by Michael Taylor, Secretary General International Land Coalition (ILC)

1. LAND GOVERNANCE,
A KEY FACTOR FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
MICHAEL TAYLOR, DIRECTOR ILC SECRETARIAT

5. 500
MILLION
FAMILY
FARMERS
PRODUCE
80%
OF THE
WORLD’S
FOOD

6. 350-500
MILLION
INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES

7. 240
MILLION
PASTORALISTS
AND AGRO-
PASTORALISTS

8. 10%
55%
65%

11. Implications
• infusion of
capital
• improved
infrastructure
• creation of job
opportunities
• technological
spillovers
• affected
livelihoods
• human rights
abuses
• loss of
ecosystem
services
• pressure on
local food
systems
• Reduced
incentives to
mitigate
climate change

12. A TERRITORIAL VISION OF DEVELOPMENT:
• STRENGTHENS LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND
BUILDS ON LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
• CONTRIBUTES TO OVERCOMING COMBINED
CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD
SECURITY, BIO DIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND
COMBATING LAND DEGRADATION
STARTS WITH RECOGNISING THE LAND AND
NATURAL RESOURCES OF LOCAL
COMMUNITIES

13. LOOKING AHEAD
1 BILLION OF THE WORLD’S 1.2 BILLION
YOUTH ARE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1 IN 3 ADULTS
IS THE SOLE OWNER OF A PLOT OF LAND,
WHILE THIS IS TRUE OF FEWER THAN 1 IN 10
YOUNG PEOPLE