Mapping Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ lands for stronger land rights and sustainable futures

LandMark is a global platform that maps Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' lands to support land rights advocacy. A 2024 redesign expanded its map coverage to over 30% of the world's land and introduced new analytical tools focusing on biodiversity and climate change mitigation, specifically tracking forest greenhouse gas fluxes and intersections with key biodiversity areas. The platform provides evidence used in legal battles for land recognition in Suriname and the Philippines, and supports national reporting for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

• The 2024 redesign of LandMark expanded its map coverage to encompass more than 30% of the world's land, moving toward the estimated 50% to 65% of global land held or used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
• LandMark has introduced new data and tools to support climate and biodiversity goals, including forest greenhouse gas fluxes to identify net carbon sinks and data showing how community lands intersect with key biodiversity areas to support reporting for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF).
• The platform provides evidence for land rights advocacy and legal recognition, such as supporting the Saamaka community in Suriname against logging and mining, and helping secure recognition for over 178,000 hectares of Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
• LandMark is integrated into the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People’s 30x30 Solutions Toolkit to assist countries in monitoring Target 3, which aims to protect 30% of the world's land, waters, and seas by 2030.

APA

World Resources Institute (2024). Mapping Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ lands for stronger land rights and sustainable futures. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-08/landmark-brochure.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Mapping Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ lands for stronger land rights and sustainable futures. 2024. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-08/landmark-brochure.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2024mapping, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Mapping Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ lands for stronger land rights and sustainable futures}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2024}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-08/landmark-brochure.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }