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Securing customary rights is key to sustainable community forestry

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2019
Central African Republic
Forest Tenure
sustainable development
customary land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
local communities
The laws in the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic provide limited protection to indigenous peoples and local communities regarding access to land and forest resources. Often, logging concessions overlap their territories, restricting access to lands and resources. However, the development of community forests is gaining momentum in the region. These can help secure customary tenure, sustainably manage resources and improve livelihoods for indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs).
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Sécuriser les droits coutumiers : la clé d’une foresterie communautaire durable

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2019
Central African Republic
sustainable development
forest conservation
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
community land rights
customary land rights
Les lois de la République du Congo et de la République centrafricaine (RCA) accordent une protection limitée aux communautés locales et populations autochtones (CLPA) en matière d’accès aux ressources foncières et forestières. Il arrive souvent que des concessions forestières chevauchent les territoires des CLPA et limitent leur accès aux terres et aux ressources. Cependant, les forêts communautaires gagnent progressivement du terrain dans la région.
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Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights

January, 2020
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
agriculture
land reform
land
resettlement
farmers
migration
environment
agriculture
A paper from the Agricultural Policy Research on Africa (APRA) programme in Zimbabwe supported by a DFID grant to IDS;Sussex. Explores the intersecting factors that have shifted pathways of commercialisation;mostly of tobacco and maize;in Mvurwi area in northern Mazowe district;Zimbabwe;since 1890. Looks at five periods;starting with early colonisation by white settlers;then examines the consolidation of ‘European agriculturefollowing World War II;before investigating the liberation war era from the mid-1970s.
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Rural producer agency and agricultural value chains: What role for socio-legal empowerment?

January, 2019
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land
scale
biodiversity
rural development
land allocation
environment
research
government
local communities
Cameroon’s current land law appears to have two conflicting objectives: to attract investors through large-scale land concessions; while protecting biodiversity;defending local people’s rights and promoting rural development. But the legislation governing large-scale land-based investments is outdated and sometimes incoherent. The land allocation process is investor driven and does not appropriately balance economic;social or environmental considerations.
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A stronger voice for women in local land governance: effective approaches in Tanzania;Ghana and Senegal

August, 2019
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
land
land rights
poverty
women
youth
This report;based on primary and secondary data;highlights the link between land and inequality in Uganda. It underscores the need to review policies;laws and regulations governing institutions and practices in the realm of land ownership;access;use and management;and to allocate enough resources to secure land rights. The report looks at factors that have had an impact on poverty and vulnerability;and how policies;laws;regulations and cultural practices can be made more inclusive.
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How local rules can promote inclusive land governance in Tanzania

August, 2019
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
women
land governance
Combining both written analysis and video interviews;this ‘longreaddetails the impacts on women’s lives of three approaches developed by IIED partners in Tanzania;Ghana and Senegal to reinforce land governance structure in rural communities to make them gender-inclusive.
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Apes, crops and communities: land concessions and conservation in Cameroon

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2019
Cameroon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land administration
land distribution
land use
land conservation
land allocation
land investments
land rights
Cameroon’s current land law appears to have two conflicting objectives: to attract investors through large-scale land concessions while simultaneously protecting biodiversity, defending local people’s rights and promoting rural development. But the legislation governing large-scale land-based investments is outdated and sometimes incoherent. The land allocation process is investor driven and does not appropriately balance economic, social or environmental considerations.
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LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 15

Why urban land governance matters

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2019
Global
land
land policies
According to recent reviews, the focus of DFID’s land  governance work over the past decade has been primarily rural.
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Les propositions de la société civile pour la réforme foncière au Cameroun

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa, Cameroon
agrarian reform
land access
land administration
land management
land reform
land rights
land rights activists
land use
occupation
Date: juillet 2019

Source: Farmlandgrab, LandCam

Par: Wouri Consulting et Samuel Nguiffo/ LandCam (CED, RELUFA, IIED)

Les propositions de la société civile pour la réforme foncière au Cameroun : Évaluation du cadre juridique à la lumière des textes existants
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Rural producer agency and agricultural value chains: What role for socio-legal empowerment?

Reports & Research
February, 2019
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
farming systems
land investments
local communities
rural areas
rural development
rural population
Growing numbers of policies and programmes aim to integrate small-scale rural producers into agricultural value chains. But significant questions remain over how best to: recognise the possibly divergent visions, interests and constraints of various actors; address often substantial power imbalances; and ultimately promote agency among rural producers and their communities – that is, their ability to choose, act and influence realities around them.