This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2014Asia
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Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2014NigeriaIn line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2014Global
"For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.
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Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2013South-Eastern AsiaThe gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities
>> A case study of selected agricultural Investments in LAO PDR (2013)
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THE DRAMATIC RISE IN KILLINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND DEFENDERS
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2014GlobalUrgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root causes of environmental crisis
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People's Struggle for Land, Forest and Water in India- Struggle stories collected on the ground by Ekta Parishad
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2012AsiaEkta Parishad along with support organisations launched a decisive movement called Jan Satyagrah whose focus was to bring together people’s voices for a ‘National Land Reforms Act & Policy’ as a broad framework and means of land re-distribution to the landless and homeless poor.
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