Influence of land tenure interventions on human well-being and environmental outcomes

Tzu-Wei Joy Tseng, Brian E. Robinson, Marc Bellemare, Ariel BenYishay, Allen Blackman, Timothy Boucher, Malcolm Childress, Margaret B. Holland, Timm Kroeger, Benjamin Linkow (), Moustapha Diop, Lisa Naughton, Thomas Rudel, Jolyne Sanjak, Priya Shyamsundar, Peter Veit, William Sunderlin, Wei Zhang and Yuta J. Masuda ()
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Tzu-Wei Joy Tseng: McGill University
Brian E. Robinson: McGill University
Ariel BenYishay: College of William and Mary
Timothy Boucher: The Nature Conservancy
Malcolm Childress: Global Land Alliance
Margaret B. Holland: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Timm Kroeger: The Nature Conservancy
Moustapha Diop: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Lisa Naughton: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas Rudel: Rutgers University
Jolyne Sanjak: Tetra Tech
Priya Shyamsundar: The Nature Conservancy
Peter Veit: World Resources Institute
William Sunderlin: State University of New York
Wei Zhang: International Food Policy Research Institute
Yuta J. Masuda: The Nature Conservancy

Nature Sustainability, 2021, vol. 4, issue 3, 242-251

Abstract: Abstract Land tenure security is increasingly recognized as a foundational element for advancing global sustainable development agendas, but questions remain about how it affects human well-being and environmental outcomes. We identify 117 studies that aimed to estimate the causal effect of land tenure security interventions on these outcomes. Approximately two-thirds of these studies reported positive links between improved tenure security and human well-being or environmental outcomes. Close to half of the studies that examined social and environmental outcomes reported positive impacts on both. The majority of studies assessed government-implemented interventions that statutorily recognized rights through land titling and formalization in the 1990s and 2000s. More research is needed to bolster the body of evidence on the effects of non-technical interventions (for example, capacity building and awareness raising) and the devolution of rights to inform future land policy efforts and accelerate sustainable development.

Date: 2021
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