Contested land — underlying causes and consequences: 2025 Bangladesh Land and Resource Conflict Monitoring Report

The 2025 Land and Resource Conflict Monitoring (LRCM) Report shows that land conflict in Bangladesh remains a persistent challenge, driven by weak governance, tenure insecurity & overlapping claims, impact of climate change, displacement due to development projects, and elite encroachment further intensifying HRVs and violence.  This is reflected in the 64 cases of ongoing land and resource conflicts in 2025, involving 25,125.35 hectares and affecting 78,981 households. These dynamics highlight the urgent need for comprehensive land governance reforms, stronger tenure security, and rights-based & inclusive approaches to conflict prevention and resolution.

 

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.