# Tenure Security: Protecting Land, Rights, and Livelihoods: Your Resource for Tenure Security and Land Rights\.

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## Pages
- [Contact Us](https://tenuresecurity.org/contact-us/)
- [Tools and Mission Resources](https://tenuresecurity.org/tools-and-mission-resources/)
- [Tools and Guides](https://tenuresecurity.org/tools-and-mission-resources/tools-and-guides/)
- [Why Land Rights Matter](https://tenuresecurity.org/what-is-land-tenure/land-tenure-primer/)
- [About Us](https://tenuresecurity.org/about-us/)

## Posts
- [Who Owns the Future We Are Restoring? Women’s Land Rights at UNCCD COP17](https://tenuresecurity.org/womens-land-rights-land-restoration-cop17/)
- [Pastoralism as Land Stewardship: Lessons from Mongolia’s Silk Road Caravan](https://tenuresecurity.org/pastoralism-land-stewardship-mongolia-silk-road-caravan/)
- [Guardians of the Living Commons: Why Northeast India Needs a Regional Land Consortium](https://tenuresecurity.org/northeast-india-living-commons-community-land-stewardship/)
- [The Coast as Commons: Why Fishers’ Tenure Rights Need Recognition, Not Just Resources](https://tenuresecurity.org/the-coast-as-commons-why-fishers-tenure-rights-need-recognition-not-just-resources/)
- [The Green Transition Must Not Become a New Frontier of Dispossession](https://tenuresecurity.org/shadows-of-green-land-rights-just-transition/)

## Authors
- [Loupa Pius](https://tenuresecurity.org/authors/loupa-pius/)
- [Amba Jamir](https://tenuresecurity.org/authors/amba-jamir/)
- [Pranab Choudhury](https://tenuresecurity.org/authors/pranab-choudhury/)
- [Neil Sorensen](https://tenuresecurity.org/authors/neil-sorensen/)
- [Shivakumar Srinivas](https://tenuresecurity.org/authors/shivakumar-srinivas/)

## Case Studies
- [Green Resources \- Responsible Private Sector Divestment](https://tenuresecurity.org/case-study/green-resources-responsible-private-sector-divestment/)
- [Responsible Land\-Based Investments Case Study Series](https://tenuresecurity.org/case-study/responsible-land-based-investments/)
- [Responsible Land\-Based Investment Project in Mozambique](https://tenuresecurity.org/case-study/responsible-land-based-investment-project-in-mozambique/)
- [Responsible Land\-Based Investment Project in Kenya](https://tenuresecurity.org/case-study/responsible-land-based-investment-project-in-kenya/)
- [Grupo Madal \- Securing Women's Rights to Productive Land](https://tenuresecurity.org/case-study/grupo-madal-securing-womens-rights-to-productive-land/)

## Country Profiles
- [Angola](https://tenuresecurity.org/country-profile/angola/)
- [Sierra Leone](https://tenuresecurity.org/country-profile/sierra-leone/)
- [Ukraine](https://tenuresecurity.org/country-profile/ukraine/)
- [Libya](https://tenuresecurity.org/country-profile/libya/)
- [Mexico](https://tenuresecurity.org/country-profile/mexico/)

## Documents
- [A Decade in the Making: The Evolution of Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure \(MAST\)](https://tenuresecurity.org/document/a-decade-in-the-making-the-evolution-of-mobile-applications-to-secure-tenure-mast/)
- [Incorporating Land and Resource Governance in Other Development Sectors](https://tenuresecurity.org/document/incorporating-land-and-resource-governance-in-other-development-sectors/)
- [Land Divestment: Comparing Experiences with Returning Land to Local Communities in Mozambique and Tanzania](https://tenuresecurity.org/document/land-divestment-comparing-experiences-with-returning-land-to-local-communities-in-mozambique-and-tanzania/)
- [The Impact of Land Governance on Agroforestry Lessons Learned from a Randomized Control Trial in Zambia](https://tenuresecurity.org/document/the-impact-of-land-governance-on-agroforestry-lessons-learned-from-a-randomized-control-trial-in-zambia/)
- [USAID Liberia Land Management Activity FY23 Annual Progress Report](https://tenuresecurity.org/document/usaid-liberia-land-management-activity-fy23-annual-progress-report/)

