Secure access to land is a crucial factor in the eradication of hunger andpoverty. Providing secure access to land is frequently not easy, and it isparticularly complex in situations following violent conflicts. Getting theanswer right can go directly to the matter of achieving sustainable peace.Addressing emergency humanitarian needs after a conflict requires findingplaces for people to live in the short-term under conditions that providesafety for them and which do not threaten the rights to land of others. Building longer-term social and economic stability requires finding morepermanent solutions to where people can live and work. Yet too often,initiatives for recovery and reconstruction are planned without consideringthe need to resolve land tenure problems