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Infiltration-Friendly Agroforestry Land Uses on Volcanic Slopes in the Rejoso Watershed, East Java, Indonesia

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Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2020
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Indonesia
United States of America

Forest conversion to agriculture can induce the loss of hydrologic functions linked to infiltration. Infiltration-friendly agroforestry land uses minimize this loss.

Social forestry and climate change in the ASEAN region: Situational analysis 2020

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Reports & Research
August, 2020
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia

Forests play a crucial role in the fight against global climate change. The communities that live in and around forests are well-placed to carry out climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recognizes that social forestry enables communities to manage forests sustainably.

Zimbabwe’s land reform compensation deal agreed at last

LandLibrary Resource
July, 2020
Zimbabwe

Pressures on land and natural resources are growing;and many communities affected by land rights violations struggle to assert their rights. In this interview Rachael Knight talks about how IIED’s legal tools team supports grassroots advocates and communities impacted by large-scale land acquisitions. Includes a 5.40 minute video on drafting community by-laws.

Zimbabwe’s land reform compensation deal agreed at last

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Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2020
Zimbabwe

An agreement between the Zimbabwean Government and the Commercial Farmers Union on compensation for land taken from white farmers was finally agreed on 29 July 2020;20 years after the land reform programme began. There had been previous attempts;but the science of asset valuation is far from exact. The issue had blocked international recognition of the Zimbabwean Government.

Impact de la gestion foncière sur les espaces agricoles périurbaine à Madingou (Sud-Ouest du Congo)

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Journal Articles & Books
July, 2020
Congo

À Madingou, la question de la gestion foncière se pose avec acuité, car le développement des espaces urbains empiète sur les terres dévolues à l’agriculture périurbaine. Ce phénomène reconnu par les autorités municipales et les populations est à la fois à l’origine de la croissance anarchique de la ville et au rétrécissement préoccupant des superficies agricoles périurbaines.

จดหมายข่าว CF-Net News ฉบับที่ 13 ประจำเดือนมิ.ย. - ก.ค. 2563

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Institutional & promotional materials
July, 2020
Thailand

จดหมายข่าว "CF-Net News" หรือ ซีเอฟ เน็ท นิวส์ คือจดหมายข่าว เพื่อการเชื่อมโยง ประสานความเข้าใจและแบ่งปันข้อมูลกันภายในเครือข่ายป่าไม้ภาคพลเมือง จึงเป็นพื้นที่ของการสื่อสาร เพื่อบอกเล่าความคืบหน้า ข่าวสาร และบทความวิเคราะห์ที่เป็นประโยชน์กับเครือข่ายฯ โดยจะนำเสนอเป็นประจำ โดยเผยแพร่ทั้งทางโซเชียลมีเดีย (ไลน์ และเฟซบุ๊ค) และเว็บไซด์

The State of the World’s Forests 2020

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Reports & Research
June, 2020
Global

As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011–2020 comes to a close and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, this edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who use and manage them, to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.


 


Droits de propriété foncière des communautés locales et populations autochtones en République du Congo

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Reports & Research
June, 2020
Congo

Ce rapport présente et analyse les dispositions internationales et nationales encadrant les droits de propriété foncière des communautés locales et populations autochtones en République du Congo.

Il s'agit d'un document à but éducatif visant à améliorer l'accès et la compréhension des lois congolaises.

Are forest tenure rights secure for local communities and indigenous peoples in Kenya? Assessment of land tenure rights under Kenya’s new legal framework

LandLibrary Resource
June, 2020
Kenya

International standards can help businesses fill gaps in national law but addressing issues at scale requires systematic governance reform. Law is part of the problem as often are governments. In many countries features of the law facilitate dispossession. It is often not technical capacity that is missing but the political power to confront vested interests.

Defending Tomorrow: The climate crisis and threats against land and environmental defenders

LandLibrary Resource
June, 2020

Aminata K Fabba is the Chairlady of the Malen Land Owners Association;(MALOA) and a frontline grassroots land rights defender in the southern provincial district of Pujehun. Describes her criticism of an unfair land agreement with SOCFIN details of which were not fully explained to the landholding families.

Will giving back land undo the harm done by ‘ethical investment’?

LandLibrary Resource
June, 2020

This report focuses on Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO);which is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. The authors found EPO had violated local people’s right to their land;had broken promises;used violence and threats;are pushing people further into poverty and have not been made to account for it.

Loi n° 33-2020 du 8 juillet 2020 portant code forestier

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Legislation & Policies
June, 2020
Congo

La présente loi, portant Code forestier du Congo, a pour objet de fixer les principes fondamentaux d’organisation et de gestion du domaine forestier national ainsi que les règles d’exploitation et de commercialisation, applicables aux produits forestiers. Toutes les forêts du territoire national entrent dans le champ d’application de la présente loi.