Global Land Forum - "Uniting for Land Rights, Peace and Justice"

Global Land Forum

The International Land Coalition meeting at the Global Land Forum (GLF) takes place every three years. GLF creates a space for participants to discuss inequality and climate change and the role of agrarian reform in addressing them. The conference in Bandung was built on bringing together International Land Coalition members and partners from around the world. Local organizations, activists, international researchers, NGOs, and government agencies gathered to discuss and understand the political, economic, environmental, and social links between land governance, food security, poverty, and democracy.

The main theme was "Uniting for Land Rights, Peace and Justice" emphasized the family-oriented nature of the International Land Coalition event to showcase the potential of the growing network with an increased focus on how to work with national governments to engage people in land governance.

The conference program included such topics as:

• agrarian reform,
• food security,
• land grabbing and women's rights,
• Indigenous peoples,
• climate change and youth.

Rural Development Fund in collaboration with UNCCD, BothEnds, NGO Bios organized a session on "Realizing Sustainable Use of Ecosystems" where they discussed the organizations' contribution to SDG15. The session participants considered a resolution on the protection of land rights under the Convention. Site visits were also organized.

A new organization from Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Zhayity, has been nominated as a member of the International Land Coalition as an organization that has contributed to putting communities at the heart of land governance.

On September 27, 2018, a new declaration was adopted that would renew the strength and vision of the network members once again.