More Indigenous and local communities are getting land back

Between 2015 and 2020, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, along with small, local communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, gained legal recognition to more than 247 million acres of land — an 85 percent increase. That’s according to a new report from Rights and Resources Initiative, a global nonprofit focused on land and resource rights. Researchers covered 73 countries and found that rights holders now hold title to more than 11 percent of Earth’s land — a combined area larger than Egypt. [https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/more-indigenous-and-local-communities-are-getting-land-back/](https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/more-indigenous-and-local-communities-are-getting-land-back/)