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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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In the Land of the Chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in Peri-Urban Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
International policy is currently witnessing a renewed interest in customary tenure systems as well as traditional leadership, through which it aims to enhance the efficiency of local governance and create general access to and secure rights in land. Contrary to these ideas, practice reveals a lack of security of customary tenure in areas with a high competition for land. Mounting evidence displays that customary systems often evolve inequitably and that traditional elites benefit disproportionally from commodification of land.
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In the Land of the Chiefs: customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in Peri-Urban Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary law
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
tenure security
International policy is currently witnessing a renewed interest in customary tenure systems as well as traditional leadership, through which it aims to enhance the efficiency of local governance and create general access to and secure rights in land. Contrary to these ideas, practice reveals a lack of security of customary tenure in areas with a high competition for land. Mounting evidence displays that customary systems often evolve inequitably and that traditional elites benefit disproportionally from commodification of land.
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Securing Land Transactions with Biometric data in Ghana

Vol 3, No 2: May 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land transactions
customary tenure
tenure security
There is a gap between land tenure and the physical land giving room for impersonation, multiple allocation and sale of plots, loss of possession, land racketeering and fraud through forgery. Hence, the need to identify unambiguously parties involved in land transactions so that the root of title can be traced to ensure tenure security. This paper explores innovative ways of filling the gap with biometric data to secure land transactions.
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State-Customary Interactions and Agrarian Change in Ghana. The Case of Nkoranza Traditional Area

Volume 9 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
land
customary tenure
tenure security
While agrarian change has been a recurrent theme in Ghana’s endeavor for economic development, questions on how land resources should be managed to ensure prompt attainment of economic growth remain unanswered. In Ghana, land is controlled by customary actors, while the state is the custodian of agricultural policies. The need for interaction between the two actors to ensure that the envisioned economic gains from agriculture are attained is paramount.
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Questão fundiária:

posse tradicional versus propriedade da terra entre Brasil e Cabo Verde

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2013
Africa, Cape Verde, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
communal territory
dispossession
land inheritance rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
local communities
poverty
research
right of first occupancy
rural areas
rural population
tenure security
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Au Sénégal, l’accès aux terres des exploitants familiaux menacé

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Senegal
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
land tenure systems
tenure security
Source: Iied.org

Par Aminata Niang et Catriona Knapman
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Définition des mesures de compensation des exploitants non-propriétaires de Kandadji au Niger

Reports & Research
May, 2016
Niger
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
disturbance
expropriation
indigenous people's tenure
land administration
landowners
tenure security
Source: IIED