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Mexico is characterized by decentralized land governance. Most of the population lives in urban areas, although highly concentrated in a few cities, and about 21% live in rural areas. The ejidos and agrarian communities-both forms of communal land ownership-that emerged from the Mexican Revolution continue to significantly shape land governance in Mexico today.
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Land Area
194,395,000 ha
GDP/Capita
19,086.1 USD
Total population
126,705,000
Urban population
80.2 %
Land-related indicators browse all
Agricultural land
55 %
Perceived tenure security
78.6 %
Primary forests
33,056,000 ha

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México: organización comunitaria, el mejor abrigo para el cuidado de los bosques
23 June 2022
Solo ramas y pedazos de troncos tirados en el suelo quedaron donde antes había bosque. Eso fue lo que dejaron los taladores ilegales que, entre 2008 y 2011, entraron a la zona forestal de la comunidad de Cherán, en la región purépecha de Michoacán. En tres años, la devastación alcanzó a cerca de …
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Decree Amending Several Provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development
10 May 2021
On April 26, 2021, the Decree amending several provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF). The Decree is effective as of April 27. In relevant part, the Decree’s amendments include the following: Changes to land use of…
Mexico: Community forestry boosts conservation, jobs, and social benefits
22 January 2020
More than 2,000 communal landholdings known as ejidos, and communities, have organized themselves to carry out sustainable management of forests in their territory. In states such as Oaxaca, Michoacán, Durango, Chihuahua and Quintana Roo there are examples of communities that have managed to…

Mexico

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ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity
44378681.89
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Solidaridad
Solidaridad

General

Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau
818447.8145
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC
2078710.04
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora
3624830.757
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
1532691.129
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Sweden

General

Securing land rights and enforcing agroecological and sustainable food production methods in Honduras
0
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to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

Objectives

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

landportal
Regularización de tierras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
CGIAR

General

Promover el incremento en la regularización de tierras indígenas, específicamente comunidades nativas (suma de demarcación más otorgamiento del derecho/título).

44378681.89
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity
44378681.89
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Solidaridad
Solidaridad

General

Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau
818447.8145
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC
2078710.04
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora
3624830.757
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
1532691.129
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Sweden

General

Securing land rights and enforcing agroecological and sustainable food production methods in Honduras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

Objectives

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

landportal
Regularización de tierras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
CGIAR

General

Promover el incremento en la regularización de tierras indígenas, específicamente comunidades nativas (suma de demarcación más otorgamiento del derecho/título).

0
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity
44378681.89
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Solidaridad
Solidaridad

General

Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau
818447.8145
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC
2078710.04
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora
3624830.757
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
1532691.129
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Sweden

General

Securing land rights and enforcing agroecological and sustainable food production methods in Honduras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

Objectives

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

landportal
Regularización de tierras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
CGIAR

General

Promover el incremento en la regularización de tierras indígenas, específicamente comunidades nativas (suma de demarcación más otorgamiento del derecho/título).

0
Donors:
Solidaridad
Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity
44378681.89
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Solidaridad
Solidaridad

General

Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau
818447.8145
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC
2078710.04
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora
3624830.757
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
1532691.129
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Sweden

General

Securing land rights and enforcing agroecological and sustainable food production methods in Honduras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

Objectives

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

landportal
Regularización de tierras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
CGIAR

General

Promover el incremento en la regularización de tierras indígenas, específicamente comunidades nativas (suma de demarcación más otorgamiento del derecho/título).

818447.8145
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity
44378681.89
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Solidaridad
Solidaridad

General

Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau
818447.8145
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC
2078710.04
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora
3624830.757
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
1532691.129
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Sweden

General

Securing land rights and enforcing agroecological and sustainable food production methods in Honduras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

Objectives

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

landportal
Regularización de tierras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
CGIAR

General

Promover el incremento en la regularización de tierras indígenas, específicamente comunidades nativas (suma de demarcación más otorgamiento del derecho/título).

2078710.04
Donors:
Government of Sweden
Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
ALTIF: Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Activity
44378681.89
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Togo Threshold-Threshold Fund
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Nuffic OKP: Diploma en gestión empresarial y financiera para gerentes staff directivos y líderes de cooperat
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Solidaridad
Solidaridad

General

Integrated S-NFI, CCCM, and Protection responses for vulnerable and underserved populations in Wau
818447.8145
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

Swedwatch 2020-2023 - Swedwatch 2020-2023 GLOBEC
2078710.04
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

Enhanced livelihoods and food security for conflict affected populations of Hodeidah, Lahj and Taiz governora
3624830.757
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

Objectives

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
1532691.129
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Government of Sweden

General

We Effect, 2019-2021, Sustainable Cotton for Women & Youth Empowerment, Pt. 1
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Sweden

General

Securing land rights and enforcing agroecological and sustainable food production methods in Honduras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

Objectives

Förderung der Agrarökologie mittels eines rechtebasierten Ansatzes und nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden in Honduras

landportal
Regularización de tierras
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
CGIAR

General

Promover el incremento en la regularización de tierras indígenas, específicamente comunidades nativas (suma de demarcación más otorgamiento del derecho/título).

3624830.757
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
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Ejidos are a very particular form of land ownership in Mexico, updated after the Mexican Revolution. The ejido is defined as a population nucleus made up of the set of lands, forests, and waters of an area, as well as the group of individuals holding agrarian rights.

Young Indigenous women from Mexico and Morocco unite for COP27
16 November 2022
When Fatima Zahrae Taribi, a 20-year-old Moroccan climate justice advocate, met Luz Edith Morales Jimenez, a young land defender from Michoacán, Mexico, she wondered how they could communicate. Zahrae speaks French, Arabic, and English, and Morales speaks Spanish and Purépecha, an Indigenous…
What Works for Women on Collective Lands?
Webinar: ¿Qué estrategias funcionan para las mujeres que viven en tierras colectivas?
Una conversación para compartir estrategias y empoderar a las mujeres en tierras colectivas. *El panel se presentará en inglés y habrá interpretación simultánea en español y portugués. Las mujeres de todo el mundo viven y trabajan en tierras que son propiedad colectiva de sus comunidades. Sin…