Collective Action on Land Tenure and Climate Change – Case Study – From Insecurity to Resilience: The Role of Land Rights in Climate Change Adaptation

This case study in Bangladesh draws on the Association for Land Reform and Development’s (ALRD) ongoing project documentation and relevant literature, including the Women-led Collective Advocacy for Climate Action and Equal Stake in the Soil project, as well as focus group discussions with women paralegal workers, farmers, and community representatives. It captures local perspectives on land rights, climate change adaptation, and community resilience, particularly women’s experiences in responding to major cyclones and severe riverbank erosion in villages of Bauphal, Patuakhali. The study aims to contribute to mainstreaming land rights in climate change discourse, undertaken as part of GFAiR’s Collective Action on Land Tenure and Climate Change, coordinated by ANGOC and funded by the European Commission.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.