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'''Land''' generally refers to the terrestrial surface of the planet, encompassing topographical, hydrological, and biological attributes and systems immediately above and below the surface. This can include [[Soil|soils]], [[climate]], [[plant]] and [[animal]] populations, surface and ground [[water]], and various other beings, topography, and [[natural resources]]. It may also include the [[Homo sapiens|human]] settlement pattern and physical results of past and present human activities.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|title=Land|url=https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260131151206/https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/en/|archive-date=2026-01-31|quote=Land is the basis for agriculture and other rural land uses, encompassing soils, climate, vegetation, topography and other natural resources. The UN defines land as “a delineable area of the earth’s terrestrial surface, encompassing all attributes of the biosphere immediately above or below this surface including those of the near-surface climate, the soil and terrain forms, the surface hydrology (including shallow lakes, rivers, marshes and swamps), the near-surface sedimentary layers and associated groundwater reserve, the plant and animal populations, the human settlement pattern and physical results of past and present human activities”.}}</ref>

Human survival and activity is intertwined with the conditions of land, and land's conditions are affected by human activity. A variety of [[Culture|cultural]] and [[Philosophy|philosophical]] ideas about land, land occupancy, and land use practices, have proliferated throughout the world and throughout history. Differing relationships between people, land, and land use and ownership can also be observed under differing [[Mode of production|modes of production]]. [[Private property|Private]] ownership of land is a relatively recent phenomenon in human history and is not uniformly practiced or upheld throughout the world.<ref>[https://www.unccd.int/resources/publications/chapter-1-meaning-land "Chapter 1: Meaning Of Land."] United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. ([https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2018-06/GLO%20English_Ch1.pdf PDF])</ref>

Access to land and its associated resources is a major aspect of [[colonialism]] and [[Neocolonialism|neo-colonialism]], which continues to affect a multitude of societies around the world, with pursuit of [[sovereignty]] and [[national liberation]] also thus being tied with peoples' relationship to land.<ref>{{Library citation|link=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:The_Wretched_of_the_Earth}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Land reform]]
* [[Decolonization|Land back]]
* [[Enclosure]]
* [[Primitive accumulation of capital|Primitive accumulation]]
* [[Means of production]]

== References ==
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