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New research from the Land Inequality Institute on “uneven ground” sheds disturbing light on the growing problem of land inequality and its effects, but also offers solutions for moving forward if we are ready to rise to this call to action.<\/p>\n
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“Despite the centrality of land inequality to so many global challenges, and despite global recognition of the fundamental importance of secure and equitable land rights in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGTs) , inequalities in rights to land and the distribution of benefits from it are on the increase, while unsustainable land use is placing a huge burden on those least able to bear it.<\/p>\n
The \u201cuneven ground\u201d alluded to in the title of this synthesis report is where the majority of rural people are increasingly finding themselves. They are the focus of this report and of the work of the International Land Coalition. Smallholders and family farms, indigenous peoples, rural women, youth, and landless rural communities are being squeezed into smaller parcels of land or forced off the land altogether, while more and more land is concentrated in fewer hands, mainly serving the interests of corporate agribusiness and distant investors, utilising industrial models of production that employ fewer and fewer people.”<\/p>\n
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Here’s a peak at some principles<\/a> behind the solutions proposed by the Land Inequality Institute…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n