Search results

1. Library Resource

   

   LAND POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT (LPIS) PROJECT

   CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS DRAWN FROM 11 CASE STUDIES

   Reports & Research

   February, 2012

   Liberia

   land policies

   natural resources

   land access

   customary land rights

   customary tenure

   local communities

   This report synthesizes the findings from field research on land and natural resource tenure in 11 administrative clan units (henceforth referred to as „clans‟) in Liberia, including Ding, Dobli, Gbanshay, Little Kola, Mana, Motor Road, Saykleken, Tengia, Upper Workor, Ylan, and the community of Nitrian. The report presents an analysis of critical implications of the findings of the study and provides recommendations for addressing sources of tenure insecurity faced by rural communities in Liberia.

2. Library Resource

   

   Climate Change, Carbon Rights, and Forest Governance

   Multimedia

   August, 2012

   Mozambique, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Indonesia, Nepal

   Forest Tenure

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   climate change

   property

   Policy makers and practitioners face significant governance challenges that must be addressed in order to achieve the successful long-term sequestration of carbon on forested lands.