In western Kenya, thousands of widows risk losing their land after their husbands’ deaths because of customary practices that pressure women into “wife inheritance” or “sexual cleansing”—and disinherit those who…
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Kenya recently suspended the Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project, once the world’s largest soil carbon removal effort, after a court ruled that its conservancies were established without sufficient public participation,…
This publication explores how legal empowerment work can account for gender and power dynamics when advancing land, environmental, and climate (LEC) justice. The strategies and stories within are drawn from…
Africa’s first national park was created 100 years ago by the Belgian colonial state in the Congo, and since then hundreds more have been developed – but in many areas…
This first-ever documentary video from the Rights and Resources Initiative was made under the Skoll Foundation’s Africa Solutions Story Telling Project. The video is just under 5 minutes long and…
This thematic portfolio available only online from the Land Portal (and not directly downloadable) provides a global overview, with a strong focus on African countries, of key land issues for…
This report is the result of a collaborative study by the Kenyan National Land Commission and Namati Kenya. The study was conducted to track progress on the implementation of the…
This article looks at how Maasai pastoralists are diversifying into different livestock and non-livestock responses to the fragmentation of traditional rangelands, climate stress, and restricted mobility. Unpredictable rains and extreme…
The Maasai community of Musul have lived on the same land in Laikipia county for generations. It is their source of food and water, the heart of their culture and…
A review of a book on land in Kenya published in 2020 by Boydell and Brewer Ltd. The reviewer offers a detailed analysis and discussion of the 8 chapters of…