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Article

1 Jan 2014

Author:
Rights and Resources Initiative, Intl. Land Coalition, Oxfam, Intl. Union for Conservation of Nature, Helvetas, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

[PDF] Scaling-Up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights: Final report

The lack of clarity and recognition of community land and resource rights across the developing world has become a global crisis, undermining progress on social and economic development, human rights, peace, food security, environmental conservation, and our ability to confront and adapt to climate change…directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of over two billion people…Despite the challenges surrounding the global land crisis…In order to strengthen collective efforts to address these challenges and capitalize on current opportunities to scale up community land rights around the world…180 participants came together in the town of Interlaken, Switzerland…This report provides a summary of the main outcomes and discussions from the Interlaken conference, with a focus on the priorities for action developed within five thematic strategy sessions, which…provided the main structure and organization of the conference…