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    Discussion Paper in the context of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

    Reports & Research
    October, 2014
    Philippines

    This discussion paper on the “VGGT and National Policies on the Governance of Tenure”3

     has

    been commissioned by the Asian NGO Coalition (ANGOC) as a member of the Philippine

    Development Forum – Working Group on Sustainable Rural Development (PDF-SRD).4 This

    paper examines national policies as embodied in the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the

    major land and natural resource laws passed by the Philippine legislature. This research is

  2. Library Resource
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    Discussion Paper in the context of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2014
    Philippines

    The Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), was developed under the Committee on World Food Security as a result of collaboration among different groups of stakeholders – governments, civil society, private sector, academia. The VGGT is intended to provide a framework for responsible tenure governance that supports food security, poverty alleviation, sustainable resource use and environmental protection.

  3. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2014
    Asia

    This framework aims to help civil society organisations to monitor land reforms. It identifies indicators on outcomes on land tenure and access to land that will help CSOs critically examine whether the rural poor’s land tenure is more secure, and whether their access to land has been enhanced.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2014
    Philippines

    This paper examines Philippine policies on land and resource tenure as embodied in the 1987 Constitution and ten major laws on tenure, and then analyzes these policies in comparison to the Voluntary Guidelines, in order to identify areas of policy convergence, divergence and gaps. 

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Philippines

    This issue brief is an abridged version of the VGGT discussion paper, “The Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the context of National Food Security (VGGT) and the Proposed National Land Use and Management Act (NLUA)” that analyzes to what extent the salient principles and recommendations of the VGGT are substantially reflected in the National Land Use Act/NLUA (House Bill 108). 

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2014
    Philippines

    This issue brief is an abridged version of the VGGT discussion paper, "Review of Selected Land Laws and the Governance of Tenure in the Philippines: Discussion Paper in the context of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)" which  analyzes Philippine policies on land and resource tenure (as embodied in the 1987 Constitution and ten major laws on tenure)  

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines

    This publication compiles land grab cases documented by LWA partners in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Philippines. The cases highlight how farmers, women, and indigenous peoples have been displaced from their lands; and how ecosystems have been destroyed, food security undermined and livelihoods lost. This publication also features the recommended principles of responsible agricultural investment (rai) governing land investments in the Philippines recognizing the importance of farming and fishing communities in the country. 

  8. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2015
    Philippines

    This publication is a lobby material to advocate the passage of the National Land Use Act. As one of the major outputs of the high level experts forum held last June 4, 2015, this abridged version of the proceedings highlights the experts’ discussion, answering the following key questions related to agriculture:


  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines

    This publication is a collection of scoping studies on women and land in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Philippines. It outlines the statuses of women's land rights in each country, the legal frameworks covering such rights, the key factors promoting or impending women's land rights, and the strategies to address gender inequality and advance women's rights to own and benefit from the land.

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines

    This compilation of scoping studies on indigenous peoples in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Philippines reveals how the basic bond of indigenous peoples to land are threatened by forces far more powerful than they are equipped to face.

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