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The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices

A Webinar Report

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Africa, Kenya, Latin America and the Caribbean, United States of America, Asia, Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
common lands
common rights
commons
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land rights
land use
property rights
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
The climate crisis demands urgent action, yet we live in a politically polarized and paralyzed world. As governments and other actors struggle over climate change, our environment is irreversibly changing. A United Nations report on the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services revealed that three-quarters of the earth’s land-based environment has been significantly altered by human actions.
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Consent is Everybody's Business: Why banks need to act on free, prior and informed consent

Reports & Research
August, 2019
Kenya, South Africa, Guatemala, Honduras, United States of America, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
communal territory
community land rights
compulsory acquisitions
contract farming
corruption
grazing contracts
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land investments
land rights
A community’s choice to give, or withhold, their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) to a project or activity planned to take place on their land is a recognized right of Indigenous peoples under international law. It is also a best practice principle that applies to all communities affected by projects or activities on the land, water and forests that they rely on.
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Sustainable Wildlife Management - Unasylva 249

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2018
Tanzania, Switzerland, United States of America, Kenya, South Africa, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Indonesia, Botswana, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Pakistan, Finland, Mexico, Mongolia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
sustainable land management
forest land
Indigenous Peoples
Wildlife management is the focus of considerable international debate because of its importance for biodiversity conservation, human safety, livelihoods and food security. Local people have been managing wildlife for millennia, including through hunting. Sufficient examples are presented in this edition to show that sustainable wildlife management is also feasible in the modern era.
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Tenure & Fishing Rights 2015: A global forum on rights-based approaches for fisheries

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Kenya, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Nauru, Uganda, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Norway, Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land tenure systems
customary tenure
land tenure
Session: Tenure & Fishing Rights 2015
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Régimes fonciers communautaires et gouvernance des ressources de propriété commune en Asie

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Bangladesh, United States of America, Afghanistan, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Laos, United Kingdom, Guinea, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Japan, India, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Asia, Oceania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
property rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
common property
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 20. Ce document analyse les caractéristiques des systèmes de propriété communale dans divers pays d’Asie. Les pressions actuelles du marché sur les ressources naturelles créent à la fois des défis et des opportunités pour les communautés et pour les gouvernements en vue d’utiliser et de renforcer les systèmes de propriété commune pour promouvoir la gestion durable des ressources naturelles. Des politiques et des institutions ad hoc sont nécessaires pour promouvoir la redevabilité des acteurs et la bonne gouvernance de ces ressources.
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Improving Tenure Security for the Rural Poor: Rwanda – Country Case Study

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Rwanda, Switzerland, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Norway, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
property rights
customary law
customary tenure
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land reform
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to legally recognized tools such as deeds, contracts and permits. The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (CLEP) is the first global anti-poverty initiative focusing on the link between exclusion, poverty and law, looking for practical solutions to the challenges of poverty.
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Tenure of indigenous peoples territories and REDD+ as a forestry management incentive: the case of Mesoamerican countries

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Honduras, Nigeria, United States of America, Spain, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Germany, Indonesia, Norway, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Panama, Switzerland, Nicaragua, Belize, Italy, Ecuador, Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land
customary tenure
sustainable land management
land use
agricultural and rural legislation
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
community forestry
land management
forest land
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
Programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation, such as REDD+ and other forestry incentive programmes, including Payment for Environmental Services (PES), could represent an opportunity to strengthen processes of conservation, sustainable usage and poverty reduction in the Mesoamerican region, particularly in indigenous territories and communities.
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Legal frameworks and access to common pool resources

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2004
Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Gambia, Mali, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Guinea, Niger, Cameroon, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Cambodia, India, Russia, Mexico
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
agricultural and rural legislation
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
common lands
common property
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
In recent years, local people and rural communities have assumed increasing prominence in strategies for natural resource management.This paper briefly reviews some of the central legal issues that are associated with this shift. In doing so, its goals are limited. It does not ad dress fundamental questions about when, where and what kind of management works, nor attempt to identify the political, social, economic and environmental ingredient s for success – subjects on which there is a huge, if still inconclusive, literature.
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Improving the legal framework for participatory forestry

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Switzerland, Nepal, Zambia, Guatemala, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Australia, Austria, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Mexico, Canada, Asia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
community forestry
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
This paper represents part of an area of work in support of enhancing access to land and forest resources in support of rural livelihoods in Mongolia. It is based on learning emerging from an ongoing FAOsupported project called: Support to the development of participatory forest management (TCP/MON/2903). This project has involved the development (through extensive community-level consultations in forest areas) of a detailed Concept Document for the design and implementation of participatory forestry.
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Régimen comunal y gobernanza de los recursos de propiedad común en Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Bangladesh, United States of America, Afghanistan, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Laos, United Kingdom, Guinea, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Japan, India, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Asia, Oceania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
property rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
common property
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Documento de trabajo sobre la tenencia de la tierra 20. Este documento analiza las características del régimen comunal y su función en el sistema de gestión de los recursos naturales en diferentes contextos de algunos países asiáticos. Las presiones actuales del mercado sobre los recursos naturales suponen ya sea desafíos que oportunidades para que las comunidades y los gobiernos utilicen y refuerzen el régimen comunal para promover la gestión sostenible de algunos recursos naturales.