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Barreras de acceso de la mujer rural a crédito, programas asociativos y a la formalización de la tierra en el Norte del Cauca y el Sur del Tolima

Reports & Research
April, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean, Colombia
Land & Gender
land access
right of access
formal tenure
women
En vista de la desigualdad en el acceso a la tierra y a servicios sociales en Colombia que afecta a las mujeres rurales, y de la baja participación de mujeres en programas del Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) y del Banco Agrario, el MADR solicitó a USAID y al Programa de Tierras y Desarrollo Rural (PTDR) de Tetra Tech ARD, realizar un estudio para entender cuáles son los cuellos de botella que afectan principalmente a las mujeres para acceder a los diferentes programas del Ministerio y del Banco Agrario.
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Indigenous Navigator

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2016
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
customary tenure
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
The Indigenous Navigator is a framework and set of tools for and by indigenous peoples to systematically monitor the level of recognition and implementation of their rights. By using the Indigenous Navigator, indigenous organisations and communities, duty bearers, NGOs and journalists can access free tools and resources based on community-generated data.
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Biocultural Community Protocols: A Toolkit for Community Facilitators

Manuals & Guidelines
September, 2015
Global
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
rural development
land area
natural resources management
land investments
land rights
customary tenure
local communities
The toolkit is intended to support communities to secure their rights and responsibilities and strengthen customary ways of life and stewardship of their territories and areas. It is directed primarily towards facilitators from the communities themselves or from supporting organizations with whom they have long-standing and positive relationships.
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The fragmented land use administration in Indonesia

Analysing bureaucratic responsibilities influencing tropical rainforest transformation systems

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2015
Indonesia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
land titling
forest law
community forestry
private forests
state forests
indigenous peoples' lands
forest land
agroforestry systems
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Tropical forests in Indonesia are subject to major transformation processes from native forests to other land uses, including rubber agroforestry as well as rubber and oil palm plantation systems. Using content analysis of policy documents, this paper aims at (i) analysing the formal administrative responsibilities related to the four rainforest transformation systems and (ii) based on the informal motives of the competing bureaucracies involved generating hypotheses on their future course of action and related research.
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The Validity and Challenges of the Traditional Chieftaincy in Modern Decentralization or Decentralized Governance for Development (DGD) in Lesotho

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2015
Lesotho
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
decentralization
customary land rights
customary tenure
The paper discusses chieftaincy and colonialism in Lesotho, institutional roles of chieftaincy, the role of chieftaincy in the era of modern democracy/DGD, the relations between the democratic local authorities and chieftaincy in Lesotho and the role of chieftaincy and its constraints in the decentralized system of Lesotho. The paper directly contributes knowledge in public management sciences and administrative policy systems.
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Social Capital and Pastoral Institutions in Conflict Management: Evidence from Eastern Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2015
Ethiopia
Land Conflicts
customary law
conflicts
customary tenure
This paper examines the role of customary pastoral institutions in managing conflicts. It indicates thatintra‐ethnic conflicts can be managed customarily because of shared norms attributed to the social proximity and cultural homogeneity, whereas managing inter‐ethnic conflicts goes beyond the capacity of elders' council exercising customary law. The introduction of ethnic‐based federalism and historical political relations between different ethnic groups has weakened customary institutions in managing inter‐ethnic conflict.
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Landholding Control Act, 2015 (No. 2 of 2015).

Legislation
April, 2015
Montserrat
leases
land tenure systems
land ownership
This Act concerns control of holding of interests in land in Montserrat by foreigners, i.e. persons other than a person belonging to Montserrat (as defined in section 2(2)(b) of the Immigration Act). Subject to the provisions of this Act, neither land in Montserrat nor a mortgage on land in Montserrat shall, be held by a person not belonging to Montserrat, and any land or mortgage so held shall be forfeited to Her Majesty.
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Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015.

Legislation
November, 2015
Australia
farmland
natural resources management
land registration
fisheries
land tenure systems
land ownership
This Act establishes the Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land. It specifies the following: The first register is the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land, which contains: a) information the Commissioner obtains about foreign persons’ holdings of agricultural land; and b) published statistics derived from that information. Foreign persons must give notice to the Commissioner of: a) their holdings of agricultural land as at the start of 1 July 2015; and b) later events causing agricultural land to start or cease to be held by foreign persons.
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Decree-Law No.95/2015 amending some provisions of Decree Law No. 14 of 2012 on the integrated development in the Sinai Peninsula.

Legislation
October, 2015
Egypt
land tenure systems
land ownership
This Decree-Law, consisting of 14 articles, amends the Sinai Development Law, by extending the period of land use from 30 to 50 years and boost the maximum period up to 75 rather than 50 years. In addition, the amendment states exemptions — to be granted by a presidential decree — for the required percentage of Egyptian shareholders in companies holding lands in Sinai. These exempted companies must undertake not to change the structure of their shareholders until the end of the project.
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Women's Land Tenure Framework: Inheritance

Reports & Research
January, 2016
Global
Land & Gender
capacity development
farmers
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land rights activists
land tenure systems
local communities
women
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights developed the Women’s Land Tenure Framework to assist anyone who is interested in understanding the complex issues associated with women’s land rights — officials, grassroots organizations, international technical advisers, policymakers, development practitioners, women’s rights advocates, land rights advocates, people who are developing programs to assist women farmers, people who are concerned with food security, and others.