Landesa

10/15/2026

Happy International Rural Women's Day! ✨

Rural women make up more than one-quarter of the world’s population and up to 40% of the agricultural workforce, especially in the Global South. 🌱

Yet women account for less than 20% of landholders worldwide.‼️

When rural women have secure rights to land, they gain a stronger foundation to invest in their livelihoods, participate in decisions, and shape the futures of their families and communities.

Our most recent short film, To Farm as I Choose, brings that connection to life through the story of Parbati Barik, a farmer and fisher in India’s Sundarbans. 📽️

🔗 Hear her story in less than 5 mins: https://youtu.pulse.ly/ymvqqvzsnt

10/05/2026

Tomorrow at COP12 in Dar es Salaam. Two sessions, one day, all at JNICC.

10:30 Pemba Channel climate resilience, Gombe Room

16:30 Rights to Steward: who protects, who decides, who benefits from the mangroves? Udzungwa Room

Swipe for speakers and partners. If you are at COP12, come find us.

Kesho tuko COP12, JNICC Dar es Salaam. Vikao vitatu Jumanne tarehe 6 Oktoba. Karibuni.

Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania Sea Sense Landesa Fauna & Flora UNEP - Nairobi Convention

10/05/2026

Who protects mangroves? Who makes the decisions? And who benefits from their conservation? 🌿

If you are attending Nairobi Convention COP12, we invite you to join Landesa and Action For Ocean for an important conversation about community rights and mangrove stewardship.

Mangroves protect coastlines, sustain fisheries, provide vital habitat, and support coastal livelihoods. Their future also depends on whether the communities caring for them have meaningful rights, a voice in decision-making, and fair access to conservation benefits. ‼

Landesa’s Masalu Luhula and Shadrack Omondi will join community, government, and conservation leaders to share experiences from Tanzania and Kenya and explore how inclusive governance can support both thriving communities and healthy mangroves. 🤝

🔗 Learn more about the session:
https://www.nairobiconvention.org/cop-12/side-events/rights-steward-who-protects-who-decides-who-benefits-mangroves

We hope to see you there! 🙂

10/05/2026

09/30/2026

Healthy mangroves mean safer coastlines, stronger livelihoods, thriving wildlife, and greater climate resilience. 🌿

The newly released "The State of the World’s Mangroves 2026" brings together the latest knowledge and experiences from more than 190 contributors across 30 countries.

It shares hopeful signs that mangrove cover is increasing in many places, while underscoring the urgent need to protect remaining old-growth forests and support effective, community-led conservation.‼️

Landesa is proud to have contributed to this important report.

➡️Featured on page 121, our research from coastal Thailand found that eight community forests experienced mangrove loss rates approximately half those of surrounding areas, even in the face of extreme climate events.

The lesson is powerful:

✨ when communities have secure rights and supportive laws, they are better equipped to care for the forests and resources on which they depend.

🔗Read the report and find Landesa’s feature on page 121:
https://box.pulse.ly/ykhkwinpnq



WWF The Nature Conservancy Conservation International

09/28/2026

Meet the women helping protect the Sundarbans. 🌿

In three short films, women from coastal communities in West Bengal, India, share how they are responding to climate change, strengthening their livelihoods, and caring for the mangrove ecosystem they call home.

🎬 "Women Lead the Show" explores how women’s self-help groups are raising nurseries, planting mangroves, promoting sustainable forest use, and creating alternative livelihoods.

Watch: https://youtube.pulse.ly/6qrxgxbl85

🎬 "Learning, Growing, Leading: Women Make a Difference" shows how new skills, stronger land and resource rights, and collective leadership are helping women build resilience as farmers and fishers.

Watch: https://youtube.pulse.ly/oz8wtbjttp

🎬 "To Farm as I Choose" follows Parbati Barik as she uses training in farming and aquaculture to improve her income, reduce her dependence on the forest, and plan for her family’s future.

Watch: https://youtube.pulse.ly/ynnkkjhbsa

🖐️ Each film is about five minutes or less.

Watch one during a break or enjoy all three as a short film series about women’s leadership, conservation, and the power of secure land rights. 😊

09/23/2026

Protecting the land rights claims of Indigenous and local communities, especially women, in land-based climate action isn’t a goodwill gesture.

A joint amicus brief filed by Landesa and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is calling upon the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to affirm that the rights of these communities, especially women, are protected by the and a cornerstone for .‼️

Such an affirmation could have a ripple effect across Africa, and guide states to incorporate communities’ and women’s land rights as foundational to national climate policy.

🔗 Read our blog post to learn why that matters: https://landesa.pulse.ly/ywgovddzjg

For communities across Africa, a land deed means a stronger voice in decisions about its territories and natural resources. Landesa and RRI are urging the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to affirm that climate efforts must respect the land rights of communities and women across Africa.

09/21/2026

🌍 Big news: Landesa and RRI urge African Court to strengthen community and women’s land rights protections as a Climate Obligation

We've filed a legal brief with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) making the case that you can't fight climate change while ignoring the rights of the communities and women who rely on the land and who've protected the land for generations.

⬇️ Here's a quick summary:

The African Charter protects the collective and individual tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, including pastoralists, coastal communities, customary landholders, and their women members. In the climate era, States have a heightened duty to secure tenure rights, including women’s equal rights.

Because when those rights aren't recognized, even well-intentioned climate and conservation projects can end up pushing people off their own land.

♀️ Women are especially critical here.

Across much of Africa, women are the ones farming the land, managing water, and holding the knowledge that keeps food systems running, yet their land rights are too often overlooked.

Our message to the Court:

‼️Secure land rights aren't a nice-to-have alongside climate action. They're the foundation!

🔗 Read the full press release: https://landesa.pulse.ly/sicmmgwuqf

09/21/2026

Why do so many women who farm and steward the land lack the right to own it? Learn how ’s Transformation Partner, Landesa, is helping women around the world secure that strengthen , , and .

https://hubs.li/Q04xhSyC0

09/18/2026

📣 STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Meet Ralph B. Quiah

Ralph is a GIS and Mapping Specialist based in Liberia.

He started working for Landesa in 2020.

🌨️What is the most rewarding part of your work at Landesa?

"The most rewarding part is seeing how collectively our work can make a practical difference in communities, particularly by strengthening the voices and land rights of women, youth, and other marginalized groups. Additionally, Landesa’s collaborative work environment and the opportunity for staff to learn new skills and to contribute regardless of s*x, religion or nationality has inspired me."

➡️ Read more about Ralph B. Quiah: https://landesa.pulse.ly/4lsqny1isl