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Iraq - Country Profile in Arabic

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2023
Iraq
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
post-conflict settings
land reform
land consolidation
conflicts
land conflicts
This is the Arabic version of the country profile for Iraq, describing its land governance context. An online version of this profile is available in English.
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Perceptions of Customary Land Tenure Security

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2016
Zambia
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
land access
land transactions
This paper presents the empirical findings of a research study undertaken in the Western Province of Zambia. The principal objective was to explore if the issuance of land ownership certificates (LOCs) improves the customary landholders’ perceptions of security of tenure. Thus, we test a null hypothesis that: ‘There are no significant differences in the perceived security of tenure between customary landholders with land ownership certificates and customary landholders without land ownership certificates’.
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Land Grabbing and Political Transformation in Tanzania

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
land acquisitions
land grabbing
land investments
Like many of its neighbors, Tanzania is experiencing a well-documented surge of land grabbing related to investments in industries such as agriculture, biofuels, tourism, hunting, and forestry. Land grabbing in Tanzania is best understood and analyzed as both a symptom of and contributor towards wider political economic processes of change occurring in Tanzania.
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Biofuels Investment and Community Land Tenure in Tanzania

The Case of Bioshape, Kilwa District

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
One of the most wellknown biofuel investments was that of Bioshape, which acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha.
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Communities, Conservation, and conflicts in the Tanzanian Serengeti

Preserving Rights to gain Benefits

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2012
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
grazing
land access
land acquisitions
land allocation
natural resources management
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This chapter addresses issues related to securing access and rights to resources, and gaining benefits from the resource within the context of one community-based initiative in the village of Ololosokwan in Tanzania.