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Land Governance and Gender

The Tenure-Gender Nexus in Land Management and Land Policy

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2021
Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Lesotho, Ghana, Mexico, China, Germany
Land & Gender
land administration
land policies
land management
This book delivers new conceptual and empirical studies surrounding the design and evaluation of land governance, focusing on land management approaches, land policy issues, advances in pro-poor land tenure and land-based gender concerns. It explores alternative approaches for land management and land tenure through international experiences. Part 1 covers Concepts, debates and perspectives on the governance and gender aspects of land. Part 2 focuses on Tenure-gender dimensions in land management, land administration and land policy.
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Opções para Garantir a Põsse e a Dõcumentaçaõ dõs Direitõs a Terra em Mõçambique

Infõrmativõ Breve sõbre as Põlíticas e Praticas de Acessõ a Terra

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2020
Eastern Africa, Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
cadastral administration
land administration
land cover mapping
land information systems
land policies
land rights
land tenure
Este documento informativo é baseado nos resultados e lições aprendidas em projectos realizados recentemente em Moçambique, financiados pelo programa LEGEND do DFID, nas análises mais amplas conduzidas por esse programa, e no conhecimento e experiência prática dos autores. O documento é um resumo de um Documento mais longo sobre Política e Práticas de Norfolk, S., Quan, J. & D.
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Opções para Garantir a Posse e a Documentação dos Direitos à Terra em Moçambique

Um Documento sobre as Políticas e Práticas de Acesso à Terra

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2020
Eastern Africa, Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
cadastral administration
land cover mapping
land information systems
land policies
land rights
land tenure
Um dos principais aspectos do quadro legal moçambicano de terras é que os cidadãos Moçambicanos podem adquirir direitos de posse por herança, por ocupação pacífica ou por canais costumeiros. Estes usufruem de direitos de posse, conhecidos pelo acrônimo em língua portuguesa 'DUAT' (Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra), que podem ser possuídos individualmente ou em conjunto.
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Options for Securing Tenure and Documenting Land Rightsin Mozambique: A Land Policy & Practice Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2020
Eastern Africa, Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
land administration
land cover mapping
land governance
land policies
land rights
land use
One of the key aspects of the Mozambican legal framework for land is that Mozambican nationals can acquire tenure rights through inheritance, via peaceful occupation or through customary channels These usufruct tenure rights, known by the Portuguese acronym ‘DUAT’ (Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra), can be held individually or jointly.
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Options for Securing Tenure and Documenting Land Rights in Mozambique: A Land Policy & Practice Brief

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2020
Eastern Africa, Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
land documentation
land information systems
cadastral administration
land cover mapping
land policies
land rights
land tenure
This Briefing Paper is based on the outcomes and lessons from projects recently completed in Mozambique, funded by DFID’s LEGEND programme, wider analysis conducted by that programme, and the knowledge and practical experience of the authors. The briefing is a summary of a longer Policy & Practice Paper by Norfolk, S., Quan, J. & D. Mullins (2020), “Land Policy and Practice in Mozambique: Options for Securing Tenure and Documenting Land Rights”.
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Applying a Community-Based Approach to Tenure Formalization

A Case Study From Northern Mozambique

Reports & Research
May, 2018
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
customary tenure
land administration
land law
land registration
There is today a growing awareness of the importance of providing rural populations with more secure tenure to land and other natural resources, not least in Africa where approximately 90 percent of all land is still unregistered. At the same time there has been a rethinking of approaches for securing local tenure rights in practice. Experience has shown that the conventional approach, i.e., individual freehold titling, has often not worked well in areas where communal forms of customary tenure predominate, which is still the case in most parts of rural sub-Saharan Africa.
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Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa. Country Report: Mozambique

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Mozambique, Africa
Land & Investments
scale
land
poverty
land investments
land law
Includes Mozambique – war, land and poverty; land law, investors and peasants; land concessions – forests, agrofuels and other crops; are reckless land investment deals over? Traces the history of previous land concessions. A current intense debate on the proper balance between small and large-scale, foreign and domestic investment, food and other crops. Civil society and peasant organizations have successfully exposed many failures relating to recent land investments and are now working to register community lands.
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Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation in Mozambique

Reports & Research
March, 2002
Mozambique, Africa
land
land registration
land rights
poverty
land law
land reform
Details the development of contemporary land rights policy and poverty alleviation planning in Mozambique, lessons learned from recent experiences of land reform in Zambezia Province, challenges and strategic options for future support for land reform. Argues that the land reform programme has now reached a critical stage with senior officials believing that measures in the 1997 Land Law designed to protect community tenure are obstacles to investment, and growing support for unfettered privatisation of land rights which would mainly benefit speculators.
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Debate sobre a Terra em Moçambique

Reports & Research
July, 2012
Mozambique
land administration
land governance
land law
local communities
A terra volta a ser tema de debate em Moçambique, cinco anos após a aprovação de uma lei de terras na sequência de uma ampla consulta, naquele que foi um dos processos mais democráticos vividos no país nos anos 1990. A lei grangeou elogios por proteger os direitos dos camponeses e por criar, ao mesmo tempo, espaço para o investimento estrangeiro. O novo debate gira em redor de duas questões:
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Terra move-se para topo da agenda política

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2011
Mozambique
land administration
land governance
land law
A terra está mais acima na agenda política, com intervenções pelo Presidente, Conselho de Ministros, comunidades e doadores. Embora não-oficialmente, as concessões de terras têm estado suspensas. Dois acontecimentos que vão ter lugar nas próximas semanas mostram a nova prioridade que está a ser dada às terras.