• 29 November 2023

This open access academic article focuses on the role of multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) in integrated land and natural resource management, at national, district and local levels. MSPs have become increasingly ...

  • 11 September 2023

This research-based article in the academic journal, ‘Land Use Policy’, looks at the role of state actors in exerting pressures on customary land in Zambia, including by direct involvement in land grabbing and ...

  • 1 June 2023

This State of Land Information (SOLI) report from the Land Portal assesses the state of land data in Zambia against principles of land data openness, land information availability and accessibility, and overall good ...

  • 15 October 2021

Describes how inclusive technology, a gender-responsive documentation process and shifting gender norms are empowering women through secure land rights. Includes recognising women as landowners, leading by example, ...

  • 6 September 2021

Describes the efforts of Zambian traditional leaders to promote gender equality in the management of land and natural resources at the national level. Developed a tool to address knowledge gaps and provide practical ...

  • 29 July 2021

Describes how community-level dialogues uprooted harmful gender norms that hinder women’s rights to land. Showed that shifting harmful gender norms at the community level is crucial in supporting women to access ...

  • 22 February 2021

Examines progress, obstacles to progress and the barriers that Zambian women continue to face despite the Zambian Government’s 2017 commitment that women should be allocated 50% of land and should be given the ...

  • 19 February 2021

This guidebook comprises a collection of practices and strategies used by civil society organisations around the world working to advance inclusive land governance. The aim is to provide a source of inspiration as ...

  • 28 May 2019

The globally driven acquisition of land puts rural farmers across the globe at risk and Africa is the hotspot of global land grabbing. Shows the ongoing work of the Remote Sensing Research Group (RSRG), University ...

  • 12 December 2017

Under the 1995 Land Act, all land has been vested in the President, who holds it in perpetuity on behalf of the Zambian people. Yet customary land rights are recognized by the Act and several new initiatives aim at ...