Forest Tenure

The Portfolio Overview provides a global overview of DFID's programmes working on land issues and highlights lessons and trends emerging from major land programmes over recent years.

Source: Fao.org

Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India is  the nodal ministry authorized for the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (recognition of Forest rights) Act, 2006.

This site presents updated status report of IFR and CFR claims and rights recognition  state-wise with number and area.

This report is the third in a series of reports on the status of social forestry and its role in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

This guide aims to support states, community-based organizations, civil society organizations, the private sector and other relevant actors, to take proactive measures to implement the standards and recommendations of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT).

In Mozambique, changes in land access and use are shaping new landscapes, often at the expense of the poor. Despite progressive land legislation, elite groups and vested interests are consolidating land holdings while peasant producers are being dispossessed of their land and access to fertile plots is becoming increasingly difficult.

This Plan assesses how current land-related projects and programmes impact on transparency and land governance and identifies proposed activities to fill any gaps..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

This study looks at the financial sustainability of the rural land administration system (RLAS) and how alternative strategies could ensure better financial sustainability of the system at the woreda (district) level..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

This document summaries LIFTs Costed Implementation Plan to improve land transparency in land governance in Ethiopia..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

This summary of LIFTs Strategies Towards Financial Sustainability of RLAS looks at the financial sustainability of the rural land administration system and how alternative strategies could ensure better financial sustainability of the system at the woreda (district) level..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Alternative land use remains a controversial issue in Indonesia, particularly with regard to regions outside Java.