Landesa

Landesa is an international nonprofit dedicated to ending global poverty by securing land rights for rural communities. Founded in 1981, Landesa has worked in over 65 countries, with offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C., and regional programs in countries such as China, India, Liberia, and others. The organization collaborates with governments, civil society, and private sectors to develop pro-poor and gender-sensitive laws and policies, strengthening land rights for over 720 million people in the last five years. Landesa is supported by various NGOs, foundations, donor agencies (including USAID and the World Bank), and individual supporters. With an annual budget of approximately $20 million, it is consistently recognized as one of the top international NGOs.

Since 2022, Landesa has been implementing the Coastal Livelihoods and Mangroves Project, aimed at strengthening coastal tenure and resource rights for up to 73 million vulnerable individuals in the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. This project intends to protect 4.6 million hectares of mangrove forests, contributing significantly to global climate change mitigation by potentially sequestering up to 943 million metric tons of carbon.

The project's success relies on developing national and subnational policies that promote strong tenure rights and capacitate communities for sustainable mangrove management. A gender-equal and socially inclusive (GESI) approach is central to this initiative, which spans four Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar) and two South Asian countries (India and Bangladesh). This consultancy focuses on Cambodia.