Green grabbing: Lack of land rights promotes unjust climate action, the Daily Nation, Kenya

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"Indigenous Peoples and local communities hold customary rights to about 65 per cent of the world's land, yet only 10 per cent is formally recognised as theirs. This legal gap allows governments and private companies to negotiate land deals without the consent or compensation of rightful custodians, causing displacement, disruption of local food systems, and ecological degradation. Women face particular exclusion as they are frequently denied land tenure and access to benefits from carbon projects."