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Cambodia’s Unofficial Regime of Extraction: Illicit Logging in the Shadow of Transnational Governance and Investment

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2015
Cambodia
Forest Tenure
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
land governance
corruption
deforestation
forest conservation
foreign investment
government
extractive industries
Cambodia has recently demonstrated one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. While scholars have long explored the drivers of tropical forest loss, the case of Cambodia offers particular insights into the role of the state where transnational governance and regional integration are increasingly the norm. Given the significant role logging rents play in Cambodia’s post-conflict state formation, this article explores the contemporary regime and its ongoing codependent relationship with forested land.
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Farm Land Policy and Financing Program for Young Generation in the Philippines

Reports & Research
June, 2015
Philippines
land use
agriculture
land acquisitions
land transfers
farmers
youth
The Philippines is basically an agricultural country with about 30 per cent of the total land area of the country cultivated by almost 5 million farmers. However farm area devoted to agriculture has been decreasing due to land conversion. The basic problem is that Filipino farmers do not have the ability to buy their own lands. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program was implemented to address this problem of landlessness thru redistribution of land.
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Drought and Conflict across the Kenyan-Ethiopian Border

Training Resources & Tools
May, 2015
Ethiopia, Kenya
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
land policies
land-use planning
environment
climate change
land use
local communities
The Omo-Turkana basin stretches from southern Ethiopia into Kenya. Temperatures in the region are rising and droughts occur with higher frequency and intensity. As Ethiopian pastoralists venture further south in search of water and grazing land, conflicts with Kenyan pastoralists and fishermen are intensifying. Given their trans-boundary and protracted nature, these conflicts pose a particular challenge to local peace building and disarmament efforts.
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IBA Community Toolkit: Negotiation and Implementation of impact and benefit agreements

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2015
Canada
Land & Investments
forestry
protected areas
mining
land investments
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
private sector
extractive industries
This toolkit provides guidance on the making of fair arrangements that guarantee local benefits to community negotiators and consultants who work with Indigenous communities in Canada. This involves negotiation techniques and strategies. It focuses primarily on the mining sector, but it will be useful in the context of other sectors and contexts too.

This resource is part of the CCSI’s Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investment.
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Environmental Degradation in Oil Producing Areas of Niger Delta Region, Nigeria: the Need for Sustainable Development

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2015
Nigeria
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land management
environment
land degradation
land use
sustainable land use
extractive industries
Due to oil exploration and other human activities in the Niger Delta region, there is evidence of environmental degradation all over the area (Oronto, 1998). Environmental degradation is occasioned by consistent flow of industrial waste, oil spills, gas flares, fire disaster, acid rain, flooding erosion, etc., which has led to the pollution of farmlands and fishponds. It has also led to the destruction of properties and human lives, including aquatic and bio-diversity.
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Addressing Land Conflict in Afghanistan

Reports & Research
June, 2015
Afghanistan
Land Conflicts
land registration
land policies
land management
conflicts
land conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land ownership
The vast majority of land in Afghanistan is untitled and unregistered, further complicating the Afghan state’s ability to help sustainably resolve land disputes. The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Afghanistan Land Authority sought to address this problem by testing a new model of engaging community dispute resolution in formal land registration. This report examines the lessons learned from the pilot and proposes recommendations for reform.
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Environmental Degradation in Oil Producing Areas of Niger Delta Region, Nigeria: the Need for Sustainable Development

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2015
Nigeria
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
environment
climate change
land degradation
land use
Due to oil exploration and other human activities in the Niger Delta region, there is evidence of environmental degradation all over the area (Oronto, 1998). Environmental degradation is occasioned by consistent flow of industrial waste, oil spills, gas flares, fire disaster, acid rain, flooding erosion, etc., which has led to the pollution of farmlands and fishponds. It has also led to the destruction of properties and human lives, including aquatic and bio-diversity.
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The fragmentation of land tenure systems in Cambodia: peasants and the formalization of land rights

Reports & Research
June, 2015
Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
environment
natural resources
land rights
land tenure
farmers
local communities
In Cambodia, land and natural resources occupy a central place in the production systems of peasants who represent about 80 percent of the country’s population. The development and governance of socio-ecological systems trigger considerable economic, social and environmental issues that need to be addressed urgently given the profound nature of the transformations at play in these systems across Cambodia.
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Paving the Way: Ethiopia’s Youth on the Road to Sustainability

Videos
June, 2015
Ethiopia
sustainable development
land use
land investments
local communities
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Peacebuilding in Crisis

Rethinking Paradigms and Practices of Transnational Cooperation

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2015
Global
Land in post-conflict settings
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land use
The 1990s saw a constant increase in international peace missions, predominantly led by the United Nations, whose mandates were more and more extended to implement societal and political transformations in post-conflict societies. However, in many cases these missions did not meet the high expectations and did not acquire a sufficient legitimacy on the local level. Written by leading experts in the field, this edited volume brings together ‘liberal’ and ‘post-liberal’ approaches to peacebuilding.