International Journal of Land

International Journal of Land

The International Journal of Land is a peer-reviewed  Online Journal  launched in 2024 that aims to advance knowledge and understanding of land-related issues. The focus of IJL is on the multiple dimensions of land, including social, economic, environmental, and legal aspects, and their interconnections.IJL welcomes original research articles, reviews, and perspectives from scholars and practitioners from different disciplines, including geography, economics, law, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, and others. The journal is open to empirical, theoretical, and methodological contributions that advance the understanding of land-related issues and their implications for sustainable development.

The journal welcomes contributions across the following topic areas:

• Land Use & Land Cover Change: land-use change and land-cover dynamics, urbanization and sprawl, deforestation and forest loss, agricultural expansion and intensification, forest degradation and regrowth, soil erosion and land quality decline, land abandonment and vacancy, land fragmentation and consolidation, land-use intensity and productivity, land-use conflicts and competing claims, ecosystem service shifts, carbon sequestration potential, biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes, habitat fragmentation and connectivity, landscape-level impacts, remote sensing applications, and spatial-temporal modeling of change
• Land Governance, Tenure & Rights: land governance frameworks and institutions, land tenure systems (customary, formal, mixed), land rights and property regimes, land administration and registration systems, land reform programs and implementation, land markets and transactions, tenure security and insecurity, gender and marginalized groups’ land access, indigenous peoples’ land rights and sovereignty, land tenure conflicts and dispute resolution, land-use planning and zoning, land-use regulations and compliance, land taxation and revenue systems, land expropriation and compensation, land redistribution and restitution, and land tenure dynamics
• Land Degradation, Restoration & Management: land degradation processes and hotspots, soil erosion and conservation, desertification and dryification, deforestation and reforestation, land restoration and rehabilitation programs, ecological restoration and rehabilitation, forest landscape restoration, wetland restoration, riparian restoration, soil carbon sequestration and storage, soil fertility and productivity, agroforestry and mixed farming systems, sustainable land management practices, land degradation neutrality frameworks, climate-smart agriculture, soil health monitoring, and restoration effectiveness assessment
• Land and Natural Resources: land as infrastructure for multiple resource systems, water resources and land-water interactions, forest resources and timber management, wildlife habitats and protected areas, wetlands and coastal ecosystems, marine and coastal lands, grasslands and rangelands, natural resource management and sustainability, conservation strategies, protected area effectiveness, ecosystem services valuation and payment schemes, landscape ecology and connectivity, biodiversity-land use trade-offs, and resource-use efficiency
• Land and Climate Change: land-use change and deforestation as emission sources, forest degradation and carbon loss, climate-smart land management, agroforestry and carbon sequestration, reforestation and afforestation programs, restoration ecology and climate resilience, land-use planning for climate adaptation, land degradation neutrality and climate goals, REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanisms, carbon markets and land-based mitigation, soil carbon dynamics, nature-based solutions, climate resilience strategies, ecosystem services for adaptation, and mitigation-adaptation integration
• Land and Development: land use planning for development, urbanization and rural-urban linkages, sustainable development and land-based pathways, land acquisition and investments, land markets and pricing, agricultural development and food security, infrastructure development on land, land-based livelihood strategies, development-displacement conflicts, land-use change from development pressures, property rights and economic development, development finance and land, land-based green economy, sustainable intensification, and development equity
• Land-Based Conflict & Social Justice: land disputes and litigation, land conflicts over resource access, land tenure insecurity and violence, land grabbing and dispossession, resource conflicts related to land, property rights disputes, ethnic and communal land conflicts, indigenous land rights and conflicts, gender-based land access inequalities, land restitution and transitional justice, land reform and social reconciliation, land-based grievances and violence drivers, conflict-sensitive land governance, peace-building through land programs, and access equity and inclusion