Achieving food security, mitigating and adapting to climate change, protecting
biodiversity while at the same time initiating economic growth,
protecting people from natural disasters, preventing and settling land
conflicts or initiating development in a drugs environment are just a few
of the many challenges rural areas in developing countries are currently
facing. Land use planning is one of the tools that can help to meet them
as it focuses on negotiating future land and resource uses by all relevant
stakeholders.