Gobernanza de la tenencia

Land Tenure Journal | Editorial policies and submission instructions

La Revista sobre tenencia de la tierra, cuyo primer numero apareció a comienzos de 2010, es un medio de difusión de información de calidad que proporciona opiniones diversas sobre la tenencia de la tierra y los recursos naturales. Aspira a ser una publicación líder en el sector de la tenencia de la tierra, la política agraria y la reforma agraria. Los principales beneficiarios de la revista son los administradores de la tierra y los profesionales del sector aunque también da espacio a contribuciones académicas relevantes y análisis teóricos.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | Land Tenure Journal on land and Indigenous Peoples

This special issue seeks to identify, analyze, and assess emerging strategies and shifts that contribute to the recognition and the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ land rights—whether through legal frameworks, governance arrangements, community-based initiatives, or socio-political process. In doing so, it aims to contribute to a new cycle of reflection and action in securing Indigenous Peoples’ land rights.

3rd Series


LTJ 1-26

Land and conflict | Land Tenure Journal No. 1–26

This Land Tenure Journal focuses on the increasing incidence of land disputes driven by population growth, climate change, migration and conflict, and their implications for development, food security and peace. It reviews responses to improve land governance, including legal reforms and tenure formalization, while recognizing their limitations, and highlights more inclusive approaches that involve civil society, customary systems and alternative dispute resolution. It also underlines the fragmented nature of current interventions across sectors and the need for stronger coordination and evidence, bringing together experiences and good practices to support more effective management and mitigation of land conflicts.



Table of contents:

  1. Introduction | Prevention and resolution of disputes over tenure rights: assessing recommendation 21 Fourteen years after the adoption of the VGGT
    Antoine Hochet; Marco Lankhorst; Jérémy Bourgoin
  2. Bridging the customary-state divide in land dispute management: lessons from Darfur, Syrian Arab Republic, Sierra Leone and Mozambique
    Jon Unruh
  3. Addressing land conflicts and disputes in Zambia through innovative geospatial technologies
    Samuel Mabikke
  4. The legitimacy of armed groups in resolving land conflicts in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    François M’Munga Assumani
  5. The role of multi-level and multi-actor partnership in addressing land conflicts
    Samira Ayari; John Fayiah Kelvin; Berns Lomba Lebbie; Miriam Onadia; Anna Schreiber; Fikru Takele; Jacob Wilson
  6. The Rural environmental registry (CAR): a paradigm shift in land management and environmental preservation in Brazil
    Esther Dweck; João Lagüéns; Victoria Echeverría; Henrique Dolabella
  7. Establishment of transhumance committees for a peaceful transhumance in the Sahel
    Ingeborg Gaarde; Ivana Mardesic
   LTJ 1-25

Special issue on Land Consolidation | Land Tenure Journal No. 1–25

A special edition of the Land Tenure Journal to commemorate 100 years of land consolidation in Europe, building on insights from an online discussion and the LANDNET workshop that took place in May 2025. This special issue aims to showcase the diverse experiences of land consolidation and outline future directions. It includes an overview paper by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) Land Tenure Team, several papers from Western European countries detailing their experiences and future perspectives, contributions from Eastern European countries currently introducing land consolidation, and a few papers highlighting relevant experiences from outside Europe, such as Myanmar and Ethiopia.



Table of contents:

  1. Introduction | After a century of land consolidation in Europe: taking stock and looking forward
    Morten Hartvigsen
  2. A century of land consolidation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: trends, drivers and lessons for future challenges
    Daan Boezeman; Johan Groot Nibbelink; Gerjan Meijer; Jan Spijkerboer
  3. The long road towards multi-purpose land consolidation in Denmark
    Erik Blaabjerg; Morten Hartvigsen; Niels Otto Haldrup
  4. Over 100 years of land consolidation in Poland: from historical experiences to future challenges
    Jarosław Janus
  5. Relevance of the land consolidation instruments for the economic, ecological and societal development in Germany
    Joachim Thomas
  6. Land consolidation in Türkiye: a literature review
    Fırat Arslan; Fatma Tüz Zehra Gülsever; Hasan Değirmenci; Sinan Kartal
  7. Fifty-five years of experience with land consolidation in Cyprus: lessons learned and future directions
    Demetris Demetriou
  8. Land reforms and development of land consolidation in Estonia
    Triinu Rennu
  9. Introduction of land consolidation in North Macedonia: lessons learned and the way forward
    Kristina Mitic Arsova; Morten Hartvigsen
  10. Introduction of land consolidation in Myanmar: experience and lessons learned from Japan’s technical assistance in Southeast Asia
    Junya Hanada; Nobutoshi Eguchi; Kosuke Hirota
  11. Tackling land fragmentation in Ethiopia: advancing towards a multi-purpose approach to land consolidation
    Abebaw Abebe; Daniel Behailu; Daniel Daeschle; Nenad Gvozdenovic
  12. History, practices, renewed principles and framework for systematic land consolidation in Africa
    Eugene Chigbu