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Access to farmland gets quick and dirty in sub-Saharan Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal
customary land rights
dispossession
farmers
farmland
land access
occupation
Who can access and use the land? The answer to this age-old question is changing fast in many parts of rural Africa. Land that used to be allocated within the community by chiefs is now increasingly changing hands in more diverse ways. The wealthy and well-connected within the community or from further afield are frequently able to override local statutory or customary land rights, dispossessing the previous occupants or forcing them to divide their already small plots of land.
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Ethnic Violence in Morogoro Region in Tanzania

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2015
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
agropastoral systems
displacement
dispossession
eviction
grazing
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land acquisitions
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
In early 2015, Maasai and Datoga citizens living in the Morogoro region of Tanzania were victims of deadly, ethnic violence. According to reports from local media, the assaults were instigated by public figures interested in acquiring land, and state authorities have not intervened to protect Maasai citizens. Police protection has instead been given to others who are illegally cultivating officially registered Maasai land.
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Report on the State of Pastoralists´Human Rights in Tanzania

Reports & Research
March, 2013
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agropastoral systems
displacement
dispossession
eviction
grazing
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
Pastoralists in Tanzania are suffering from many human rights violations, including forced evictions from their lands. This report gives a comprehensive analysis of the human rights situation of indigenous peoples in Tanzania, and documents cases of human rights violations against Maasai pastoralists during 2011.

The information contained in this report is a result of a comprehensive survey and human rights analysis, which used both primary and secondary data collection methodologies covering a total of 10 districts and 18 villages.
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An Analysis of International Law, National Legislation, Judgements, and Institutions as they Interrelate with Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Report No. 2, Africa Region

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2012
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
displacement
dispossession
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land allocation
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
land reform
This report provides a synthesis of three country level case studies (Namibia, Senegal, Kenya) carried out in African countries as a part of the overall legal review of Indigenous People’s and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs). This regional synthesis report also incorporates information and material from other African countries’ experiences with ICCAs, as documented in a range of other studies and publications.
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Mainstreaming Gender in Tanzania’s Local Land Governance

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
compensation
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land allocation
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
women
Despite progressive provisions on gender equality in Tanzania’s land laws, women have little representation in land allocation decisions, including meetings of village councils and village assemblies. Mainstreaming gender in local regulations can help to address this problem.
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The Fact Finding Mission Report on the Land Conflict and Boundaries in Rufiji District

The Predicaments of Pastoralists Evicted to Rufiji District

Reports & Research
April, 2013
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
displacement
dispossession
eminent domain
land access
land acquisitions
land allocation
land conflicts
land dispute
land use
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This fact finding mission had been organised to investigate the challenges facing pastoralists in Rufiji District, the challenges which have been defined as the source of conflict in this district. Although pastoralists had arrived in Rufiji since 1990’s but they officially went there and other places in Coastal and in Lindi Regions after they had been evicted from Ihefu and Kilosa in 2006-9. The Government, through their operation, announced to prepare areas for pastoralists and also to set all necessary and potential services for them to survive In Lindi, Ruvuma and Pwani Regions.
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Governance in Mining Areas in Tanzania with Special Reference to Land Issues

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Investments
communal ownership
displacement
dispossession
extractive industries
formal tenure
land access
land conflicts
land investments
land ownership
natural resources management
research
The economies of many countries such as the Gulf and Southern African States are to a considerable extent sustained by financial flows from extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels. The discovery of such fortunes, in sufficiently viable quantities, can be a significant national blessing for effectively addressing development challenges. However, experience in other countries has shown that financial resources obtainable from mineral and fossil fuel extraction – the Extractive Industry, have not always assisted economic and social development.
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Workshop 1: Land Grabbing and Land Concentration The Quantitative Evaluation, The Players

Synthesis Workshop 1 - World Forum on Access to Land

Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2017
Global
Land & Investments
dispossession
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
land access
land grabbing
After an initial plenary session on developments in access to land and natural resources in the different continents, the workshop participants were given the opportunity to give their many personal accounts, describe the various forms of land grabbing and concentration, discuss the scope of the processes under way and question whether the tools available to quantify them were adequate.