In many countries, uncertain tenure and overlapping rights leads to conflict and forest and land degradation, disproportionately affecting women, poor people and ethnic minorities. But with clear and secure rights, forest communities are more likely to take a longer-term, more sustainable view of forest management.
CIFOR-ICRAF equips policymakers, practitioners and communities in countries at various stages of tenure reform with a deeper understanding of the key drivers, challenges and future consequences of different policy options – especially for women, poor people and ethnic minorities.
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Tenure and tenure reform: Fast facts
Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities have
legally recognized rights to 15.3% of the world’s
forests1
Of 31 countries that hold 70% of the world’s tropical forests, only 3
explicitly recognize community rights to carbon on lands owned by or designated for
communities2
