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LAND POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT (LPIS) PROJECT

CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS DRAWN FROM 11 CASE STUDIES

Reports & Research
February, 2012
Liberia
land policies
natural resources
land access
customary land rights
customary tenure
local communities
This report synthesizes the findings from field research on land and natural resource tenure in 11 administrative clan units (henceforth referred to as „clans‟) in Liberia, including Ding, Dobli, Gbanshay, Little Kola, Mana, Motor Road, Saykleken, Tengia, Upper Workor, Ylan, and the community of Nitrian. The report presents an analysis of critical implications of the findings of the study and provides recommendations for addressing sources of tenure insecurity faced by rural communities in Liberia.
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Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
property rights
natural resources management
land management
poverty
right of access
forest land
women
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Stratégie Nationale d’Engagement (SNE, 2013-2017)

National Policies
January, 2013
Togo
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land access
farmland
gender equity in access to land
Les Stratégies nationales d’engagement (SNE) représentent la première étape d’une approche mise en œuvre au niveau national par la Coalition internationale pour l’accès à la terre (ILC) afin de créer les conditions favorables à une évolution inclusive et centrée sur les personnes des politiques dans le secteur foncier.
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Law No. 4.797 establishing principles, guidelines, objectives, goals and strategies for the Climate Change Policy within the Federal District.

Legislation
June, 2012
Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
use rights
land-use planning
land law
This Law, consisting of 5 Chapters, establishes principles, baselines, objectives, strategies and goals for State Policy on Climate Change. This Policy aims at the following principles: implementation of public policies; prevention and precaution, implementation of measures to fight the greenhouse effect; polluter pays principle, conservation of environment, guaranteeing that nature heritage keeps environmental quality standards; etc. This Policy is divided as follows: Principles, concepts and baslines (Chap. I); Objectives (Chap. II); Goals (Chap.
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Physical Development Plan for North Montserrat: 2012 - 2022.

National Policies
January, 2012
Montserrat
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmland
land-use planning
coastal areas
environment
protected areas
natural disasters
land management
gender equity in access to land
waste (abuse)
sustainable land use
The Physical Development Plan for North Montserrat is a regional policy with a multi-sectoral approach. The timeframe of the Plan is 10 years between 2012 and 2022.
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Restrictions on Acquisition of Immovables Act (2012)

Legislation
February, 2012
Estonia
Forest Tenure
land
public ownership
land-use planning
land registration
private forests
use rights
farmland
cadastres
private ownership
forest land
land ownership
The Act provides the restrictions on the acquisition of immovables used as profit yielding land arising from public interest and the restrictions on the acquisition of immovables arising from national security reasons. For the purposes of the Act, public interest is, in particular, development of the management for specific purposes and sustainable management of immovables used as profit yielding land which contain agricultural and forest land.
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Strategic Environmental Assessment Decree No.8213 of 2012 for Public Sector Policies, Plans and Programs.

Legislation
May, 2012
Lebanon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land-use planning
waste (abuse)
This Decree consisting of 14 articles aims at determining the mandatory assets to be followed in order to assess the potential environmental effects of any proposed policy, plan, program, study, investment or organization affecting a Lebanese area or sector of activity in order to ensure that these projects are suitable for public health and safety, environmental protection and sustainability of natural resources.
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Derecho a producir

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2012
South America
land access
development agencies
displacement
food security
* Arantxa Guereña
La agricultura ya no es la base de las economías suramericanas pero sigue siendo estratégica en el empleo, la balanza comercial, el crecimiento económico, equilibrio territorial y seguridad alimentaria. Los gobiernos de la región deben revisar su sesgo hacia la agroexportación, su miopía de género, garantizar el equilibrio en el acceso a la tierra y el agua y situar la pequeña agricultura en el centro de las políticas agrarias y de inversión pública. Esta sería una vía para reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad.
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Municipal commonage: An undervalued national resource

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
South Africa
Land & Food Security
land access
A policy brief reviewing the important contribution of muncipal commonage to the livelihoods of poor househoods and proposing approaches to better utilise this resoource
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Ostrich-like strategies in Sahelian sands?: land and water grabbing in the Office du Niger, Mali.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Mali, Africa, Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
land
land access
land management
land use
water management
land ownership
In recent years, large-scale agricultural investment projects have increased in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of the growing appetites of local and international investors for land resources. Research has so far mainly focused on land issues, but the water implications of these land deals are starting to surface. Taking the Office du Niger (ON), in Mali, as a case study, it is shown that while around 100,000 ha is currently being cultivated, mostly by smallholders, a total of 600,000 ha of land has been allocated in the past ten years to investors in large-scale farming.