The LandMark Mapping Platform: New Data and Tools for Securing Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Land Rights

Join the World Resources Institute, International Land Coalition, and the LandMark Steering Group to learn more about the new data and features of LandMark: The Global Platform of Indigenous and Community Lands, and to hear stories from Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world on how LandMark has provided critical support in their efforts to advocate for secure land tenure.

After nearly 10 years online as a pioneering map-based resource, LandMark was recently redesigned and enhanced with expanded coverage of Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ land maps; a stronger focus on biodiversity; new data on climate change mitigation and carbon fluxes; and enhanced analytical tools to support land rights advocacy. The program includes a demonstration of LandMark’s new features alongside perspectives from Indigenous Peoples and local communities on the importance of land rights and how the maps and data from LandMark have supported their advocacy efforts.

The demonstration will show how new advancements in geospatial data integrated with maps of Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ lands can support biodiversity conservation monitoring, climate change mitigation strategies, due diligence opportunities for companies, and a variety of other applications at the intersection of nature preservation and land rights advocacy.

Location: Convene, 101 Park Ave, New York. Room: Pershing Hub.