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1. Library Resource

   

   Securing land rights in Cameroon: what hasn’t worked and what should be done

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   June, 2020

   Cameroon

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   land reform

   customary law

   climate change

   land use

   migration

   land access

   land conflicts

   land tenure

   land tenure systems

   tenure security

   Land in Cameroon is under growing pressure for many reasons — powerful commercial interests, changing climate conditions and shifting demographic flows including mass migration and increasing population density. The rights of rural communities and indigenous people to access and use land for farming and grazing have been eroded — primarily due to failure to recognise customary land tenure rights, land use conflicts and lack of effective local governance. The country’s land legislation is indeed outdated and not compatible with customary law and local realities.

2. Library Resource

   

   Reducing concession size, adjusting business plans and developing more inclusive business models

   Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa, Case Study 3

   Reports & Research

   March, 2020

   Malawi, Mozambique, Western Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Investments

   Land Conflicts

   community land rights

   farmers

   food security

   land access

   land conflicts

   land investments

   land ownership

   land tenure

   land use

   local communities

   scale

   This paper is one of three thematic case studies resulting from a set of pilot projects undertaken jointly by civil society and private business partners from 2016–2019 in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These pilots sought to test how private companies could collaborate with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to implement responsible agribusiness investments that recognise and respect community land rights, and to develop innovative tools and approaches that could be adopted and implemented at greater scale.