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The Community Land Act in Kenya

Opportunities and Challenges for Communities

Journal Articles & Books
Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2018
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
community land rights
customary land rights
customary law
customary tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
land law
land registration
pastoralists
women
Kenya is the most recent African state to acknowledge customary tenure as producing lawful property rights, not merely rights of occupation and use on government or public lands. This paper researches this new legal environment. This promises land security for 6 to 10 million Kenyans, most of who are members of pastoral or other poorer rural communities. Analysis is prefaced with substantial background on legal trends continentally, but the focus is on Kenya’s Community Land Act, 2016, as the framework through which customary holdings are to be identified and registered.
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International Gas Outlook and Implications for Developing Tanzania’s Gas Projects

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2018
Tanzania
Land & Investments
intensive land use
land investments
mining
This brief, reviews recent international gas developments, the outlook in this regard and implications for the development of proposed offshore gas projects in Tanzania. As the country aims to benefit from its gas discoveries by increasing its domestic gas use, it also outlines some of the trade-offs and considerations that need to be taken into account when negotiating the domestic gas allocation.
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Digging deep: The impact of Uganda’s land rush on women’s rights

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Uganda
Land & Gender
control rights
gender equity in access to land
land access
land ownership
women
Land – its access, control and ownership – lies at the heart of power relationships within Uganda. The struggle for land is deeply intertwined with the struggle for women’s rights. Women’s access to and control over resources and economic decision making is fundamental to the achievement of their rights. Despite some progress, inequality between women and men in ownership and control of land remains stark. Women’s rights organisations (WROs) in Uganda have identified changing patterns of land use as a major problem affecting women across the country.
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Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Laos
land investments
In the wave of efforts to encourage and support more “responsible” land investments, one aspect has been largely overlooked: are governments equipped with the legal and technical support needed to effectively negotiate and conclude investment contracts that lead to responsible outcomes?
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Briefing note: Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2018
Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Laos
Land & Investments
land investments
land-use planning
In the wave of efforts to encourage and support more “responsible” land investments, one aspect has been largely overlooked: are governments equipped with the legal and technical support needed to effectively negotiate and conclude investment contracts that lead to responsible outcomes?
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Balancing The Numbers: Using Grassroots Land Valuation To Empower Communities In Land Investment Negotiations

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2018
Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Liberia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia
Land & Investments
capital value (land)
community land rights
concession (land)
land investments
land law
land valuation
legal empowerment
property law
property rights
Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, investors are increasingly approaching rural communities seeking land for logging, mining, and agribusiness ventures. Even in those situations where the investors have followed FPIC guidelines and undertaken a formal “consultation” with the community, these consultations are generally conducted in a context of significant power and information asymmetries. Part of the power imbalance comes from communities’ lack of information about the value of community lands and natural resources.
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A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2018
Mozambique, Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
compensation
displacement
gender equity in access to land
land acquisitions
land degradation
land tenure systems
local communities
natural resources management
rural population
women
Tanzania and Mozambique — countries of vast mountain ranges and open stretches of plateaus — now face a growing land problem. As soil degradation, climate change and population growth place enormous strains on the natural resources that sustain millions of people, multinational companies are also gunning for large swaths of land across both countries. Caught between these pressures, many poor, rural communities get displaced or decide to sell their collectively held land.
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A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Mozambique, Tanzania
Land & Gender
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
expropriation
land acquisitions
land rights
land tenure
natural resources management
women
Tanzania and Mozambique — countries of vast mountain ranges and open stretches of plateaus — now face a growing land problem. As soil degradation, climate change and population growth place enormous strains on the natural resources that sustain millions of people, multinational companies are also gunning for large swaths of land across both countries. Caught between these pressures, many poor, rural communities get displaced or decide to sell their collectively held land.
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Putting Community and Rights on the Map in Southern Kenya

Reports & Research
April, 2018
Kenya
development
land
land access
land registration
land use mapping
local communities
Throughout 2017, Spatial Collective applied new technologies to the data capture element of land registration in order to test whether affordable tools for documentation of land exist, whether these tools can reach the accuracy standards required by the state, and whether communities can replicate the work of a professional surveyor. To do this, our research looked into the land demarcation process, determined whether new technologies were of quality and met national standards, and gauged the most cost-effective tools which are widely accessible to local c
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Of local people and investors: The dynamics of land rights configuration in Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2018
Tanzania, Africa
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land
pastoralists
land deals
farmers
compensation
land rights
scale
Analyses the configuration of land rights among different users of land and discusses the implementation of Tanzania’s land policy reform. The key rights explored include those of small-scale producers (farmers and pastoralists) and large-scale investors. Explores how the state defines, allocates, protects and compensates for land when it appropriates such rights. Looks at the formal, informal and procedural rights that provide for and protect the rights of small-scale producers and investors, and the compensation offered to those who give up their land for investment.