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Gender, institutions and sustainability in the context of forest decentralisation reforms in Latin America and East Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2010
Uganda, Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico
Forest Tenure
decentralization
forest law
property rights
land management
forest management plans
forest land
community forestry
Women’s participation in decision making at the user-group level and in forest committees has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on forest sustainability. For example, women’s participation enhances forest regeneration and reduces illegal harvesting through improved monitoring. Their presence in forest user groups increases the groups’ capacity to manage and resolve conflicts, which in turn increases the likelihood that resource users will comply with and respect harvesting and use rules.
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Género, instituciones y sostenibilidad en el contexto de las reformas de descentralización forestal en América Latina y África Oriental

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2010
Uganda, Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico
Forest Tenure
decentralization
forest law
property rights
land management
forest management plans
forest land
community forestry
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Genre, institutions et durabilité dans le contexte des réformes de la décentralisation forestière en Amérique latine et en Afrique de l’Est

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2010
Uganda, Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico
Forest Tenure
decentralization
forest law
property rights
land management
forest management plans
forest land
community forestry
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Lessons Learned for REDD+ from PES and Conservation Incentive Programs

Examples from Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
December, 2012
Ecuador, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
deforestation
fisheries
forest law
forestry
grazing
land use
property rights
sustainable development
transaction costs
Mexico, Costa Rica, and Ecuador have substantial experience with implementing payments for ecosystem services (PES) and conservation incentive programs. Yet, many aspects of their experiences remain poorly understood and will require special attention in any new or expanded use of these types of incentives.
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Pour une meilleure gouvernance des terres

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Burkina Faso, Honduras, Mozambique, Chile, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Laos, Ghana, Venezuela, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Rwanda, Liberia, Philippines, Madagascar, Eswatini, Kenya, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
land policies
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
land reform
land ownership
Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 11. Cette publication conjointe entre la FAO et UN-HABITAT cherche à améliorer et à mieux définir les processus, mécanismes et institutions de gouvernance foncières dans les zones rurales et urbaines. Ce document, tout en soulignant l’excellence des politiques, législations et réformes techniques foncières, en termes d’élaboration, relève toutefois un certain nombre de problèmes de mise en œuvre, en constatant des glissements, des interruptions, voire même des inversions.
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Bonne gouvernance et questions relatives à la gouvernance des ressources naturelles dans la sous-région des Caraïbes

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Antigua and Barbuda, France, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Spain, Grenada, Haiti, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, India, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Americas
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
land consolidation
land administration
land economics
landlessness
land cover
land use
urban planning
land management
land registration
land markets
land-use planning
private ownership
property rights
land transfers
land tenure
urban areas
land improvement
agricultural land management
land policies
land
common lands
land governance
land rights
land access
land clearing
natural resources management
land reform
land ownership
Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 17. Cet article identifie et analyse des questions relatives à la gouvernance des terres et apporte des exemples de bonne gouvernance de la sous-région des Caraïbes. Cette étude a été conduite en vue de l’initiative de la FAO sur les Directives Volontaires sur la gouvernance responsable de la tenure des terres et des autres ressources naturelles. Disponible en anglais
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Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Angola, Timor-Leste, Rwanda, Iraq, Afghanistan, Burundi, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Pakistan, Colombia, Mozambique, Liberia, South Africa, Vietnam, Somalia, Italy, Cambodia, Sudan, Georgia, Uganda
land policies
property rights
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
landowners
land ownership
The Pinheiro Principles provide restitution practitioners, as well as States and UN and others agencies, with a consolidated text relating to the legal, policy, procedural, institutional and technical implementation mechanisms for housing and property restitution. As such, the Principles provide specific policy guidance regarding how to ensure the right to housing and property restitution in practice and for the implementation of restitution laws, programmes and policies, based on existing international human rights, humanitarian, refugee and national standards.
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Good Governance and Natural Resource Tenure in the Caribbean Subregion

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Americas, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, India, Spain, France, Netherlands
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
VGGT
land administration
land registration
land governance
land policies
land reform
land-use planning
urban planning
land management
common lands
urban areas
land cover
land use
agricultural land management
land clearing
land consolidation
land improvement
land
natural resources management
land markets
land economics
land transfers
land rights
landlessness
land access
land tenure
land ownership
private ownership
property rights
Land Tenure Working Paper 17. This publication identifies and assesses issues related to land governance and provides examples of good governance in the Caribbean subregion. This working paper was done in light of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.
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Land access in the 21st century

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Bangladesh, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Venezuela, Guyana, Pakistan, Colombia, Mozambique, Jordan, Costa Rica, Philippines, South Africa, Nicaragua, Malaysia, Uganda, Botswana, India, China, Mexico, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
property rights
customary law
customary tenure
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
land access
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
The present paper seeks to cover the key issues, trends, constraints, challenges, knowledge gaps and policy options on a range of dimensions of land access. Land access is broadly defined as the processes by which people individually or collectively gain rights and opportunities to occupy and utilise land (primarily for productive purposes but also other economic and social purposes) on a temporary or permanent basis.
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Land Reform : land settlement and cooperatives 2003/3, Special Edition

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2003
Mozambique, United States of America, Uganda, Mexico, Bulgaria, Cambodia, India, Russia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Brazil, Ghana, Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas
land policies
property rights
land governance
land tenure
rural development
private ownership
land reform
land ownership
The papers contained in this issue have been selected from those presented at a series of workshops, held in 2002 in Hungary, Uganda, Mexico and Cambodia, that were organized by the World Bank jointly with the Department for International Development (DFID), the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and with FAO, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the African development Bank (AfDB), the European Union (EU), the International Land Coalition, Oxfam, and other bilateral an