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Targeted Study on the Role of Customary Land Formalization in Women’s Economic Empowerment

Reports & Research
May, 2022
Tanzania, Global
Land & Gender
land documentation
land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
women
This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.
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Madagascar -Land Tenure and Property Rights Profile

Reports & Research
November, 2020
Madagascar
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
rural areas
land tenure
land tenure systems
property
Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island with a total land area of 581,800 km². The country’s unique wildlife and biodiversity resources have attracted tourists and significant donor investments over the last three decades. In 2003, the Government of Madagascar committed to tripling protected areas and, by 2016, the country’s total coverage of protected areas had increased from 1.6 million to 7.1 million hectares.Madagascar adopted a new approach to protected area management in 2006.
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Land certification in Madagascar: formalizing (f)or securing?

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2014
Madagascar
land administration
land reform
land tenure
customary tenure
tenure security
Two major innovations have inter alia emerged from the land reform in Madagascar: (i)

decentralised land management through the creation of local land offices, and (ii)

certification, which enables individuals to register private property provided the community

agrees on the legitimacy of the claimed rights.

Despite the political crisis and the withdrawal of international aid during this period (2009 -

2013), new local land offices have been created, and now cover a third of the country’s
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The Nairobi Declaration, presented by the Africa Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to the Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) 2022

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2022
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
land conservation
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
Representatives of Indigenous Peoples-led conservation organisations and networks in Africa convened in Nairobi, Kenya on 15 – 16 June 2022 under the auspices of the Alliance Rights, Inclusion and Social Equity in Conservation (ARISEC), to plan for their meaningful participation in the first IUCN’s Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) scheduled for July 2022 in Rwanda. At this event, they created this declaration.
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Tenure-Responsive Land Use Planning

A Practical Guide for Country-Level Intervention

Reports & Research
December, 2021
Uganda, Philippines
rural development
land-use planning
land use
land tenure systems
tenure security
Land use planning is rarely a neutral process. Stakeholders often use it to control access to, ownership
of and use of land. It is therefore essential to have a participatory tool (with constantly counterchecked processes) and flexible monitoring approaches to ensure sustainable land use and secure
land tenure. The Practical Guide presents a unique approach to simultaneously addressing land
use and tenure security challenges at the country level. The information and processes presented
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Securing Land Rights of Smallholder Farmers

The Secure Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) Project Experience in Laos, the Philippines, and Uganda

Reports & Research
August, 2021
Uganda, Laos, Philippines
Land & Food Security
land governance
poverty
natural resources
natural resources management
land rights
land access
land tenure
land tenure systems
property
property rights
farmers
smallholders
youth
women
This report summarizes the background, achievements and emerging outcomes of the Securing Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) project implemented towards improving land and natural resources tenure security for rural poor smallholder farmers, including women, men, youth and vulnerable groups in Uganda, Philippines and Laos.
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Understanding the Opportunities and Barriers to Securing Customary Land Title in the Albertine Sub-Region, Uganda

Reports & Research
March, 2020
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land register
land governance
land management
environment
deforestation
forest conservation
biodiversity
customary tenure
tenure security
The land sector in Uganda has attracted a great deal of attention associated with:
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Women’s land rights: Customary rules and formal laws in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia – complementary or in conflict?

Reports & Research
July, 2021
Ethiopia
Land & Gender
land administration
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
customary law
pastoral lands
agropastoral systems
land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
pastoral land rights
women
Land in Ethiopia is held by the state, who acts as a custodian for the Ethiopian people. Even though it is the state which controls land ownership, farmers and pastoralists are guaranteed a lifetime ‘holding’ right that provides rights to use the land, rent it out, donate, inherit and sharecrop it. Everything except sell and mortgage it. On paper and under existing formal laws, women have equal rights to men as far as use and control of and access to land is concerned.
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Pathways to improving and scaling Land Tenure Registration (LTR) approaches in Burundi

Reports & Research
October, 2020
Burundi
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land registration
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land tenure systems
tenure security
perception of tenure security
land stakeholders
local communities
women
This scoping study on ways to improve tenure security in Burundi is commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). RVO is responsible for the implementation of the LAND-at-scale program, which is a program launched by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contribute to improved land governance around the world.
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Land Matters II

Results from the Preliminary Impact Study of the ILGU Project’s work in Central Uganda

Reports & Research
April, 2021
Africa, Eastern Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
land administration
land documentation
land records
land register
cadastral register
cadastral administration
land titling
gender equity in access to land
food security
communal territory
land investments
land conflicts
land tenure
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
perception of tenure security
Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) is a project implemented by the German International Cooperation (GIZ), seeking to increase productivity of small-scale farmers on private Mailo land in Central Uganda, co-financed by the European Union and German Government through the German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).