## Evaluations
- [Colombia Land for Prosperity \- Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park: Impact and Performance Evaluation Design Report](https://tenuresecurity.org/evaluation/colombia-land-for-prosperity-southern-meta-and-the-vicinity-of-chiribiquete-national-park-impact-and-performance-evaluation-design-report/)
- [Impact Evaluation Feasibility Assessment of the USAID/Zambia Eastern Kafue Nature Alliance Activity](https://tenuresecurity.org/evaluation/impact-evaluation-feasibility-assessment-of-the-usaid-zambia-eastern-kafue-nature-alliance-activity/)
- [Evaluation of the Land for Prosperity \(LFP\) Activity in Colombia: Baseline Report](https://tenuresecurity.org/evaluation/evaluation-of-the-land-for-prosperity-lfp-activity-in-colombia-baseline-report/)
- [Evaluation Feasibility Assessment for Expanded Land for Prosperity Activities in Southern Meta and Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park: Final Report](https://tenuresecurity.org/evaluation/evaluation-feasibility-assessment-for-expanded-land-for-prosperity-activities-in-southern-meta-and-vicinity-of-chiribiquete-national-park-final-report/)
- [Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance Activity Evaluation](https://tenuresecurity.org/evaluation/feed-the-future-tanzania-land-tenure-assistance-activity/): USAID/Tanzania, as part of the Feed the Future initiative, is funding the Land Tenure Assistance \(LTA\) activity to clarify and document land ownership, support local land use planning efforts, and increase local understanding of land use and land rights in Tanzania\. DAI implements the LTA activity under a $6 million four\-year contract that began in December 2015\. 

## Events
- [10th India Land and Development Conference](https://tenuresecurity.org/event/10th-india-land-development-conference-2026/)
- [UNCCD 17th session of the Conference of the Parties](https://tenuresecurity.org/event/unccd-17th-session-of-the-conference-of-the-parties/)
- [Tenure on the Move: Launching a Legal Toolkit for Pastoral and Mobile Land Tenure Reform](https://tenuresecurity.org/event/tenure-on-the-move-pastoral-mobile-land-tenure-reform/)
- [LANDac Annual Conference 2026: Land, Conflict, and Peace](https://tenuresecurity.org/event/landac-annual-conference-2026/)
- [First Annual Local Capacity Strengthening \(LCS\) Policy Learning and Feedback Forum](https://tenuresecurity.org/event/first-annual-local-capacity-strengthening-lcs-policy-learning-and-feedback-forum/)

## Global Policies
- [Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance \(IRMA\)](https://tenuresecurity.org/global-policy/initiative-for-responsible-mining-assurance-irma/)
- [Responsible Minerals Initiative \(RMI\)](https://tenuresecurity.org/global-policy/responsible-minerals-initiative-rmi/)
- [OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict\-Affected and High\-Risk Areas](https://tenuresecurity.org/global-policy/oecd-due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-supply-chains-of-minerals-from-conflict-affected-and-high-risk-areas/)
- [African Union \(AU\)](https://tenuresecurity.org/global-policy/african-union-au/)
- [Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa](https://tenuresecurity.org/global-policy/guiding-principles/)

## Hero Slides
- [Who Owns the Future We Are Restoring? Women’s Land Rights at UNCCD COP17](https://tenuresecurity.org/hero-slide/45610/)
- [At UNCCD COP17, Land Restoration Needs a Chair for Care](https://tenuresecurity.org/hero-slide/at-unccd-cop17-land-restoration-needs-a-chair-for-care/)
- [Land Governance in a Post\-Aid World: Why the Sector Must Stop Waiting to Be Invited](https://tenuresecurity.org/hero-slide/land-governance-in-a-post-aid-world-why-the-sector-must-stop-waiting-to-be-invited/)
- [The Green Transition Is a Land Transition\. It Must Not Become a New Frontier of Dispossession](https://tenuresecurity.org/hero-slide/the-green-transition-is-a-land-transition-it-must-not-become-a-new-frontier-of-dispossession/)
- [The role of local governments in protecting commons and resource rights](https://tenuresecurity.org/hero-slide/the-role-of-local-governments-in-protecting-commons-and-resource-rights/)

## Initiatives
- [Countering Transnational Corruption Grand Challenge: Powering a Just Energy Transition Green Minerals Challenge](https://tenuresecurity.org/initiative/countering-transnational-corruption-grand-challenge-powering-a-just-energy-transition-green-minerals-challenge/)
- [Feed the Future](https://tenuresecurity.org/initiative/feed-the-future/)
- [Power Africa](https://tenuresecurity.org/initiative/power-africa/)
- [Let Girls Learn](https://tenuresecurity.org/initiative/let-girls-learn/)

## Issue Briefs
- [Environmental Defenders Under Threat \- Global Lessons from the Amazon](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue-brief/39716/)
- [Land and Conflict](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue-brief/land-disputes-and-land-conflict/)
- [Green Energy and Mining: Challenges and Opportunities \| Issue Brief](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue-brief/green-energy-and-mining-challenges-and-opportunities/)
- [Issue Brief: Environmental Defenders](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue-brief/issue-brief-environmental-defenders/)
- [Pastoralism in Contested Spaces of Southwest Central African Republic](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue-brief/pastoralism-in-contested-spaces-of-southwest-central-african-republic/): This issue brief frames the current political struggles and outbreaks of violence in the southwest of the  around CAR the deeper struggle for territorial control of grasslands and water resources required for livestock production\. Field assessments summarized here highlight the many types of issues confronted by Fulani pastoralists in their relations with farming and artisanal mining communities\.

## Issues
- [Women’s Land Rights, Gender Equality and Empowerment](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue/womens-land-rights/)
- [Responsible Land Based Investment](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue/responsible-land-based-investment/)
- [Critical Minerals](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue/critical-minerals/)
- [Climate Change and Natural Resource Management](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue/climate-change-and-natural-resource-management/)
- [Economic Growth](https://tenuresecurity.org/issue/economic-growth/)

## Projects
- [Land for Prosperity Activity](https://tenuresecurity.org/project/land-for-prosperity-activity/): 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\.
- [Feed the Future Ethiopia Land Governance Activity](https://tenuresecurity.org/project/feed-the-future-ethiopia-land-governance-activity/): 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\.
- [Integrated Natural Resource Management \(INRM\) Activity](https://tenuresecurity.org/project/integrated-natural-resource-management-inrm-activity/): 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\.
- [Improving Land Access for Women](https://tenuresecurity.org/project/improving-land-access-for-women/): 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\. 
- [Advancing Capacity for the Environment \(ACE\)](https://tenuresecurity.org/project/advancing-capacity-for-the-environment-ace/): 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\.

