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Journal Articles & Books
June 2017
Liberia
Sierra Leone

Through a review of recent writings in political ecology and agrarian studies, this paper appraises the potential for emerging forms of ‘green economy’ initiatives to catalyze new forms of internal displacement in West Africa, with specific emphasis on the postwar contexts of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Reports & Research
May 2017
Sierra Leone

Since the onset of the phenomenon of large scale land acquisition for agri-business in Sierra Leone, after the first whistle was blown by Green Scenery, many studies have been conducted by various researchers, some to meet requirements for degree thesis, others for policy and development purposes.

Training Resources & Tools
April 2017
Global

This guide is intended for practitioners who are confronted with land conflicts in the course of their work or are in a position to prevent them and/or include land governance as one pillar in their policies.

The State of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Sri Lanka
Reports & Research
April 2017
Sri Lanka

Coming two years after a political transition from post-war authoritarianism, this Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights is framed in the backdrop of two concurrent processes of ‘transformation’ currently underway in Sri Lanka.

Reports & Research
March 2017
Central African Republic
Norway

Issues swirling around land across Africa have never been so central to key social and political-economic dynamics as they are at the present time. The first part of the paper briefly reviews the construction of customary tenure and the historical phases of administrative interventions into land tenure, and considers their heritage in contemporary situations.

Journal Articles & Books
March 2017
Ghana
Sierra Leone

Since the end of the Cold War, natural resources have assumed an increasingly prominent role in security, conflict, and peace studies.

Peer-reviewed publication
January 2017
South-Eastern Asia

A major driver of change in the Mekong River basin relates to hydropower development and the consequent changes in landscape and natural resource access regime that it induces. In this paper, we examine how the livelihoods of resettlers evolve following resettlement, and examine the determinants of that process.

Reports & Research
December 2016
Kenya

The general objective of the studywas to determine the effectiveness of participatory communication in addressing land Conflicts among communities in Kenya, specifically in Makueni county.

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
Argentina
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
China
Cameroon
Algeria
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Sudan
Senegal
South Sudan
Chad
Central Asia

It took scientists more than three decades to transform a perceived desertification crisis in the Sahel into a non-event. Looking beyond the Sahel, the chapters in this book provide case studies from around the world that examine the use and relevance of the desertification concept.

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