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land tenure security

Overview

Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to accessing adequate housing, food security and livelihoods. Land tenure security is crucial for the realization of human rights, poverty reduction, economic prosperity and sustainable development leading to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda and other regional and country level policy initiatives.

What we do:

We develop, disseminate and implement pro-poor and gender-responsive land tools through the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN). These tools and approaches contribute to land reform, good land governance, inclusive land administration, sustainable land management, and functional land sector coordination.

GLTN is a dynamic and multisectoral alliance of international partners committed to increasing access to land and tenure security for all, with a particular focus on the poor, women and youth. The Network’s partners include international rural and urban civil society organizations, research and training institutions, bilateral and multilateral organizations, and international professional bodies.

The Challenge

90 per cent of landholdings in developing countries are not documented, administered or protected.

Urbanization is increasing pressure on land, with people living in cities expected to grow by 175 per cent by 2030.

Land administration practices do not cater for the complexity of land issues with overlapping rights and claims.

Women and the youth continue to have limited access to and control over land

70 per cent more agricultural land is needed to increase in food production by 2050.

What is a Land Tool?

A land tool is a practical way to solve a problem in land administration and management. It is a way to put principles, policies and legislation into effect. The term covers a wide range of methods: a simple checklist to use when conducting a survey, software and accompanying protocols, training modules, or a broad set of guidelines and approaches. The emphasis is on practicality; users should be able to take a land tool and apply it or adapt it to their own situation. Land tools may complement each other. For example, one tool may give overall guidance on how collect data on land use, while another may give detailed instructions on how to assess whether the different needs of women and men are taken into account.

Land tools

GLTN land tools can be categorized in areas of work and crosscutting issues. They include the following:

Access to Land and Tenure Security

Land Administration and Information

Land-Based Financing

Land Management and Planning

Land Policy and Legislation

Crosscutting Issues

Impact

To-date, the GLTN programme has benefitted more than

300,000

households in Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Kenya, Philippines, Namibia and Iraq.

More than

4,600

change agents from 92 institutions improved their knowledge and capacity to promote and apply pro-poor and gender-responsive land tools, resulting in improved tenure security for communities.

Security of tenure has been improved for more than

27,000

households in Uganda, Zambia and the Philippines through the Global Land Tool Network with 2,611 occupancy certificates issued to beneficiaries in Uganda and Zambia

News and Stories

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4 March 2026

Nepal: Equal land rights for marginalized women facing climate threats

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8 April 2022

UN-Habitat and FAO issue policy document on Land Tenure and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems

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26 March 2021

Cameroon hosts first ever digital urban governance lab

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25 March 2021

UN-Habitat and UNEP jointly launch a new project “Connecting People, Cities and the Ocean: Innovative Land-Sea Planning and Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Kenyan Coast”

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18 March 2021

UN-Habitat Executive Director discusses sustainable urban solutions with the President of Burkina Faso

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Highlighted Publications

Regional Report

Land Governance, Natural Resources and Climate Change in the Arab Region

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Technical Report

Land Tenure and Climate Vulnerability

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Technical Report

Effectiveness of Planning Law in Land-Rich Developed Countries

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Technical Report

Tenure responsive land use planning

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Policy and Strategy

Land tenure and sustainable agri-food systems

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Policy and Strategy

GLTN Gender Strategy (2019–2030): Towards Securing Women’s and Girls’ Land and Property Rights

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Our Work

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City for All Programme (encompassing Kabul Strengthening Municipal Nahias Project and Municipal Governance Support Project)

Tool

International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning

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Global Land Tool Network - GLTN

Donors and partners

The success of the Global Land Tool Network has been its investment in and commitment to multi-stakeholder collaboration and partnership development. Through GLTN, UN-Habitat has been able to reach out to a diverse group of stakeholders at global, regional and country levels including local communities to undertake projects and events related to tenure security. GLTN is able to work alongside UN-Habitat to connect with national and local level implementing partners from a diverse background and also has a track record of engaging traditional leaders.

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Our Experts

Robert Lewis-Lettington

Chief, Land, Housing and Shelter Section; Secretary - Global Land Tool Network

Urban Practices Branch, Global Solutions Division

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NOF Block 3, Level 2, South Wing, UNON Complex, Nairobi, Kenya

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