## Research \& Publications
- [From Margins to Momentum: Funding IPLC Tenure in Africa’s Drylands](https://tenuresecurity.org/research-publication/from-margins-to-momentum-iplc-tenure-africa-drylands/): As global attention to land restoration grows, this report shows that Africa’s dryland communities remain underprioritized in funding for land tenure and governance\. Tree Aid’s analysis highlights the need to close financing gaps, improve transparency, and direct more support to IPLC\-led systems that sustain land, forests, livelihoods, and climate resilience\.
- [Brasilia Declaration on Collective Livelihoods](https://tenuresecurity.org/research-publication/brasilia-declaration-on-collective-livelihoods/): A global call to place collective tenure, community governance, and self\-determined livelihoods at the centre of climate, biodiversity, and development action\. The Brasília Declaration urges lasting recognition of collective territories, protection for defenders, and direct, equitable financing for Indigenous Peoples, Afro\-descendant Peoples, and Local and Traditional Communities\.
- [The status of land tenure and governance](https://tenuresecurity.org/research-publication/the-status-of-land-tenure-and-governance/)
- [Tanzania Demand for Documentation Study: Who Pays for Land Documents, and Why?](https://tenuresecurity.org/research-publication/tanzania-demand-for-documentation-study-who-pays-for-land-documents-and-why/): This study utilizes a mixed methods approach that draws on analysis of land registration data from a USAID\-supported customary land formalization program in Tanzania, coupled with a follow\-up household survey and qualitative data collection, to better understand rural Tanzanians’ willingness and ability to pay for government\-issued and legally recognized customary land documents\. The program operated in two phases, initially providing Certificates of Customary Right of Occupancy \(CCROs\) to landholders for free, and then requiring landholders to pay a nominal fee to obtain the document\.
- [Targeted Study on the Role of Customary Land Formalization in Women's Economic Empowerment](https://tenuresecurity.org/research-publication/targeted-study-on-the-role-of-customary-land-formalization-in-womens-economic-empowerment/)

## Tools/Resources
- [Mapping Approaches for Securing Tenure \(MAST\) Learning Platform](https://tenuresecurity.org/tool-resource/mapping-approaches-for-securing-tenure-mast-learning-platform/)
- [I want to use MAST\! How do I get started?](https://tenuresecurity.org/tool-resource/i-want-to-use-mast-how-do-i-get-started/)
- [Learn About MAST](https://tenuresecurity.org/tool-resource/learn-about-mast/)
- [Land And Conflict: A Toolkit for Intervention 2\.0](https://tenuresecurity.org/tool-resource/land-and-conflict-a-toolkit-for-intervention-2-0/)
- [Water and Conflict: A Toolkit for Programming](https://tenuresecurity.org/tool-resource/water-and-conflict-a-toolkit-for-programming/)

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## Author Types
- [Staff](https://tenuresecurity.org/author_type/staff/)

## Post Types
- [Article](https://tenuresecurity.org/blog_post_type/article/)
- [Videos](https://tenuresecurity.org/blog_post_type/videos/)
- [Media Scans](https://tenuresecurity.org/blog_post_type/media-scans/)
- [LandLinks Scans](https://tenuresecurity.org/blog_post_type/landlinks-scans/)
- [Announcement](https://tenuresecurity.org/blog_post_type/announcement/)

## Document Types
- [Other](https://tenuresecurity.org/document_type/other/)
- [Training](https://tenuresecurity.org/document_type/training/)
- [Monitoring and Evaluation](https://tenuresecurity.org/document_type/monitoring-and-evaluation/)
- [Progress Reports](https://tenuresecurity.org/document_type/progress-reports/)
- [Project Design and Implementation](https://tenuresecurity.org/document_type/project-design-and-implementation/)

## Event Types
- [Training](https://tenuresecurity.org/event_type/training/)
- [MOOC](https://tenuresecurity.org/event_type/mooc/)
- [Event](https://tenuresecurity.org/event_type/event/)
- [Online](https://tenuresecurity.org/event_type/online/)
- [In\-person](https://tenuresecurity.org/event_type/in-person/)

## Global Policy Types
- [Key Land Agreements](https://tenuresecurity.org/global_policy_type/key-land-agreements/)
- [International Coordinating Bodies](https://tenuresecurity.org/global_policy_type/international-coordinating-bodies/)

## Initiative Types
- [U\.S\. Government Initiatives](https://tenuresecurity.org/initiative_type/us-government-initiatives/)

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