landmark_tenure_indicators_ip
created_on
2025-04-24T19:49:05.570858
updated_on
2025-04-24T19:49:05.570861
geographic_coverage
Global
update_frequency
Periodically
citation
Liz Alden Wily, 2025. “Indicators of the Legal Security of Indigenous and Community Lands.” Data file from LandMark. Accessible at www.landmarkmap.org.
title
Indicators of Tenure Seucrity in National Law: Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights
source
LandMark: The Global Platform of Indigenous and Community Lands
license
https://communityland.s3.amazonaws.com/LandMark_public/Data_Download/LandMark_Terms_of_Service_202408.pdf
overview
This dataset is characterized by a series of ten indicator questions that point to the security of land tenure for Indigenous Peoples or communities as established in national laws. Based upon the experience of the LandMark Operational Team and with inputs from the Steering Group, the ten indicator questions listed in the table below were identified as the most important to consider based on their indication of the strength of laws in recognizing indigenous and community land and natural resource rights. The assessment of each indicator is based on a review of relevant national laws, including the constitution, statutes, regulations, and high court cases, to the extent they are available. In countries with a federal system, such as India and Australia, the review is limited to national or federal laws, not state laws. Any international conventions signed or ratified by a country are included in the assessment only to the extent that they are incorporated into domestic law and enacted as local statute. There is no attempt to assess the implementation or enforcement of the law, or government, community or Indigenous Peoples’ perceptions of the security of their land rights. Each indicator is assigned a score of 1, 2, 3, 4, Not applicable (N/A), or No data (ND). The scoring of indicators is based exclusively on express legal provisions. Score 1 = Yes, the law addresses the issue fully. Score 2 = Partial, the law makes significant progress towards addressing the issue. Score 3 = Partial, the law makes only limited progress towards addressing the issue. Score 4 = No, the law does not address the issue. The average score for the ten indicators of the legal security of indigenous and community lands is also provided. The average score is the sum of the indicator scores of a specific collective tenure type for a country divided by the total number of indicators scored (in most cases, this number is 10). This average score provides only a snapshot of the security of indigenous and community land. It does not represent an index, in that the various indicators are not weighted based on their relative importance to secure tenure.
function
Ten indicator questions about Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ rights to land and natural resources were evaluated for their strength in national laws. The average score is presented on the map, with more information about each indicator and respective scores available by selecting a country. National laws relative to Indigenous Peoples and local communities were evaluated separately because there are often differing legal frameworks for each.
cautions
The scoring of indicators is based exclusively on express legal provisions.There is no attempt to assess the implementation or enforcement of the law, or government, community or Indigenous Peoples’ perceptions of the security of their land rights.
key_restrictions
More detailed information is available at www.landmarkmap.org
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