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Social Impact Assessment: Guidance for assessing and managing the social impacts of projects

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Manuals & Guidelines
Marzo, 2015
Global

This Guidance Note provides advice about what is expected in good practice social impact assessment (SIA) and social impact management processes, especially in relation to project development. It is intended for private sector actors, government agencies, development banks and agencies, civil society organisations, and service providers.

Unjust Enrichment

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Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
Febrero, 2015
Kenya

Illegal and irregular allocations of public land were a common feature of the Moi regime and perhaps it’s most pervasive corrupt practice. The Ndung’u Report as well as various reports of the Public Investment Committee details numerous cases of public land illegal allocated to individuals and companies in total disregard of the law and public interest.

Principles for Responsible Contracts - Integrating the Management of Human Rights Risks into State-Investor Contract Negotiations - Guidance for Negotiators

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Manuals & Guidelines
Febrero, 2015
Global

These principles provide guidance on ways to align business objectives with the safeguard of human rights. The principles aim to integrate the management of human rights risks into contract negotiations on investment projects between host State entities and foreign business investors, building on the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Legal Guide on Contract Farming

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Manuals & Guidelines
Febrero, 2015
Global

This guide provides guidance for producers, governments, legal advisors and civil society on contract farming arrangements, from negotiation to conclusion, including performance and possible breach or termination of the contract.

Criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of tropical forests

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Febrero, 2015
Global

This publication is an update to ITTO's Criteria for the Measurement of Sustainable Tropical Forest Management which was produced to assist in monitoring and assessing the condition of natural tropical forests in the Organization’s producer member countries and in identifying improvements needed in forest practices.

Land and Human rights: Standards and Applications

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Manuals & Guidelines
Febrero, 2015
Global

This basic legal reference publication has been prepared as part of the OHCHR output on land and human rights. It aims to provide a concise and user-friendly guide on key international legal standards, including international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law, to those working on land issues so as to make them aware that such standards may be applicable to their work

Safeguarding land tenure rights in the context of agricultural investments: A technical guide for government authorities involved with the promotion, approval and monitoring of agricultural investments

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Manuals & Guidelines
Febrero, 2015
Global

This technical guide elaborates on specific aspects of the Voluntary Guidelines for the responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) relating to agricultural investments and provides detailed guidance to government authorities and others on actions they can take to help them to create an enabling environment for responsible and sustainable investments.

Environmental Impact Assessment in focus – A tool to promote democracy and environmental protection

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Manuals & Guidelines
Enero, 2015
Global

This guide helps civil society organisations and the representatives of interest groups to better understand the technical jargon of the Environmental impact assessment process and to understand its structure, functions and aims.

This resource is part of the CCSI’s Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investment.

A practical guide to increasing mining local procurement in West Africa

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Manuals & Guidelines
Enero, 2015
Western Africa

This document provides information, guidance and tools to support decision-making, planning and implementation of mining local procurement, in particular at a country level. It can be used by individual role players as well as form the basis of consultative processes. The guide can also support regional harmonization relating to mining local procurement.

Os conflitos pela terra no Amapá: uma análise sobre a violência institucionalizada no campo

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Journal Articles & Books
Enero, 2015
Brasil

O texto aborda a dinâmica dos conflitos fundiários no Estado do Amapá. O trabalho resgata a gênese desse processo, apresentado pela política e pela mídia como uma relação pacífica no campo. Na realidade, contudo, o Amapá constitui um dos estados da Federação com significativas incidências de disputas por terra.