Contested lands: incidence, drivers, and impacts of conflict: A monitoring report of land conflicts in six Asian countries, 2023: In Defense of Land Rights, Third Edition

This publication is third of the series In Defense of Land Rights which examines land conflicts in Asia that affect local communities.

Using a common monitoring framework in 2023, civil society organizations prepared land conflict reports in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines. Some 691 cases were gathered and analyzed to determine the trends and drivers of land conflicts, as well as to highlight the attacks against communities and land rights defenders. This publication includes recommended action areas to address land conflicts and to protect the rights of communities to their lands and resources.