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    Land Disputes and Land Conflict

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2012
    land
    land dispute
    property

    This issue brief first examines the causes of land-related conflict, then examines how the issues and opportunities change through the conflict cycle: before, during and after violent conflict. This approach gives less attention to staples of the post-conflict land literature such as restitution and dispute management, but provides a more robust understanding of the longer-term challenges that are typically addressed by development rather than relief agencies.
    Release Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013File:  Land Disputes and Land Conflict

  2. Library Resource

    UN News Organization Highlights Land Disputes, USAID Project in Timor Leste

    October, 2011
    land
    land dispute
    property

    USAID's property rights project in Timor Leste plays a key role in helping settle land disputes on the small island in Southeast Asia. A recent article written by IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, describes the history of conflict surrounding land by highlighting one woman's story and outlining current progress to establishing land rights.
    To read the full article, click here.

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    Colombian President's Approach May Help Ease Land Conflicts

    August, 2012
    Colombia
    land
    land conflicts
    property

    A recent Poverty Matters post highlights some of the differences that mark the Santos regime in Colombia from that of his predecessor Alvaro Uribe. In some ways the two leaders share a vision for their country. The post puts it this way, both want to “attract foreign skills and investment to expand natural resource exports to pay for social investments.” But, author Jonathan Glennie points out that what distinguishes Santos is his decency and his willingness to embrace modernization.

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    Are shocks actually on the rise? A selective review of five types of shocks

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    food security
    land conflicts

    Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers frequently cite an increase in shocks around the world as a reason for focusing on resilience. But have shocks actually increased or become more severe and far‐reaching? What does the landscape of shocks look like?

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    Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management

    January, 2013
    natural resources management
    land conflicts

    The food security crisis, international “land grabs,” and new markets for environmental services have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and mitigate conflict.

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    PUSHBACK: Local Power, Global Realignment

    State of Rights and Resources 2010-2011

    Reports & Research
    Global
    Land & Investments
    Indigenous Peoples
    local communities
    land rights
    land grabbing
    forestry
    land policies
    climate change
    legal empowerment
    land conflicts
    natural resources management
    environment

    If 2009 was the end of the hinterland and the beginning of a new globalized forest era, 2010 was a year of pushback. Worldwide, the news was full of reports of forest communities and Indigenous Peoples pushing back at land grabs and shaping policy at the national and global levels, and of governments countering and trying to contain community rights. Some governments and private investors accepted or even embraced the new players at the table and began to promote fairer business and conservation models.

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    Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Displaced Persons and Land Rights

    Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Displaced Persons and Land Rights

    Reports & Research
    January, 2011
    Africa
    Indigenous Peoples
    local communities
    landlessness
    land rights
    rural development
    land governance
    land policies
    land conflicts
    advocacy

    The following lesson brief examines the land issues confronting returnees as well as the IDPs who remain in the camps in Uganda. In 2005, between 2.1 million and 2.4 million people were displaced by conflicts in northern Uganda.

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