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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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Land reform in Cameroon: a coherent vision from civil society

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2021
Cameroon
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
rural areas
land access
tenure security
The Cameroonian government’s decision to reform the land legal framework is an opportunity to provide real protection for rural land tenure rights, in a context where major investments and projects are increasing tenure insecurity across the country. Responding to an invitation from the administration to help design this new framework, civil society stakeholders have issued multiple proposals over the years on the topics they think should be included in the new land law. The LandCam project has documented, analysed and consolidated these proposals.
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Securing land rights in Cameroon: what hasn’t worked and what should be done

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2020
Cameroon
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land reform
customary law
climate change
land use
migration
land access
land conflicts
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
Land in Cameroon is under growing pressure for many reasons — powerful commercial interests, changing climate conditions and shifting demographic flows including mass migration and increasing population density. The rights of rural communities and indigenous people to access and use land for farming and grazing have been eroded — primarily due to failure to recognise customary land tenure rights, land use conflicts and lack of effective local governance. The country’s land legislation is indeed outdated and not compatible with customary law and local realities.
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Indigenous peoples’ land rights in Cameroon: progress to date and possible futures

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Cameroon
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
agricultural and rural legislation
indigenous peoples' lands
natural resources management
indigenous peoples' land rights
tenure security
Indigenous Peoples
In Cameroon, commercial and infrastructural developments are exerting increasing pressure on land and natural resources, which is in turn exacerbating the risks to the rights of indigenous peoples. Against this backdrop, the ongoing process of revising Cameroon’s land legislation provides an opportunity to secure aspects of indigenous peoples’ rights, as part of a wider effort to secure the land rights of local communities.
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LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 14

Securing land rights at scale: eight lessons and guiding principles on land tenure regularisation

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2019
Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
Land & Investments
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
This bulletin focuses on land tenure regularisation (LTR), with articles from practitioners to accompany the new LEGEND report Securing land rights at scale: eight lessons and guiding principles on land tenure regularisation.
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Managing land and water resources by consensus: the Anambé irrigation scheme charter

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2015
Senegal
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
tenure security
The Anambé irrigation scheme charter sets out management principles for efficient and sustainable agricultural development. The charter is based on a consensus between river basin users and local authorities. Now the challenge is to put this into practice.
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La Charte du domaine irrigué de l’Anambé : un consensus sur l’eau et le foncier

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2016
Senegal
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
tenure security
La Charte du domaine irrigué de l’Anambé propose des règles de gestion pour un développement agricole efficient et durable. Élaborée par consensus entre les usagers du bassin et les autorités locales, le défi actuel est de la mettre en pratique. Cette fiche revient sur le processus d'élaboration de la Charte et met en lumière les opportunités et défis qui en découlent.
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Land tenure conditions and the viability of irrigated rice farming

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2015
Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
rural development
tenure security
water management
Analysis of land allocation strategies in irrigated agriculture schemes in West Africa yields lessons which can guide the design and implementation of current and forthcoming projects. Allocation of insufficient land makes the main purposes of large dam projects – to combat poverty and to increase national cereal production – more difficult to achieve. Research by the Global Water Initiative (GWI) at three dam project sites in West Africa shows that the area of land allocated per family is usually about 1 hectare (ha).
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Les conditions foncières de la viabilité de la riziculture irriguée

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2015
Western Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
farmers
rural development
tenure security
water management
L’analyse des aménagements hydro-agricoles en Afrique de l’Ouest permet de tirer des leçons concernant l’affectation foncière, qui peuvent servir pour orienter les aménagements en cours, ou ceux qui sont prévus dans les années à venir. Sans affectation foncière adéquate, les objectifs principaux des barrages – la lutte contre la pauvreté et l’amélioration de la production nationale de céréales – pourront difficilement être atteints.
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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