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  1. Library Resource
    The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices

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

    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 land rights
    indigenous lands
    indigenous peoples
    indigenous 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.

  2. Library Resource
    Catalyzing the Land Data Ecosystem

    Catalyzing the Land Data Ecosystem

    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2019
    Africa, Eastern Africa, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
    Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
    continuum in land rights
    customary land rights
    development
    extensive land use
    land governance
    land rights
    open data
    sustainable development

    There is no doubt that the Global Data Revolution has reached the land sector. Government data portals, open access academic journals, community mapping initiatives and other citizen-generated data - there is a palpable positive drive across the world that allows processes such as data collection to be more inclusive and open. But within this data momentum, there are still many barriers and questions: Who can access the data, and how? What data is reliable? Who owns the data? What data is up to date? Can I use the data without inflicting harm?

  3. Library Resource
    Gender Imperatives of Land Reform in Kenya

    Gender Imperatives of Land Reform in Kenya

    Reports & Research
    May, 2019
    Kenya
    Land & Gender
    customary law
    gender equity in access to land
    land inheritance rights
    land law
    land rights
    marital property rights
    property law
    property rights
    statute law
    women

    The webinar on the Gender Imperatives of Land Reforms in Kenya took place on 23 April, 2019.

    This webinar featured key experts involved in promoting and working towards the gender imperatives of land reforms in Kenya. It was co-hosted by the European Union, the Government of Kenya, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Land Portal Foundation.

    Moderator: Husna A. Mbarak, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

  4. Library Resource

    Property assessment for rating purposes in Kenya: A case study of Mavoko Municipal Council

    Reports & Research
    May, 2012
    Kenya
    Land Stakeholders & Institutions
    land ownership
    land rights
    property

    Property assessment for rating purposes has been practiced in Kenya for over a century. Property taxation is a major source of local authority finance though its full potential has not being realized. The revenue received from property taxes is used for provision of services to residents within a local authority’s jurisdiction Lack of realization of full potential of the property tax is blamed on inefficiencies in the local authorities as a result of poor property tax administration.

  5. Library Resource

    Land rights as a critical factor in donor agricultural investments: Constraints and opportunities for yieldwise in Kenya's mango value chain

    Reports & Research
    February, 2018
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land & Investments
    agriculture
    land rights
    land tenure
    land use
    property rights
    rural population
    sustainable development

    This study provides a case study of the mango value chain in Kenya and seeks to better understand key linkages between land rights and project outcomes. It explores (1) whether and how land rights for Kenya’s mango farmers affect project uptake and success; and (2) what (if any) are this project’s unintended consequences on land tenure in implementation areas.

  6. Library Resource

    Pour une meilleure gouvernance des terres

    Reports & Research
    December, 2009
    Burkina Faso, Honduras, Mozambique, Chile, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Laos, Ghana, Venezuela, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Rwanda, Liberia, Philippines, Madagascar, Eswatini, Kenya, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
    land policies
    property rights
    natural resources management
    land governance
    land tenure
    land rights
    land access
    private ownership
    land reform
    land ownership

    Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 11. Cette publication conjointe entre la FAO et UN-HABITAT cherche à améliorer et à mieux définir les processus, mécanismes et institutions de gouvernance foncières dans les zones rurales et urbaines. Ce document, tout en soulignant l’excellence des politiques, législations et réformes techniques foncières, en termes d’élaboration, relève toutefois un certain nombre de problèmes de mise en œuvre, en constatant des glissements, des interruptions, voire même des inversions.

  7. Library Resource

    Towards improved land governance

    Reports & Research
    December, 2009
    Angola, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Zambia, Mali, Burundi, China, Namibia, Eswatini, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Niger, Mozambique, Liberia, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Tanzania, Sudan, Georgia, Kenya, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
    land policies
    property rights
    natural resources management
    land governance
    land tenure
    land rights
    land access
    private ownership
    land reform
    land ownership

    Land Tenure Working Paper 11. This co-publication of FAO and UN-HABITAT seeks to better understand and define the processes, mechanisms and institutions of governance of tenure in rural and urban areas. The paper recognises that excellent land policies, laws and technical reforms have been developed. However, in many cases their implementation has slipped, stalled or even been reversed. By adopting a governance and political economy perspective, the paper offers insights for the design of reforms and for the development of land governance tools.

  8. Library Resource

    GLTN/UN-Habitat Youth Led Action Research on Land Commencement Workshop

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Kenya, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Nepal, Yemen, Global
    Land Stakeholders & Institutions
    capacity building
    land governance
    land rights
    research
    youth

    The land challenge is central to the broader youth dynamics of migration, employment, livelihoods and belonging. The more than 1.8 billion youth living worldwide represent not only a land challenge, but an untapped potential in moving the tenure security agenda forward. Recognizing this, the Global Land Tool Network has partnered with UN-Habitat to develop youth responsive land tools through the Youth-led Action Research on Land program. Five action research projects will be undertaken by youth organizations in Brazil, Kenya, Nepal, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

  9. Library Resource

    Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin Issue 4

    Reports & Research
    January, 2013
    Kenya
    Land & Investments
    indigenous peoples
    local community
    women
    pastoralists
    land rights
    land grabbing
    common property
    land governance
    land policies
    legal empowerment
    land conflicts
    natural resources management

    News, views and experiences of policy-makers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users

  10. Library Resource

    Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) and Indigenous Peoples in Kenya

    Reports & Research
    January, 2012
    Kenya
    Land & Investments
    indigenous peoples
    farmers
    local community
    pastoralists
    land rights
    agriculture
    land grabbing
    common property
    fisheries
    rural development
    land governance
    land conflicts
    natural resources management
    environment

    The LAPSSET Corridor project, a major infrastructure development project that will run from Kenya to South Sudan and Ethiopia, will impact, positively or negatively, on the lives of more than 100 million people in the three countries. Indigenous peoples will potentially suffer the most negative impacts as a result of their having been historically marginalized economically, socially and politically. The recent discovery of oil in Turkana will add to the suffering of the Turkana peoples.

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