This commentary highlights the importance of land tenure security for women and indigenous peoples. Land titles are often used as a proxy for women’s land security;but focusing on titling alone does not lead to greater tenure security for women. To ensure tenure security;the development community;policymakers and practitioners must expand the range of interventions that address constraints women face when exercising their land rights.
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Library ResourceFebruary, 2020Mozambique
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Scaling community legal literacy, land rights certification and climate resilience
Policy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2021MozambiqueThis one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Mozambique. This project is implemented by Centro Terra Viva and Terra Firma, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJune, 2021Egypt, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Chad, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Vietnam, Palestine, Global
LAND-at-scale is a land governance support program for developing countries from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, which was launched in 2019. The aim of the program is to directly strengthen essential land governance components for men, women and youth that have the potential to contribute to structural, just, sustainable and inclusive change at scale in lower- and middle-income countries/regions/landscapes. The program is designed to scale successful land governance initiatives and to generate and disseminate lessons learned to facilitate further scaling.
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WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021
Policy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2021Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, ThailandThe articles in this Bulletin are written by the following organizations and individuals: National Coordinator for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM), Ecuador; Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakya (Bentala Raya Heritage Foundation), Indonesia; Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology and members of the WRM international secretariat in close collaboration with several allies who are part of grassroots groups in different countries.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2015Mozambique
Despite the general consensus on the need for land reforms to boost agricultural development, the lack of blueprint on required actions to safeguard land rights forces many countries to pilot various policy measures with mixed results. Using the TIA (Trabalho de Inquérito Agrícola) 2008 household and parcel level data from Mozambique, this study shows how demand for formalization of individual land rights depends on the source and type of tenure security risks.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesAugust, 2018Mozambique
A Cadeia de Valor de Terras Comunitárias (CaVaTeCo) é uma abordagem que oferece uma fundação para uma melhor gestão de terras e recursos naturais comunitários num contexto de grandes investimentos baseados em uso da terra em Moçambique. A CaVaTeCo forma a base conceitual do Projecto LEGEND, implementado nos Distritos de Namarroi e Ile de Moçambique na província da Zambézia pela ORAM e Terra Firma.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesAugust, 2018Mozambique
Uma equipe de campo que delimita as parcelas familiares da abordagem da Cadeia de Valor de Terra Comunitária (CaVaTeCo) inclui 2 ou 3 pessoas, trabalhando com membros da comunidade. A equipe deve ser capaz de implementar tarefas chaves, como:
• Gestão: Mantenha a comunicação entre a equipe, o dono da terra e as testemunhas da comunidade (como proprietários de parcelas vizinhas e líderes locais), garantindo que todos concordem com os limites;
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesAugust, 2018Mozambique
A Cadeia de Valor da Terra Comunitária (CaVaTeCo) é uma abordagem que pode melhorar a segurança da posse e gestão de terras comunitárias e recursos naturais no contexto de grandes investimentos em terras. A CaVaTeCo fornece a base conceptual para o trabalho nos Distritos de Namarroi e Ile na Província da Zambézia pela ORAM e Terra Firma. Este projecto faz parte do LEGEND Challenge Fund do DFID.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesJuly, 2018Mozambique
A key feature of CaVaTeCo involves participatory delimitation of family land, leading to formal recognition by community associations of the owners’ rights of occupancy.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesAugust, 2018Mozambique
By observing teams in the field, combined with analysis of their sketch maps and GPS coordinates, we have identified several frequent mistakes. This guide illustrates frequent problems and mistakes using real examples, and suggests good practices for avoiding or correcting them, and for improving team skills.
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