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Governance — Acting together for sustainable land management

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Article Published 30 Sep 2019 Last modified 29 Aug 2023

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Photo: © Rosana Grecchi, Sustainably Yours/EEA

Who owns land and its resources? Who decides how they can be used? In some cases, land is private property, which can be bought and sold, and exclusively used by its owners. Often its use is governed by national or local regulations, for example to maintain forest areas. In other cases, some areas are designated for public use only. But land is not only space or a territory. When we all use land and rely on its resources, sustainable management requires owners, regulators and users from local to global level to work together.