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A Survey into the Management and use of Wetlands in Kenya

Institutional & promotional materials
March, 2006
Kenya
agrarian reform
arable land
land
land cover
land cover change
land cover mapping
land management
The Role Of Wetlands In Poverty Reduction- Extreme poverty among rural poor people living around wetlands remains a daily reality for more than 56% of Kenya’s population, who subsist on less than one dollar a day. Seventy percent of extremely poor households, a majority of who live in rural areas where hunger and poverty prevails, are now being caught up in a new web of lack of access to wetlands as safety-net during hard times due to appropriation of wetlands by private developers.
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Tinkering on the fringes?: redistributive land reforms and chronic poverty in Southern Africa

January, 2006
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa
land
land registration
poverty
land tenure
land reform
In Southern Africa, landlessness due to the asset alienation that occurred during colonial occupation has been acknowledged as one of several ultimate causes of chronic poverty. Land redistribution is often seen as a powerful tool in the fight against poverty in areas where a majority of people are rural-based and make a living mostly, if not entirely, off the land.
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A sociological analysis of intermediary non-governmental organizations and land reform in contemporary Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
September, 2006
Zimbabwe, Africa
land
rural development
land reform
The thesis offers a sociological understanding of intermediary NGOs in the modern world through a study of NGOs and land reform in contemporary Zimbabwe. Since 2000, a radical restructuring of agrarian relations has occurred, based upon the massive redistribution of land. Local empowering initiatives have dramatically asserted themselves against globalizing trajectories. These changes have posed serious challenges to land NGOs involved in land reform either as advocates for reform or as rural development NGOs.
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A Case Study on the Implications of the Ongoing Land Reform on Sustainable Rural Development and Poverty Reduction in Rwanda and the Outcome Report of the Thematic Dialogue held on 20th January 2006, Kigali, Rwanda

Reports & Research
January, 2006
Rwanda, Africa
land
land use
poverty
rural development
land reform
assessment
Case study includes conceptual framework, rationale for land reform in Rwanda, assessment of choices, implementation. Highlights from the thematic dialogue include discussions on participation, decision making for optimal land use, land and the rural-urban interface and livelihoods, lessons learned and challenges. Third part examines possibilities for future co-operation.
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Commercial Farmers and the State: Interest Group Politics and Land Reform in Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
August, 2006
Zimbabwe, Africa
land reform
land
farmers
Original new thesis which explores the history and politics of commercial farmers in Zimbabwe, their interactions with the state, and their contests for land and other resources. Using fresh archive and key informant sources, it provides a unique perspective on Zimbabwe’s much publicised land and race debates. Argues that the dismantling of the white farming sector disguised wider political contest and provided a source of land and assets for the ruling ZANU PF with which to placate its elaborate and increasingly militarised patronage system.
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Changes in the Livestock Sector in Zimbabwe following Land Reform: The Case of Masvingo Province. A Report of a Discussion Workshop

Reports & Research
May, 2006
Zimbabwe, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
mining
land
grazing
research
land reform
Workshop report draws on a larger research report examining the massively changed context for livestock policy following fast track land reform. Themes discussed were production, grazing, fodder and drought responses, marketing, livestock disease and veterinary services.
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The Dynamics of Social Capital and Conflict Management in Multiple Resource Regimes

A Case of the Southwestern Highlands of Uganda

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2007
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
co-ownership rights
common property
community forestry
community land rights
development
Increasingly, social capital, defined as shared norms, trust, and the horizontal and vertical social networks that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutually beneficial collective action, is seen as an important asset upon which people rely to manage natural resources and resolve conflicts. This paper uses empirical data from households and community surveys and case studies, to examine the role, strengths, and limits of social capital in managing conflicts over the use and management of natural resources.
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Living on the Margins of Life

Living on the Margins of Life; The Plight of the Batwa Communities of South Western Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2006
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
agrarian reform
alienation (land)
common property
common rights
compulsory acquisitions
eviction
The meaning and scope of the concept of Community-Based Property Rights (CBPR) has become a dominant feature of conservation and development policy discourse over the last decade. The debate has largely been shaped by the growing trends where governments have continued to appropriate traditional lands for conservation and development activities that have resulted into large scale dislocation and widespread disenfranchisement of sections of our society.
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DRAFT LAND ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT POLICY

Legislation & Policies
October, 2006
Zambia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Urban Tenure
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
cadastral administration
co-ownership rights
Land is the most fundamental resource in any society because it is the basis of human survival. Land is the space upon which all human activities take place and provides continued existence of all life forms and minerals.
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Land Reform for Peace? Rwanda's 2005 Land Law in Context

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Rwanda
land reform
A decade ago, Rwanda embarked on a major land reform programme. The government envisaged a new land law, supported by a land policy, and claimed that the new tenure system would contribute to enhancing food production, social equity and the prevention of conflict. The Land Law was finally passed in the summer of 2005. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has taken on significant responsibility for monitoring the reform programme. This article provides a contextualized reading of the new Law.