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Determining Minimum Compensation for Lost Farmland: A Theory-Based Impact Evaluation of a Land Grab in Sierra Leone

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2016
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
compensation
land acquisitions
land dispute
land grabbing
land rights
local communities
The land grabbing issue has produced a plethora of debates ranging from ethical conduct of land grabbing agents, specifically concerning displacement, to evidence for and against positive externalities such as technological spill-overs and construction of infrastructure. An underexplored topic is the valuation of agricultural land and the compensatory payments made to land users, distinct from land owners, for the loss of their source of food security.
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La gouvernance foncière des biens communs

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Kenya, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Philippines, South Africa, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Thailand, Madagascar, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Norway, Ghana, Iran, India, Sierra Leone, Uruguay, Brazil, Cambodia
Land & Food Security
land policies
food security
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land ownership
À travers le monde, des millions de personnes dépendent des ressources naturelles telles que les terres, les pêches et les forêts, qui sont utilisées collectivement comme des biens communs. Les biens communs sont essentiels à la culture, à l’identité et au bien-être. Source de nourriture et de revenus, ils agissent comme un important filet de sécurité, surtout pour les populations les plus marginalisées et les plus vulnérables.
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A good practice on the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure: A multi-actor and multi-sector approach in Sierra Leone

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016
Sierra Leone
Land Conflicts
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
VGGT
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
rural development
fisheries
forest land
land access
land conflicts
farmers
development agencies
In Sierra Leone, the well-being and livelihoods of many people, particularly the rural poor, are based on secure and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. Increasing pressure on these resources in recent years has led to an escalation of conflict over access to natural resources.
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Vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in West Africa: patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2016
Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Africa, Western Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
The West African cocoa belt, reaching from Sierra Leone to southern Cameroon, is the origin of about 70% of the world's cocoa (Theobroma cacao), which in turn is the basis of the livelihoods of about two million farmers. We analyze cocoa's vulnerability to climate change in the West African cocoa belt, based on climate projections for the 2050s of 19 Global Circulation Models under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change intermediate emissions scenario RCP 6.0.
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صون حقو ق حيازة الأراضي في سياق الاستثمار الزراعي

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Switzerland, Zambia, Germany, Madagascar, Tanzania, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Italy, Canada, Netherlands
land policies
land rights
land governance
land tenure
تقرّ الخطوط التوجيهية الطوعية بشأن الحوكمة المسؤولة لحيازة الأراضي، ومصايد الأسماك، والغابات، في سياق الأمن الغذائي الوطني بأنّ الاستثمارات المسؤولة التي ينفّذها القطاعان العام والخاص أساسية لتحسين الأمن الغذائي، وتدعو إلى استثمارات تصون مستخدمي الأراضي ومالكيها من خطر نزع ملكيتهم لحقوق الحيازة المشروعة. ويوفّر هذا الدليل الفني توجيهات مفصّلة للسلطات الحكومية المنخرطة في جهود تشجيع الاستثمارات والموافقة عليها ورصدها في جميع مراحل دورة الاستثمار، بشأن الإجراءات التي يمكن اتخاذها لإرساء بيئة مؤاتية للاستثمارات المسؤولة والمستدامة.
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Evaluation of the Global Programme to Support the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests

Reports & Research
September, 2016
Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland
VGGT
fisheries
forestry
land tenure
Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGTs) is a programme that provides countries with a framework for best practices in tenurerelated policies, laws, regulations, strategies and practices. Its Phase 1 was implemented from October 2012 to June 2016 as a multi-donor programme overseen by a steering committee and managed by the VG-Tenure Secretariat hosted by FAO.
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Report of the Informal Regional Consultation on the State of Africa's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Mauritius, Kenya, Zambia, Gambia, Mali, Burundi, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Comoros, Cameroon, Rwanda, Tanzania, Senegal, Chad, Gabon
natural resources management
Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/Inf.11.1
Session: Sess. 16
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Home Country Measures that Promote Responsible Foreign Agricultural Investment

Reports & Research
April, 2016
Africa, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Americas, Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Asia, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, India, Europe, Russia, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia
VGGT
land management
land use
land
land tenure
land ownership
This paper summarizes the good practices by nine selected OECD countries that seek to promote responsible foreign investment in developing country agriculture, primarily by investors in their territory or jurisdiction. The study provides examples of the increasing trend of home countries in establishing binding legal norms and other mechanisms as safeguards that are relevant for agricultural investment.
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Developing gender-equitable legal frameworks for land tenure

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2016
Bangladesh, Honduras, Kenya, Chile, Peru, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Colombia, Rwanda, Morocco, South Africa, Malaysia, Dominican Republic, Madagascar, Italy, Saudi Arabia
land tenure
Effective policy and legal advice requires a clear understanding of the gaps and discrepancies in the policies and legislation pertaining to gender and land. This paper introduces a Legal Assessment Tool (LAT) for gender-equitable land tenure, developed under the Gender and Land Rights Database (GLRD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for the purpose of providing prompt, targeted and effective policy and legal advice to countries working towards gender-equitable land tenure.
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Unasylva: Les forêts et l’agenda climatique. No. 246. Vol. 67 2016/1

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
France, Honduras, United States of America, Zambia, Tonga, Ghana, Congo, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Costa Rica, Niger, Palau, Kiribati, Madagascar, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Brazil, Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
climate change
land use
forest land
La publication de ce numéro d’Unasylva coïncide avec deux événements marquants pour les forêts. Les 196 Parties à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques viennent de se réunir à la Conférence Paris climat 2015 en vue de négocier un accord qui soit en mesure de changer la donne en matière de changement climatique. Toujours à Paris, le Global Landscapes Forum 2015, Forum mondial sur les paysages, a été le théâtre de discussions de haut niveau portant sur la recherche et les politiques qui sous-tendent les questions d’utilisation des terres.