Resources
January 17, 2020
Defending Earth’s Defenders Initiative
![Silas Matoke and his wife Yordana Yawate, pose for photograph as they harvesting sago known as 'pangkur' on the banks of the Tuba river in Honitetu village, West Seram regency, Maluku province, Indonesia on August 22, 2017.](https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/styles/150_tall/s3/2021-04/gcs-tenure-maluku-cifor.jpg?VersionId=J0WSqOIjU5oBfWdGl0PMS1Pio9TwwodN&itok=qRRxjCGZ)
August 1, 2016
Environmental Democracy Index
![](https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/styles/150_tall/s3/EDI_project_featured_image_0_0.jpg?VersionId=F9S2hyP1H89iwDEw9w.YflrbteBUKCf7&itok=Jkzu9v7B)
March 20, 2015
4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos
![A farmer in Mali irrigates his crops. Photo by Tingju Zhu/IFPRI](https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/styles/150_tall/s3/mali_farmer_1.jpg?VersionId=U_ENRNNDphDSFK3Sd3MpLKG.aAttSRYI&itok=JbjCMcAb)
March 18, 2015
3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights
![When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr](https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/styles/150_tall/s3/community_forest.jpg?VersionId=dbRFda.mkiUvBvTPAkyDPUo5dbyeQeKc&itok=bKXHXuZf)