Habitat conversion from forest to farmland is the principal driver of greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. At the same time, each year a forest remains standing, it absorbs carbon dioxide, mitigating climate change. These standing forests provide habitat to threatened species and improve hydrological functions. The USAID Integrated Land and Resource Governance program is working with the Frankfurt Zoological Society in the North Luangwa Landscape of Zambia to document the land rights of farmers like the community of Tindiza in Chikwa Chiefdom living adjacent to national parks within community-managed landscapes. These household land rights protect men and women and ensure that their properties fit within a larger land use plan for the area designed to cater to humans and wildlife.