The failure to secure the property rights of rural communities shows a clear policy gap between citizens and rights to land as per the Constitution and the attitude and practices of the state, traditional leaders, white farmers and mining companies in relation to such rights. 

Absent from the discourse spurred by the motion passed in the National Assembly on 27 February is what could be achieved in the interim for land reform programme using existing legislation while the country awaits a verdict on the constitutional amendment to determine whether is possible to expropriate l

After years of efforts, land rights are finally getting global attention. With several land-related indicators included in the Sustainable Development Goals, the land sector now has the unique opportunity to create an unprecedented momentum around land tenure issues and bring it to a higher level on the development agenda. Our goal is, of course, to contribute to the success of the SDGs, but also to be part of sustainable development in its real and practical sense!

Much of the world’s rural landscapes are technically managed by national governments with limited recognition of, or support for, the rights and management responsibilities of the rural poor who live in these areas. In an era of large-scale land acquisitions for global commodity production, this has led, in some cases, to governments allocating vast tracts of land and resources to companies with limited or no consultation of the people affected.

For hundreds of years, pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lowlands have relied on strong customary land tenure systems to survive. Historically, legislation has failed to clearly define communal rights to rangelands, and the specific roles and responsibilities for both communities and local government to administer and manage these resources. This legislative deficiency prevented pastoral communities from fully exercising their constitutional rights to land (Ethiopia’s Constitution broadly recognizes pastoral communities’ right to access land and prevents their involuntary displacement).

By Tim Hanstad, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, Landesa

This is the second blog in a series of two that are based on a keynote address made at the 2018 India Land Development Conference.

Date : 17 août 2017

Source : Farmlandlandgrab

Par : Collectif Tany

Monsieur Le Président de la République,

Date : 22 juillet 2017

Source : Farmlandgrab

Le phénomène d’accaparement des terres préoccupent de plus en plus les populations. Selon certaines statistiques, plus de 70% de dossiers pendants devant les juridictions concernent le domaine foncier.

Date: 15 juillet 2017

Source: Farmlandgrab

Par: Sayouba Traoré

Date: 11 juillet 2017

Source: Grain.org

Par: RADD, SEFE, YETHIO, SYNAPARCAM, GRAIN et WRM

Date: 16 juin 2017

Source: Xalima.com

Par: Dr Pape chérif Bertrand Bassène, Akandijack

Notre génération, aujourd’hui dans la quarantaine, est celle qui inaugura l’ère des anniversaires qui se faisaient avec les étincelles des armes à feu à la place des bougies. Qui alors, plus que nous, pourrait prétendre être mieux placé pour comprendre les enjeux de la paix en Casamance ?