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Decree Regarding Resettlement of Displaced People

Decree number 1/01: Norms on resettlement of internally displaced persons

Legislation & Policies
National Policies
January, 2001
Southern Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
common rights
displacement
From the decree: "Considering that the UN document titled “Guiding Principles on Internally Displaced Persons” establishes the general principles governing the treatment of internally displaced persons; Given that Angola is a country with high numbers of internally displaced persons resettling and returning to their areas of origin; Having found it necessary to establish the rules governing the resettlement process under the terms of the provisions of paragraph (f) of Article 112 and Article 113, both of the Constitutional Law, the Government decrees the following"
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Women and Land in Zambia

A Case Study of Small-Scale Farmers in Chenena Village, Chibombo District, Central Zambia

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2002
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
community land rights
customary land rights
land rights
The paper shows that most women in Zambia and especially in the study area suffer from insecurity in land since they do not have secure title to land under customary tenure. The results from the research which was carried out using semi structured interviews with 34 female farmers show that the majority of women farmers (62%) were not allocated land directly by headmen but got land through a male contact.
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Land Tenure, Title Deeds, and Farm Productivity in the Southern Province of Zambia

Preliminary Research Findings

Reports & Research
September, 2001
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
This study relates to an on-going debate as to whether customary African land tenure must be reformed or converted to a statutory, individualised land tenure system (often referred to as a ‘titled’ system) as a pre-requisite to agricultural development. Past arguments in favour of titling claim that traditional tenure is insecure for the small farmer and thus creates disincentives for land improvements; that it prevents land from being used as collateral for credit; and that it prevents the transfer of land from inefficient users to efficient ones.
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Using local practices and records to secure individual tenure rights in common property situations

Lessons from the case studies on what might work on the ground

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2001
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary land rights
The paper asserts that in order to be effective it is important to work with and from existing tenure systems and to build upon them, rather than expect that they can be “demolished and replaced by efficient new systems”. Experience both here and elsewhere in Africa also tells us that attempts to change tenure tend to result in a “defaulting” back to what is known, often with increased confusion and conflict over procedures and adjudication authorities.
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Using local practices and records to secure individual tenure rights in common property situations

Lessons from the case studies on what might work on the ground.

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2001
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
communal ownership
community land rights
Communal tenure in South Africa has had rises and falls in favour. This section will look at the issue from a pragmatic perspective of choice. This involves assessing what issues inform whether South Africa can chose either to replace or to ignore communal tenure by analysing what is likely to remain the same politically, socially and economically for the foreseeable future and what the forces are changing this situation. This assessment then allows us to assert some practical, general principles that inform the two projects with which this paper is concerned.
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Sustainable livehoods in Southern Africa

Istitution, governance and policy process

Reports & Research
June, 2001
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land rights
natural resources management
occupation
The concept of use and benefit from natural resources for local communities in Mozambique occupies a central position in the formal government vision for rural development and has been given prominence in the policies that govern access to land use rights and forest and wildlife resources. There are constitutional guarantees that recognise rights to land that have been acquired through occupation or inheritance through customary systems of allocation, and enabling legislation that permits the registration of these hitherto ‘informal’ rights.
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Contrato de prospecção , pesquisa, desenvolvimento e produção de mineras pesados nas áreas de Moma, Congolene e Quinga entre o Ministério dos Recursos Minerais e Kemmare Moma Mining Lda

Agreements & Contracts
January, 2002
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
advocacy
land governance
mining
Contrato de prospecção , pesquisa, desenvolvimento e produção de mineras pesados nas áreas de Moma, Congolene e Quinga entre o Ministério dos Recursos Minerais e Kemmare Moma Mining Lda.
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On the Trail of Burma's Internal Refugees

Reports & Research
May, 2001
Myanmar
Land Conflicts
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
local communities
displacement
Indigenous Peoples
An American dentist travels deep into the world of Burma's Internally Displaced Persons, and discovers a people driven by fear into an uncertain future. Armed with a Colt .45, American dentist Shannon Allison is on a dangerous mission of mercy: to bring emergency medical assistance to Internally Displaced Persons inside Burma. Veteran photojournalist Thierry Falise reports from Burma's war-torn jungles on efforts to assist these victims of endemic conflict.
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A relação homem - natureza nas formas de uso e propriedade da terra na Amazônia: um estudo baseado nas comunidades do assentamento Iporá

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
June, 2001
South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
local communities
nature reserves
territory
O presente trabalho aborda a relação homem - natureza na Amazônia com base no estudo de caso do Assentamento de Reforma Agrária Iporá. A análise centra-se no estudo das formas de uso e propriedade da terra, a partir da trajetória de vida dos assentados. Entendendo que as formas de relação homem-natureza hoje configuradas na Amazônia são resultado de construção histórico social.
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Comportamento do mercado de terras no Brasil

Proyecto Opciones de Políticas para el Fomento del Desarrollo de Mercados de Tierras Agrícolas, con el Fin de Facilitar la Transferencia de Tierras a Pequeños Agricultores

Institutional & promotional materials
January, 2001
Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land tenure
property rights
O estudo sobre o funcionamento do mercado de terras no estado do Rio Grande do Norte pesquisou duas regiões distintas: uma de agricultura tradicional e outra de áreas de fruticultura irrigada.
As falhas de definição no direito de propriedade ou a prática de custo de transações elevadas não induzem a fortes distorções no mercado de terras. O alto grau de concentração de terras ociosas em mãos de grandes proprietários não permite concluir que existe uma alocação adequada desse recurso desde um ponto de vista social.