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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.

2. Library Resource

   

   Lay of the Land : Improving Land Governance to Stop Land Grabs

   Reports & Research

   October, 2012

   Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia

   Land & Investments

   land grabbing

   land governance

   land policies

   land tenure systems

   land access

   Large-scale land acquisitions by investors, which are often called ‘land grabs’ (see next section for de nition), can deprive rural women and communities of their livelihoods and land, increasing their food insecurity. This report argues that the current rise in land grabbing needs to be urgently addressed, and focuses
   on the actions that developing countries can take to mitigate land grabs through strengthening national land governance so that it is transparent, is accountable and protects communities’ rights.