | Conflict | Environmental and Natural Resource Management Framework | Critical Minerals
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.