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Securing customary rights is key to sustainable community forestry

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2019
Central African Republic
Forest Tenure
sustainable development
customary land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
local communities
The laws in the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic provide limited protection to indigenous peoples and local communities regarding access to land and forest resources. Often, logging concessions overlap their territories, restricting access to lands and resources. However, the development of community forests is gaining momentum in the region. These can help secure customary tenure, sustainably manage resources and improve livelihoods for indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs).
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Sécuriser les droits coutumiers : la clé d’une foresterie communautaire durable

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2019
Central African Republic
sustainable development
forest conservation
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
community land rights
customary land rights
Les lois de la République du Congo et de la République centrafricaine (RCA) accordent une protection limitée aux communautés locales et populations autochtones (CLPA) en matière d’accès aux ressources foncières et forestières. Il arrive souvent que des concessions forestières chevauchent les territoires des CLPA et limitent leur accès aux terres et aux ressources. Cependant, les forêts communautaires gagnent progressivement du terrain dans la région.
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Promoting participatory law-making for recognition of legitimate tenure rights

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2021
Global
VGGT
public participation
land rights
local communities
women
"Participatory law-making” is the process by which citizens actively contribute to policy advocacy and law-drafting. Citizen participation in law-making can improve the quality and legitimacy of policies and laws by ensuring that they reflect and protect the authentic interests of the national citizenry. In the field of land rights, participatory law-making can help ensure the recognition and protection of legitimate tenure rights.
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Land and labour

Agricultural workers’ tenure rights

Manuals & Guidelines
August, 2021
Global
VGGT
land governance
land policies
land rights
land tenure
women
Land and labour rights can intersect in multiple ways. Investments in large-scale plantations often entail trade-offs between job creation and compressions of land rights. Also, labour relations can involve tenure dimensions, for example where estate managers sublet plots for workers to complement wages with food production for their family or local markets.
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Protecting legitimate tenure rights: From concepts to practice

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
VGGT
land governance
food security
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Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in Senegal

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Senegal
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
urbanization
mining
land acquisitions
land access
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Land reform in Cameroon: a coherent vision from civil society

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2021
Cameroon
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
rural areas
land access
tenure security
The Cameroonian government’s decision to reform the land legal framework is an opportunity to provide real protection for rural land tenure rights, in a context where major investments and projects are increasing tenure insecurity across the country. Responding to an invitation from the administration to help design this new framework, civil society stakeholders have issued multiple proposals over the years on the topics they think should be included in the new land law. The LandCam project has documented, analysed and consolidated these proposals.
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Resource Assessment and Land Use Planning in Sri Lanka: A Case Study

Reports & Research
December, 1993
Sri Lanka
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land law
land policies
land-use planning
environment
land use
natural resources
natural resources management
land economics
ABSTRACTED FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This review does not attempt to be comprehensive. Instead, we highlight:

benchmarks in the evolution of land use policies in Sri Lanka;

the actual contribution made to decisions about land use by systematic information on land resources.
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Understanding agricultural investment chains: Lessons to improve governance

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
land governance
land investments
land rights
land use
local communities
tenure security
sustainable development
This report draws on 10 case studies of recent large-scale land deals and aims to improve understanding of the investment chains that underpin the deals, and to identify ‘pressure points’ for effective public action to ensure that investments respond to local and national development agendas and promote inclusive sustainable development. The findings of this research demonstrate the wide scope for strategies to be targeted at diverse actors, by a wide range of players, to ensure that investments uphold the Voluntary Guidelines (VGGT).
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INTERNATIONAL SOFT-LAW INSTRUMENTS AND GLOBAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE: REFLECTIONS ON THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE OF TENURE

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Global
Land & Investments
VGGT
land policies
land use
land investments
land rights
land access
land tenure
local communities
extractive industries
This article reflects on the Tenure Guidelines as a tool for addressing resource governance challenges. It outlines the process through which the Tenure Guidelines were developed and reviews key features of their content, and then focuses on two issues: the legal significance of the VGGT, and the nature of initiatives to advance their implementation.