Mekong region land governance

The MRLG project is being imple­ment­ed in Cam­bo­dia, Laos, Myan­mar and Viet­nam by a con­sor­tium of two inter­na­tion­al NGOs, Land Equi­ty Inter­na­tion­al and GRET. The project con­tributes to improved poli­cies and prac­tices, as well as their prac­ti­cal imple­men­ta­tion, enabling small-scale farm­ers, espe­cial­ly those from eth­nic minori­ties, to have sus­tain­able and equi­table access to land and con­trol over their agri­cul­tur­al and for­est lands.

The con­tin­u­a­tion of Luxembourg’s sup­port for this project (EUR1.4 mil­lion for 2023 – 2025) reflects the need to address the links between cli­mate and human rights. Pro­tect­ing and respect­ing the col­lec­tive rights of indige­nous peo­ples is par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant for bio­di­ver­si­ty and for­est conservation.