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Cuarenta años de forestería comunitaria

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Angola, Fiji, Honduras, Nepal, Zambia, Gambia, Burkina Faso, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Mozambique, Liberia, Uganda, India, Togo, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
community forestry
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
Desde las décadas de 1970 y 1980, la forestería comunitaria ha ido adquiriendo cada vez más popularidad, a partir del concepto de que las comunidades locales, cuando se les conceden suficientes derechos de propiedad sobre los bosques colectivos locales, pueden organizarse de forma autónoma y crear instituciones locales a fin de reglamentar el uso de los recursos naturales y manejarlos de forma sostenible.
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Home Country Measures that Promote Responsible Foreign Agricultural Investment

Reports & Research
April, 2016
Africa, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Americas, Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Asia, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, India, Europe, Russia, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia
VGGT
land management
land use
land
land tenure
land ownership
This paper summarizes the good practices by nine selected OECD countries that seek to promote responsible foreign investment in developing country agriculture, primarily by investors in their territory or jurisdiction. The study provides examples of the increasing trend of home countries in establishing binding legal norms and other mechanisms as safeguards that are relevant for agricultural investment.
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Improving Governance of Pastoral Lands

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Nigeria, United States of America, Spain, Mali, Germany, China, Australia, Bolivia, Iran, Ethiopia, Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Jordan, Morocco, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, India, Chad, Lebanon, Romania, Mongolia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoralists
land governance
agropastoral systems
land tenure
The Technical Guide on Pastoralism builds on a number of initiatives and studies from recent years that have shone a light on pastoral governance and land tenure: on the inherent challenges pastoralists face, the shortcomings of governments in securing pastoral tenure, and the emerging examples of success and progress from around the world. This Technical Guide provides solutions to securing pastoral governance and tenure without undermining the inherent, necessary complexity of customary arrangements.
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Forty years of community-based forestry

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
France, Switzerland, United States of America, Gambia, Sweden, Fiji, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Congo, Malawi, Solomon Islands, Nepal, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, India, Mexico, Brazil, Mongolia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
community forestry
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably. Over time, various forms of community-based forestry have evolved in different countries, but all have at their heart the notion of some level of participation by smallholders and community groups in planning and implementation.
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Exploring the concept of water tenure

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2016
France, United States of America, Belize, Mali, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Niger, Thailand, New Zealand, Jordan, Japan, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Ecuador, Tunisia, India
land governance
natural resources management
water rights
water management
land tenure
The purpose of this paper is examine the notion of tenure in connection with water resources and to explore whether the concept of water tenure has the potential to make a useful contribution towards resolving the world’s water resources challenges. It seeks to provide answers to the following questions: (a) What is water tenure? (b) Does water tenure really exist or is water simply too different from other natural resources? (c) Could the concept of water tenure be useful in terms of the development of natural resources policies and practices?
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Responsible Governance of Tenure and the Law

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2016
Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Nepal, Azerbaijan, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa
VGGT
land governance
agricultural and rural legislation
land rights
land tenure
This guide explores the legal dimensions of responsible governance of tenure. It supports the application of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure for Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security at the national level. The guide addresses the legal value of the Guidelines covering the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests by explaining the concept of legitimacy and reviewing the different stages of legislative processes, from legal assessment and law-making through implementation of legislation to settlement of disputes.
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Custodians of the land, defenders of our future

A new era of the global land rush

Reports & Research
September, 2016
Australia, Global, Honduras, India, Mozambique, Peru, Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
common lands
farmers
farming systems
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land deals
land grabbing
land investments
land rights
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
tenure security
women
Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to protect it: farmers, pastoralists, forest-dependent people, fisherfolk, and indigenous peoples.