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Land access in the 21st century

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2006
Bangladesh
Rwanda
Zimbabwe
Peru
Indonesia
Ghana
Venezuela
Guyana
Pakistan
Colombia
Mozambique
Jordan
Costa Rica
Philippines
South Africa
Nicaragua
Malaysia
Uganda
Botswana
India
China
Mexico
Brazil

The present paper seeks to cover the key issues, trends, constraints, challenges, knowledge gaps and policy options on a range of dimensions of land access. Land access is broadly defined as the processes by which people individually or collectively gain rights and opportunities to occupy and utilise land (primarily for productive purposes but also other economic and social purposes) on a temporary or permanent basis.

Administration and conflict management in Japanese coastal fisheries

Journal Articles & Books
November, 1987
Japan
Italy
Europe
Asia

Japanese coastal fishermen have legally-guaranteed equitable access to and “ownership” of the living aquatic resources of coastal waters, through an elaborate fisheries rights system. In Japan no conceptual distinction exists between land holdings and land tenure and sea holdings, or sea tenure, and fisheries enjoy a legal status equal to that of land ownership. Sea tenure in Japanese coastal fisheries is a complex subject that is little known in the West.

Etude comparative de la mise en oeuvre des plans fonciers ruraux en Afrique de l’ouest : Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Burkina Faso
Benin
Côte d'Ivoire
Mali
Niger
Africa

Quels enseignements peut-on tirer des expériences de mise en œuvre des Plans fonciers ruraux dans la perspective de la formulation de politiques et de législations foncières adaptées en Afrique de l’Ouest et d’amélioration des stratégies de sécurisation foncière des droits des producteurs ruraux ? La présente étude vise à répondre à une telle question à travers une analyse de la mise en œuvre des opérations de Plan foncier rural au Bénin, au Burkina et en Côte d’Ivoire. Il s’agira de rendre compte de la diversité des pratiques mises en oeuvre en fonction ocaux.

Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - Case Study

Reports & Research
November, 2006
Tanzania
Kenya
Egypt
Sudan
Uganda
Germany
Norway
Africa

This paper identifies the key issues of land tenure security for the rural poor, vulnerable and marginalized in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The report finds that most of these issues are common across the three countries, both in terms of the challenges that the communities face and imperatives that inform policy interventions and responses.

Legal frameworks and access to common pool resources

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2004
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Gambia
Mali
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Australia
Bolivia
Canada
Guinea
Niger
Cameroon
Mozambique
Laos
Philippines
South Africa
Uganda
Italy
Tanzania
Cambodia
India
Russia
Mexico

In recent years, local people and rural communities have assumed increasing prominence in strategies for natural resource management.This paper briefly reviews some of the central legal issues that are associated with this shift. In doing so, its goals are limited. It does not ad dress fundamental questions about when, where and what kind of management works, nor attempt to identify the political, social, economic and environmental ingredient s for success – subjects on which there is a huge, if still inconclusive, literature.

Género y tierra: Compendio de estudios de caso

Reports & Research
November, 2007
Dominica
Burkina Faso
Honduras
Zambia
El Salvador
Chile
Guatemala
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
Cuba
Namibia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Lesotho
Uganda
Tanzania
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Senegal
Paraguay
Africa

Desde sus orígenes, el desarrollo de la agricultura ha estado estrechamente ligado al trabajo de la mujer. Su contribución a la agricultura se remonta a más de 6 000 años, cuando se inició la domesticación de animales y plantas en los primeros asentamientos humanos. Con el paso del tiempo, con la división del trabajo y de responsabilidades tanto en el seno de la unidad familiar como en la comunidad, se asignaron a las mujeres las tareas y responsabilidades vinculadas a las actividades agrícolas y nutricionales.

Free Prior and Informed Consent: An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities

Reports & Research
August, 2016
Bangladesh
Philippines
Sweden
Guatemala
Ecuador
Bolivia
India
Costa Rica
Finland
Norway
Mongolia

This Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Manual is designed as a tool for project practitioners of a broad range of projects and programmes of any development organization, by providing information about the right to FPIC and how it can be implemented in six steps.

Política de la FAO sobre pueblos indígenas y tribales

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2011
Italy

Los pueblos indígenas1 deben ser considerados como una parte interesada imprescindible en un programa de desarrollo configurado por un mandato de este tipo. Estimaciones recientes indican que, aunque los pueblos indígenas constituyen aproximadamente el 5 % de la población total del mundo, comprenden alrededor del 15 % de la población pobre mundial2. Las adversidades afrontadas por los pueblos indígenas han aumentado en las últimas décadas, aunque también lo ha hecho el reconocimiento de su capacidad para contribuir al desarrollo sostenible y la ordenación de los recursos naturales.

Consentimiento libre, previo e informado: un derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas y una buena práctica para las comunidades locales

Reports & Research
October, 2016
Bangladesh
Australia
Guatemala
Ecuador
Bolivia
India
Costa Rica
Mongolia

El manual es una herramienta dirigida a los responsables de proyectos y programas y contiene un procedimiento en seis pasos para facilitar el proceso de CLPI, al tiempo que muestra sus beneficios y provee el marco regulatorio que debe ser usado cuando se integren los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en las políticas y normas de las organizaciones.

Policy and legislation

Journal Articles & Books
November, 1993
Finland
Nicaragua
Chile
Mexico
Italy

Over the past two decades, perspectives on the role of the forest for society have evolved and broadened dramatically; the relatively narrow official view of the forest as primarily a source of wood and a form of protection for upland water resources has been seriously questioned and sometimes even violently opposed in favour of an approach that reflects a wider range of present and future opportunities and demands from forests and forest resources.

Accès à l’espace rural et administration des terres après des conflits violents

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2005
Rwanda
Guatemala
Congo
Sierra Leone

Le présent guide intitulé « Accès à l’espace rural et administration des terres après des conflits violents » a été élaboré pour aider les spécialistes concernés à remettre sur pied les régimes fonciers et l’administration foncière dans les pays émergeant de conflits violents. Il est particulièrement difficile, dans de telles situations, d’assurer un accès sans danger à la terre. Les conflits violents entraînent généralement le déplacement d’une grande partie de la population. À l’issue du conflit, certains de ceux qui regagnent leur foyer trouvent leur bien occupé par d’autres.