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How the energy transition is being hijacked by corporate interests

Reports & Research
November, 2023
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
forest conservation
land conservation
land rights
human settlements
For over a century, energy multinationals have been wrecking the planet and exploiting people in pursuit of profit. Now, power producers and technology manufacturers are marketing themselves as ‘green’ to boost their reputation and benefit from public subsidies, grabbing lands, violating human rights and destroying communities along the way. Our investigation of fifteen ‘green’ multinationals conclusively shows that financial returns, not decarbonisation, is their primary business.
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An Assessment of Customary Tenure Systems in the Lao PDR

Reports & Research
March, 2022
Laos
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
community forestry
land investments
customary land rights
customary tenure
The history of land rights in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), hereafter referred to as Laos, is a history of customary land tenure systems which remain the most prevalent form of land tenure. As social systems, land tenure systems in Laos have been affected by and have adapted to external forces such as neighboring kingdoms, colonialization, geopolitics and war, migration, and global economic trends. Ongoing rapid changes in national socioeconomic conditions and domestic political goals continue to alter the customary tenure landscape.
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Dispossession through land titling: Legal loopholes and shadow procedures to urbanized forestlands in the Yucatán Peninsula

Reports & Research
September, 2011
Mexico
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
land titling
urban forestry
urban land
land use
land grabbing
dispossession
community land rights
Under certain circumstances, land titling, property regime changes, and land‐use conversions yield substantial profits. Yet few people possess the wealth, knowledge, and networks to benefit from these procedures. In the Yucatán Peninsula, a region recently targeted as a prominent investment location by the Mexican national government (mainly with the “Tren Maya” megaproject) and the private capital, forestlands collectively owned as ejidos by Mayan peasants are on the trend to complete privatization.
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Chile´s Forestry Industry, FSC Certification and Mapuche Communities

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Chile
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
forestry
forest management plans
indigenous peoples' land rights
In April 2015, an international group of independent researchers, coordinated by Rosamel Millaman and Charles R. Hale, embarked on a comprehensive study whose guiding theme was the situation of Mapuche comunities in the region of La Araucania in relation to forestry companies in Chile. The intention of this study is to provide a document that could form a basis for renewed and improved dialogue about the way these companies conduct their forestry operations in the lands that are historically claimed by these Mapuche communities.
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La foresterie communautaire

Opportunité ou chimère pour les femmes du Bassin du Congo ?

Reports & Research
February, 2019
Middle Africa
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
community forestry
community land rights
women

Cette note thématique rédigée à l’initiative de Fern, a été élaborée dans le cadre de l’initiative CoNGOs (Collaboration d’ONG en faveur de moyens de subsistance durables et équitables dans les forêts du bassin du Congo) qui plaide pour une « foresterie communautaire »1 à travers laquelle les communautés ont le droit de gérer les ressources forestières dont elles dépendent, en vue d’améliorer leurs conditions de vie et en particulier celles des femmes.
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Thailand’s Community Forest Act: Analysis of the legal framework and recommendations

Reports & Research
June, 2021
Thailand
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forest law
environment
forestry
community forestry
forest conservation
forest land
community land rights
Thailand is undergoing an important development in its forestry laws. When the Community Forest Act B.E. 2562 was passed in 2019, Thailand had for the first time an official umbrella law to recognize community forestry. Subordinate laws still need to be developed to further clarify the Act for its implementation.
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The Nairobi Declaration, presented by the Africa Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to the Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) 2022

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2022
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
land conservation
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
Representatives of Indigenous Peoples-led conservation organisations and networks in Africa convened in Nairobi, Kenya on 15 – 16 June 2022 under the auspices of the Alliance Rights, Inclusion and Social Equity in Conservation (ARISEC), to plan for their meaningful participation in the first IUCN’s Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) scheduled for July 2022 in Rwanda. At this event, they created this declaration.
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Respecting Land and Forest Rights: A Guide for Companies

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Global
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forestry
forest management plans
land investments
foreign investment
land rights
private sector
This Guide provides an entry point to understanding and implementing the principles of responsible governance of land tenure set out in the VGGT for companies involved in land-based investment. It provides a more manageable presentation of the VGGT, along with steps to ensure that a company acts consistently with them and includes thorough due diligence on the tenure rights of project-affected communities.
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Responsible Land Governance in LDN Programmes

Benin Case Study

Reports & Research
December, 2021
Benin
Land Degradation & Tenure
land governance
land degradation
forest conservation
forest land
community land rights
Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is increasingly recognized as an effective mechanism to address land degradation and sustain ecosystems. Although this mechanism could accelerate the achievement of SDGs, we should approach with caution many of the policy measures proposed within countries’ LDN target-setting programmes to avoid violating rights to land and resources.
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Forest-Based Bamboo Trade in Mendha Lekha and Jamguda

Reports & Research
October, 2015
India
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
sustainable development
forest law
forestry
community forestry
forest conservation
forest land
forest management plans
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
community land rights
This paper presents case studies of two tribal villages - Mendha Lekha and Jamguda - successfully running forest-based bamboo businesses under the community forest rights provisions of Forest Rights Act (2006). We have documented the issues faced by the villagers in claiming community forest rights, issues faced in harvesting and sale of bamboo, and business practices adopted by both the villages.