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Metodología
RRI’s Forest Tenure data tracks forest area under 4 tenure categories based on the rightsholder and strength of their rights under national law, employing a bundle of rights approach that links RRI’s qualitative and quantitative data.
Evidence from 58 countries covering nearly 92% of the world’s forests shows communities’ legal rights to own and manage forests have increased since 2002, with most of these gains occurring within 33 low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Yet, significant challenges in implementation remain and communities continue to contest lands controlled by governments and other actors. Learn more below, and read about the methodology.
For more than a decade, RRI has been connecting and organizing local and global actors around a common agenda guided by Indigenous and community partners.
Explore country-level data on the distribution of Forest Tenure over time. Click on the country name to learn more about the legal frameworks recognizing community-based tenure, including the specific rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and community women.
As of 2017, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are legally recognized as owning at least 447 million hectares (Mha), or 12.2 percent, of forestland within the 58 countries analyzed.
Highlighting in gray indicates Complete Case Countries.
Dashes (-) denote situations in which the tenure category in question is not legally possible under national law.
n.d. = No Data
Source: RRI. 2018. At a Crossroads: Trends in Recognition of Community-Based Forest Tenure from 2002-2017.
RRI tracks the extent and strength of community-based tenure regimes—distinct legal frameworks based on national laws and regulations that govern situations where land and resource rights are recognized at the community level.
Note: Two additional community-based tenure regimes legally recognizing community forest ownership in Mexico in 1917 are not shown.
Source: RRI. 2019. Tenure Tracking Data.
