Bringing Land Back to the Agenda
Secure and equitable land governance is essential for sustainable development, yet it often remains overlooked in global debates. As climate impacts intensify and pressure on land grows, the upcoming Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) offers an important moment to reassess how governments, regional bodies, and international partners can better support effective land reform.
Our new policy brief examines progress and persistent gaps in land governance across Africa, drawing on lessons from recent legal reforms, multi-stakeholder platforms, and experiences from the Land for Life initiative. It highlights where implementation challenges remain, how land governance connects to climate, food security, and biodiversity goals, and why stronger coordination and power shifts to local actors are needed.
As the CLPA brings together key actors from across the continent and beyond, this brief provides timely evidence and recommendations to help ensure land governance receives the sustained attention and investment it requires.
