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Custodians of the land, defenders of our future

A new era of the global land rush

Reports & Research
September, 2016
Australia, Global, Honduras, India, Mozambique, Peru, Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
common lands
farmers
farming systems
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land deals
land grabbing
land investments
land rights
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
tenure security
women
Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to protect it: farmers, pastoralists, forest-dependent people, fisherfolk, and indigenous peoples.
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From Risk and Conflict to Peace and Prosperity

The urgency of securing community land rights in a turbulent world

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, China, Indonesia, India
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
gender equity in access to land
common lands
communal territory
indigenous peoples' lands
common rights
commons
indigenous peoples' land rights
communal ownership
indigenous people's tenure
common property
Indigenous Peoples
women
Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Despite equivocation by governments, a critical mass of influential investors and companies now recognize the market rationale for respecting community land rights.
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Community and government: planning together for climate resilient growth

Issues and opportunities for building better adaptive capacity in Longido, Monduli and Ngorongoro Districts, northern Tanzania

Reports & Research
September, 2014
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
communal ownership
community land rights
customary land rights
customary law
environment
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
pastoral land rights
Planning for climate resilience growth is increasingly important for the natural resource dependent economy of Tanzania. Central government does not have the knowledge, reach, skills or resources needed to plan for the range of livelihoods within Tanzania; but local governments, if granted the authority and resources, could plan with communities in the flexible, timely and appropriate manner that climate variability demands.
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FEMACT Loliondo Findings

Reports & Research
August, 2009
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
community land rights
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
eminent domain
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land investments
Over the Last three months, acts of unconceivable evil were perpetrated through an eviction operation against indigenous pastoralists in Loliondo. Loliondo is one of the three Divisions of the Ngorongoro District situated in the Arusha Region in Northern Tanzania. The Ngorongoro District Covers an area of about 14037 square Kilometres. Stretching across some 8,300 sq km, is the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, established in 1959 and governed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, and the rest is the Loliondo Game Control Area consisting of the Sale and Loliondo Divisions.
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A Report of a Fact Finding Study on Conflicts between Loita Maasai and Batemi Sonyo ni Sale Division Loliondo District

Reports & Research
August, 2004
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
common lands
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land grabbing
land ownership
pastoralists
The conflict for which the research team has taken immediate measures to find its causes and give recommendations for its complete arrest, took place from the 1st-14th July 2004 in the frontiers of Engusero Sambu and Kisangiro villages, in the divisions of Loliondo and Sale, respectively, both of Ngorongoro District. Ngorongoro is the third division in the District. One person was killed and another injured in the subject fighting.
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The Report of the National Land Forum 2005

Reports & Research
May, 2005
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
capacity development
collective ownership
Indigenous Peoples
land administration
land conflicts
land delivery
land policies
local communities
rangelands
urbanization
women
The Land Rights Research and Resources Institute held its second National level Public Forum on land on 12-13 May 2005. The two day forum was partly one of the planned activities in the Institute’s three year Strategic plan and a special event to commemorate the Institute’s tenth Anniversary. It thus took place along with other activities such as Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, preparation and running of a documentary on land rights advocacy, special media programmes, Special theatre performance by Dhahabu theatre arts Group and moving into a more specious office premise.
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Securing Community Land Rights

Experiences and insights from working to secure hunter-gatherer and pastoralist land rights in Northern Tanzania

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land investments
land reform
land titling
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
title deeds
women
In this publication two pioneering grassroots organisations from northern Tanzania examine and present their experiences and insights from their long-term work to secure the land rights of hunter-gatherer and pastoral communities. The case studies were presented at a one-day learning event held on 5th October 2012, when Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) and Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) joined together to share and reflect on their work to secure land rights, to learn from each other, and to identify ways to build on their achievements moving forward.
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Poverty and Changing Livelihoods of Migrant Maasai Pastoralists in Morogoro and Kilosa Districts, Tanzania

Reports & Research
December, 2003
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agropastoral systems
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land conflicts
land dispute
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This study documents the plight of the Maasai pastoralists who have moved to Morogoro and Kilosa districts as a result of the recent socio-economic developments and environmental changes in Maasailand. The objective of this study was to analyse how the Maasai migrants have adapted themselves to the new ecological conditions and the impact of such adaptations on their livelihoods.
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Genre et droit à la terre

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Laos, Bangladesh, Malawi, Philippines, Vietnam, Mali, Guatemala, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
right of access
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Accroître l'accès des femmes à la terre est crucial pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvreté. Toutefois, les disparités entre les sexes concernant l'accès aux terres restent importantes dans la plupart des pays, quel que soit leur niveau de développement. Une nouvelle base de données de la FAO aide à comprendre les facteurs qui empêchent les femmes d'accéder à la terre, et à concevoir de meilleures politiques pour lutter efficacement contre cette situation.
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L’évolution des droits fonciers coutumiers et des relations de genre dans le contexte de l’épidémie de VIH/SIDA en Afrique

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Mauritania, Mali, Namibia, Djibouti, Malawi, Comoros, Cape Verde, Rwanda, Libya, Lesotho, Italy, Botswana, Gambia, Senegal, Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
The effect of prime-age adult death and its consequences on access to land for the survivors has not been fully explored nor incorporated into policy regardless the fact that high adult mortality is now the lived reality in countries affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly in Africa. This paper explores the gendered relationships between adult death due to HIV/AIDS and changes in land rights for the survivors particularly widows. In many African societies, women have traditionally accessed land through marriage.