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   Building Harmonized Private and State Land Data and Information Systems in Ethiopia

   Conference Papers & Reports

   December, 2018

   Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia

   Land & Investments

   agricultural land management

   geographical information systems

   land governance

   land management

   Different government institutions in Ethiopia are working on land related issues to tackle and manage data and information independently from each other, even though their activities and mandates are often related or even overlap. Those institutions do not have a shared modern information management system to properly compile and store data in such a way that users from other relevant institutions can access and share such data and resources for better planning and informed decision making.

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   Reversing fragmentation in Madagascar’s wildlife-rich forests

   Conference Papers & Reports

   January, 2018

   Madagascar

   Forest Landscape Restoration

   deforestation

   environment

   forest conservation

   forest land

   forest management plans

   Pig-rearing, essential oils, fruit trees and beekeeping: establishing additional sources of income has been key to a restoration project on the biodiversity-rich island of Madagascar.*

   
   

   Forest loss and degradation have plagued Madagascar’s unique biological diversity. Direct causes include slash-and-burn agriculture for subsistence crops. As a result, the island’s evergreen forest is severely fragmented. While tree planting had occurred in the past, it centred on exotic species with limited social and ecological benefits.

   
   

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   Synthèse des études sur le système foncier dans le monde

   Plaidoyer de la société civile pour l’amélioration de la gouvernance foncière à Madagascar

   Conference Papers & Reports

   December, 2018

   Africa, Madagascar

   geographical information systems

   land administration

   land information systems

   land management

   land policies

   land use

   Date: 2018

   Source: Foncier & Développement

   Produit par la plateforme des organisations de la société civile oeuvrant dans le foncier à Madagascar et en collaboration avec l’International Land Coalition, ce document présente une synthèse des études sur le système foncier dans de nombreux pays.

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   Balancing The Numbers: Using Grassroots Land Valuation To Empower Communities In Land Investment Negotiations

   Conference Papers & Reports

   March, 2018

   Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Liberia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia

   Land & Investments

   capital value (land)

   community land rights

   concession (land)

   land investments

   land law

   land valuation

   legal empowerment

   property law

   property rights

   Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, investors are increasingly approaching rural communities seeking land for logging, mining, and agribusiness ventures. Even in those situations where the investors have followed FPIC guidelines and undertaken a formal “consultation” with the community, these consultations are generally conducted in a context of significant power and information asymmetries. Part of the power imbalance comes from communities’ lack of information about the value of community lands and natural resources.