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From Land Degradation to Land Restoration

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2022
Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
food security
climate change
desertification
land degradation
drylands
land cover change
land use
land use change
land tenure
tenure insecurity
Key Messages and Recommendations

• Combating desertification and land degradation while mitigating the effects of drought can secure long-term socio-economic benefits for people living in drylands and reduce their vulnerability to climate change.

• Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is an approach that counterbalances the expected loss of productive land with the recovery of degraded areas.

• Land tenure insecurity, especially for women, often prevents farmers from adopting sustainable land management practices
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Caring for the land: Best practices in soil and water conservation in Beressa watershed, highlands of Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land degradation
land tenure
land tenure systems
About 88% of the population is concentrated in the highlands, which constitute less than half of the national territory; here the population density is 141 persons km-2. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood and national income in the country. Over 85% of the population directly depends on it and about half of the GDP is generated from the sector. However, agriculture is small-scale and subsistence oriented, and it is in a very low state of development.
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The effect of rural land registration and certification programme on farmers’ investments in soil conservation and land management in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
land tenure
land ownership
land tenure systems
Land degradation is a major problem in almost all the countries. In most of the developing countries, population pressure and small farm sizes, land tenure insecurity, land redistribution, limited access to credits and limited education are the factors leading to unsustainable land management. In Ethiopia, among many factors, tenure insecurity is considered as a main problem for land degradation. The frequent land redistribution and the changing pattern of land ownership with the change in Government made the farmers insecure of their land resulting in not making land related investments.
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Global Land Outlook: East Africa Thematic Report: Responsible Land Governance to Achieve Land Degradation Neutrality

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2019
Sudan, Eastern Africa, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land degradation
land acquisitions
tenure security
Land Degradation Neutrality is a new way of approaching land degradation that acknowledges that land and land-based ecosystems are affected by global environmental change as well as by local land use practices. Achieving the target of a land degradation neutral world encourages adaptive management during planning, implementation, and monitoring of LDN-related activities and follows the LDN response hierarchy of avoiding, reducing, and reversing land degradation.
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BUDGET ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ENTITIES MANAGING LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCE FUNCTIONS

Journal Articles & Books
Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2021
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Urban Tenure
land documentation
cadastres
cadastral maps
land titling
land law
negotiated land reform
land distribution
rural planning
rule of law
land degradation
arable land
communal territory
land use
mining
land dispute resolution
land tenure
community land rights
communal ownership
land tenure systems
pastoral land rights
tenure security
marital property rights
advocacy
rural population
squatters
youth
women
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Applying Ostrom’s institutional analysis and development framework to soil and water conservation activities in north-western Ethiopia

Land Use Policy Volume 71

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2018
Ethiopia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
land degradation
land use
sustainable land management
water
commons
activities
research
Sustainable land management is of utmost importance in Ethiopia and relies on Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) measures collectively implemented by smallholders through participatory processes. This paper contributes systematic evidence on how SWC strategies are implemented and how participation is operationalized.
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Modeling smallholder farmers' preferences for soil management measures: a case study from South Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land rights
land management
land degradation
land tenure
Land degradation is a major environmental problem in Ethiopia posing serious threats to agricultural productivity and livelihoods. The interactions of numerous socio-economic, demographic, natural, and institutional factors constitute the underlying causes of soil degradation in Ethiopia. However, there exist evidence gaps on the contextual factors that hinder investments on soil conservation among smallholders.
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Exploring ecological and socio-economic issues for the improvement of area enclosure management: a case study from Ethiopia.

January, 2005
Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land degradation
land tenure
Land degradation is a severe problem across sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia is among the most affected countries. To stop further land degradation, the government of Ethiopia has initiated a number of projects including soil and water conservation works and the establishment of Area Enclosures (AEs) with the financial assistance of international donors, mainly the World Food Program (Betru, 2003).
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Land degradation, stocking rates and conservation policies in the communal rangelands of Botswana and Zimbabwe

January, 1990
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land
land use
land tenure
rangelands
common property
land degradation
grazing
This article suggests that communual rangeland management policies in Botswana and Zimbabwe are based on incorrect technical assumptions about the stability of semiarid rangelands, the nature of rangeland degradation, and the benefits of destocking. Consequently, inappropriate policies, stressing the need to destock and stabilise the rangelands, are pursued.Acknowledgement of the great instability but intrinsic resilience of rangeland would encourage the Governments to more favourable regard the opportunistic stocking strategies of the agro-pastoralists of the Communual Areas.
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A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2018
Mozambique, Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
compensation
displacement
gender equity in access to land
land acquisitions
land degradation
land tenure systems
local communities
natural resources management
rural population
women
Tanzania and Mozambique — countries of vast mountain ranges and open stretches of plateaus — now face a growing land problem. As soil degradation, climate change and population growth place enormous strains on the natural resources that sustain millions of people, multinational companies are also gunning for large swaths of land across both countries. Caught between these pressures, many poor, rural communities get displaced or decide to sell their collectively held land.