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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
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The participation of urban displaced populations in (in)formal markets: contrasting experiences in Kampala, Uganda

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
August, 2017
Uganda
Urban Tenure
displacement
land markets
urban areas
urban population
An estimated 60 per cent of the world’s 17 million refugees currently reside in cities, where they often lack access to financial assistance and legal protection.⁽¹⁾ In their absence, displaced populations depend on participation in formal and, more frequently, informal markets for livelihood generation.
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Towards fair and effective legislation on compulsory land acquisition in Cameroon

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2018
Cameroon
Land & Investments
expropriation
land use
land acquisitions
compulsory acquisitions
land investments
displacement
extractive industries
Cameroon is part of a global trend towards large-scale investments in infrastructure, agriculture, extractive industries, industrial facilities and real estate that are displacing many people. Deeming these projects in the public interest, governments often acquire land by expropriating locally-held land rights. But compulsory land acquisition has severe economic, social and cultural impacts for families and communities.
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Community forestry in Cameroon: a diagnostic analysis of laws, institutions, actors and opportunities

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Cameroon
Forest Tenure
land-use planning
community forestry
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
This brief study has been produced by the partners of the CoNGOs consortium to share our different knowledge and experience, and to set out a joint understanding of the current state of play in relation to community forestry in Cameroon.
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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.