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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration from Theory to Practice: Three Demonstrative Case Studies of Local Land Administration Initiatives in Africa

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Kenya, Namibia, Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
Land is a critical factor of production for improving the living conditions of people everywhere. The search for tools (or approaches or strategies or methods) for ensuring that land challenges are resolved in ways that quickly respond to local realities is what led to the development of the fit-for-purpose land administration. This article provides evidence that the fit-for-purpose land administration—as a land-based instrument for development—represents an unprecedented opportunity to provide tenure security in Africa.
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Geospatial Tool and Geocloud Platform Innovations: A Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Assessment

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land administration
The well-recognized and extensive task of mapping unrecorded land rights across sub-Saharan Africa demands innovative solutions. In response, the consortia of “its4land”, a European Commission Horizon 2020 project, developed, adapted, and tested innovative geospatial tools including (1) software underpinned by the smart Sketch maps concept, called SmartSkeMa; (2) a workflow for applying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); and (3) a boundary delineator tool based on the UAV images.
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SmartSkeMa: Scalable Documentation for Community and Customary Land Tenure

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Kenya, Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land administration
According to the online database landmarkmap, up to an estimated 50% or more of the world’s habitable land is held by indigenous peoples and communities. While legal and procedural provisions are being made for bureaucratically managing the many different types of tenure relations in this domain, there continues to be a lack of tools and expertise needed to quickly and accurately document customary and indigenous land rights.
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Are forest tenure rights secure for local communities and indigenous peoples in Kenya? Assessment of land tenure rights under Kenya’s new legal framework

CIFOR Brochure 7526

July, 2020
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
scale
government
dispossession
International standards can help businesses fill gaps in national law but addressing issues at scale requires systematic governance reform. Law is part of the problem as often are governments. In many countries features of the law facilitate dispossession. It is often not technical capacity that is missing but the political power to confront vested interests. The challenges are steep but need to be confronted.
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The Ndungu Report: Land & Graft in Kenya

Reports & Research
March, 2005
Kenya, Africa
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
protected areas
land dispute
land
scale
forest land
trust
landlessness
This summary of the Report of the Ndungu Commission on Illegal and Irregular Allocation of Public Land provides an insight into a critical recent episode in the struggles over land and graft in Kenya. Includes land and demography in Kenya; the law relating to the allocation of land; the Commission’s findings – (1) urban, state and ministries’ land, (2) settlement schemes and trust lands, (3) forest lands, national parks, wetlands, riparian resources and protected areas; the Commission’s recommendations; commentary.
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KENYA URBANIZATION REVIEW

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
February, 2016
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
intensive land use
land administration
land management
land use
land use mapping
land-use planning
management rights
natural resources management
rural planning
sustainable land use
urban areas
urban planning
urban population
urbanization
use rights
The story of urbanization in Kenya should be one of cautious optimism. As an emerging middle-income country with a growing share of its population living in urban areas and a governance shift toward devolution, the country could be on the verge of a major social and economic transformation. How it manages its urbanization and devolution processes will determine whether it can maximize the benefits of its transition to a middle-income country.
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The Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016

Legislation & Policies
September, 2016
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agroforestry systems
alienation (land)
community forestry
community land rights
deforestation
forest conservation
forest land
forest law
forest management plans
forestry
investment funds
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land investments
land management
local communities
natural disasters
natural resources management
private forests
state forests
sustainable land management
urban forestry
THE FOREST CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT, 2016 No. 34 of 2016

Date of Assent: 31st August, 2016

Date of Commencement: By Notice
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Harnessing Proposed Land Reforms to Promote Environmental Conservation in Kenya: Lessons from The Case of Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary and Hombe Community Forest Association

Reports & Research
April, 2012
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
agricultural land management
agriculture
community land rights
environment
forest conservation
land access
land administration
land economics
land management
natural resources management
poverty
rural development
rural population
Land plays a vital and central role in the economic, social-cultural and political lives of both individuals and communities. Given its centrality in the socio-economic and political spheres, national goals such as economic development, poverty reduction, social and political stability are closely linked to land. Land provides the livelihood base for the bulk of the population especially in the rural areas where agriculture is the main occupation. Despite their importance, land and environment in Kenya have suffered decades of mismanagement that has led to the current state of degradation.
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Responsible Governance of Land Tenure: an essential factor for the realization of the Right to Food

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Suriname, Northern America, United States of America, Asia, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Europe
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
VGGT
land administration
land governance
food security
land policies
land reform
land-use planning
land management
forest land
land use
land
natural resources management
land markets
land economics
land transfers
land tax
land rights
land tenure
land ownership
Land Tenure Working Paper 15. This publication brings to light the existing linkages between land tenure and the realization of the right to food. It points out that responsible governance of land requires the adoption of human rights-based approach in order to develop coherent and long term solutions to improve people’s livelihoods. The document presents the legal implications of the right to food at national level and provides a series of examples on the implementation of human rights principles and obligations into land tenure systems, policies, and institutional frameworks.