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1. Library Resource

   

   Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   December, 2012

   Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia

   Land & Gender

   Forest Tenure

   property rights

   natural resources management

   land management

   poverty

   right of access

   forest land

   women
2. Library Resource

   

   Harnessing Proposed Land Reforms to Promote Environmental Conservation in Kenya: Lessons from The Case of Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary and Hombe Community Forest Association

   Reports & Research

   April, 2012

   Kenya

   Forest Tenure

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Investments

   advocacy

   agricultural land management

   agriculture

   community land rights

   environment

   forest conservation

   land access

   land administration

   land economics

   land management

   natural resources management

   poverty

   rural development

   rural population

   Land plays a vital and central role in the economic, social-cultural and political lives of both individuals and communities. Given its centrality in the socio-economic and political spheres, national goals such as economic development, poverty reduction, social and political stability are closely linked to land. Land provides the livelihood base for the bulk of the population especially in the rural areas where agriculture is the main occupation. Despite their importance, land and environment in Kenya have suffered decades of mismanagement that has led to the current state of degradation.

3. Library Resource

   

   Unusual partnerships: Lessons for landscapes and livelihoods from the Doe Mae Salong landscape, Thailand

   Reports & Research

   December, 2012

   Thailand

   Forest Tenure

   land rights

   poverty

   This paper describes the interventions undertaken in the Doe Mao Salong watershed in an effort to restore the landscape and improve the livelihoods of local communities. Interventions included forming multi-stakeholder platforms to facilitate dialogue and to ensure participatory land-use planning; the creation of tree nurseries for forest rehabilitation; identifying products for sale in local markets; and a focus on action learning. Land-tenure arrangements proved key to these interventions. The report describes the impacts.