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Le foncier rural dans les pays du Sud

Peer-reviewed publication
Reports & Research
January, 2023
Africa, Northern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Lebanon, France, Oceania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
climate change
desertification
land investments
land rights

Dans les pays du Sud, l’accès à la terre et à ses ressources, son contrôle et ses usages représentent des questions cruciales. Au cœur des défis de la construction de l’État, du développement agricole, de la sécurité alimentaire et de la durabilité environnementale, le foncier est aussi un marqueur identitaire et une source récurrente de conflits.
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Land tenure reforms and persistence of land conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa – The case of Botswana

January, 2019
Botswana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land conflicts
government
property rights
development
environment
land
conflicts
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Women’s land rights: Customary rules and formal laws in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia – complementary or in conflict?

July, 2021
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land tenure
poverty
food security
resilience
women
land
families
rural areas
agriculture
Secure land tenure is key to eradicating poverty;increasing agricultural investment and ensuring food security;and is an essential element of climate action and climate resilience. Yet women have far weaker rights to land than men. These disadvantages exist broadly and with few exceptions globally and are especially limiting to the well-being of women and their families in rural areas;where land is the basis for livelihood;identity;social standing and social security.
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Local land grabbers evict villagers at night; foreign investors cultivate the same lands the next day

September, 2021
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land
customary tenure
sustainable development
environment
dispossession
displacement
An educational resource that debunks myths used for privatizing land around the world while providing facts on how customary tenure systems are critical to protecting livelihoods and ensuring sustainable development for the people and the planet.
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How collective action can influence the direction of a land reform. Lessons learned from civil society mobilisation in Senegal

December, 2020
Senegal
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
land
land governance
environment
customary tenure
A study commissioned by IIED. With less than 20 percent of landholdings in Uganda currently registered;land governance is at the forefront of a profound change as customary land is demarcated and registered. A key challenge is to ensure the equitability of this process involving gender and social equality;the protection of the poor and vulnerable comprising children and the disabled;and the environment.
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Land reform in Cameroon: a coherent vision from civil society

IIED Briefing

May, 2021
Cameroon
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
dispossession
land
environment
local communities
mining
resilience
Includes overview;the problem: Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) finance a destructive model;current situation: DFIs write off loans;impacted communities face repression;human rights abuses;the role of European DFIs;recommendations. The negative outcomes experienced in the case of Feronia Inc.
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Rapport d’étude sur les pratiques d’expropriation, d’indemnisation, de délocalisation/réinstallation des communautés affectées par les projets miniers en Guinée

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Guinea
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
environment
mining
conflicts
extractive industries
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Système coutumier de tenure des terres et lutte contre la désertification en milieu rural au Burkina Faso

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2007
Burkina Faso
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Degradation & Tenure
land degradation
land restoration
sustainable land management
customary tenure
Résumé
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In the Face of Threats and Invasions in the Forests, Communities Defend and Reclaim Their Life Spaces

WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2021
Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
poverty
sustainable development
land-use planning
environment
climate change
fisheries
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
mining
land dispute
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
Indigenous Peoples
land rights activists
local communities
extractive industries
women
The 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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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