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Competing claims on natural resources

LandLibrary Resource
Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2011

Land is serving as a basis for the production of food, feed, fibres, wood, bio-energy, for biodiversity, recreation and many other goods and services ecosystems provide. Additional to that, land can also be used for infrastructure, houses etc., making no direct use of natural resources, but of the physical land structure.

Community forestry development research in South East Asia : findings of a synthesis study of IDRC supported projects in Cambodia, NE India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam

LandLibrary Resource
Institutional & promotional materials
Diciembre, 2010
Indonesia
India
Cambodia
Nepal
Philippines
Vietnam

Ten IDRC-supported community forestry projects in six countries were selected for this synthesis study. A sizable part of the rural population in these countries are designated as ‘encroachers’ or ‘trespassers’ in the ‘forest.’ Many of these forest users claim long standing customary rights to the area, some of which are formally recognized in state law, but seldom in practice.

Managing natural resources for development in Africa : a resource book

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa

The conceptual difference between conventional scientific and natural resource management (NRM) research is based on the need for researchers and the NRM community to be joint learning partners in the process. “Managing Natural Resources for Development in Africa” is a collective endeavour to reframe, filter and contextualize some of the main concepts, theories and practices of NRM.

Le lac Tchad et N’Djaména une relation porteuse de développement ?

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Journal Articles & Books
Noviembre, 2010
Chad

Les sécheresses des années 1970-1980 et le réchauffement climatique attirent l’attention médiatique sur les risques de disparition du lac Tchad. Alors que la plupart des avis scientifiques contestent cette vision pessimiste, nous proposons ici d’étudier la dynamique des relations entre N’Djaména, capitale sahélienne de plus d’un million

Pasture in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan: Common Resource or Private Property

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Journal Articles & Books
Junio, 2010
Tajikistan

This paper looks at how recent economic and legal changes have affected pasture management and property rights in Tajikistan. Firstly, current trends in livestock numbers and mobility are compared with those of the Soviet period. Secondly, the impact of current land legislation is investigated using 2007 field data from two sites in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of the country.

Land Matrix

LandLibrary Resource
Training Resources & Tools
Datasets
Enero, 2009
Africa
Uganda
Cameroon
Senegal
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Asia
Philippines
Eastern Europe

The Land Matrix is an independent land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability around large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low- and middle-income countries across the world.

Loi no 14/PR/08 portant régime des forêts, de la faune, et des ressources halieutiques

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Legislation & Policies
Mayo, 2008
Chad

La présente loi détermine le régime de conservation et de gestion durable des forêts, de la faune et des ressources halieutiques, conformément aux dispositions pertinentes de la Constitution et aux principes énoncés par la loi N°14/PR/98 du 17 Août 1998, définissant les principes généraux de la protection de l’environnement.