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Are the Odds of Justice “Stacked” Against Them? Challenges and Opportunities for Securing Land Claims by Smallholder Farmers in Myanmar

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Myanmar
Land & Investments
land law
land policies
land grabbing
land ownership
tenure security
legal empowerment
smallholders
development agencies
extractive industries
In 2012, the Government of Myanmar passed the Farmland Law and the Vacant, Fallow, Virgin Land Law, with an aim to increase investment in land through the formalization of a land market. Land titling is often considered “the natural end point of land rights formalization.” A major obstacle to achieving this in Myanmar is its legacy of multiple regimes which has created “stacked laws.” This term refers to a situation in which a country has multiple layers of laws that exist simultaneously, leading to conflicts and contradictions in the legal system.
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Smallholders and forest landscape restoration in upland northern Thailand

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Thailand
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
development agencies
environment
poverty
farmers
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) considers forests as integrated social, environmental and economic landscapes, and emphasizes the production of multiple benefits from forests and participatory engagement of stakeholders in FLR planning and implementation. To help inform application of the FLR approach in upland northern Thailand, this study reviews the political and historical context of forest and land management, and the role of smallholders in forest landscape management and restoration in upland northern Thailand.
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Re-encountering resistance: Plantation activism and smallholder production in Thailand and Sarawak, Malaysia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Thailand
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
development agencies
food security
land grabbing
extractive industries
tenure security
land ownership
land investments
land acquisitions
The emergence of social and environmental movements against plantation forestry in Southeast Asia positions rural development against local displacement and environmental degradation. Multi-scaled NGO networks have been active in promoting the notion that rural people in Southeast Asia uniformly oppose plantation development. There are potential pitfalls in this heightened attention to resistance however, as it has often lapsed into essentialist notions of timeless indigenous agricultural practices, and unproblematic local allegiances to common property and conservation.
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

December, 2018
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
legal empowerment
development agencies
food security
environment
farmers
land policies
land law
ABSTRACTED FROM LA VIA CAMPESINA PRESS RELEASE: The UN Declaration aims to better protect the rights of all rural populations including peasants, fisherfolks, nomads, agricultural workers and indigenous peoples and to improve living conditions, as well as to strengthen food sovereignty, the fight against climate change and the conservation of biodiversity. The endorsement of the UN Declaration also constitutes an important contribution to the international community’s effort to promote family farming and peasant agriculture.
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The Gap Between Policy and Practice in Lao PDR

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Laos
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
development agencies
food security
environment
land policies
land law
ABSTRACTED FROM THE OPENING PARAGRAPHS, AND THE BOOK BLURB: The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace, with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. Th[is] chapter examines LFA from the decentralized forest management perspective. In particular, it examines the process by which the policy was implemented and considers whether it helped build sustainable forest management at the community level. [It] first reviews the history of LFA and the major actors involved.
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Qualitative Social and Economic Monitoring: Round Four Report

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
legal empowerment
development agencies
title deeds
land titling
poverty
farmers
ABSTRACTED FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Qualitative Social and Economic Monitoring of Livelihoods in Myanmar (QSEM) research program provides a descriptive picture of rural life in Myanmar.
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Contending Views and Conflicts over Land in the Red River Delta since Decollectivisation

Reports & Research
December, 2004
Vietnam
Urban Tenure
legal empowerment
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
development agencies
land distribution
land reform
urban areas
Contending Views and Conflicts over Land in the Red River Delta since Decollectivization is an anthropological study in which I offer a new approach exploring the viewpoints of various parties to analyze their attitudes, relations and conflicts over land in Vietnam's dynamic Red River delta after decollectivization. I also evaluate how and in what ways industrialization and modernization, as well as the effects of urbanization, marketization, and to a lesser extent globalization, have affected Red River Delta villagers' views and relations towards agricultural land.
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Revealing the hidden effects of land grabbing through better understanding of farmers’ strategies in dealing with land loss

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Laos
Land & Investments
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
development agencies
land grabbing
extractive industries
tenure security
land ownership
land investments
land acquisitions
land policies
land law
This article examines changing contexts and emerging processes related to “land grabbing”. In particular, it uses the case of Laos to analyze the driving forces behind land takings, how such drivers are implied in land policies, and how affected people respond depending on their socio-economic assets and political connections.
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Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

A World Bank Policy Research Report

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2003
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
development agencies
land investments
land acquisitions
land grabbing
title deeds
land titling
land policies
land law
Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor. To this end, research on land policy, and analysis of interventions related to the subject, have long been of interest to the Bank's Research Department, and other academic, and civil society institutions.

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