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"Since we have this land together"; A pastoral community in institutional management of communal resources.

The case of Olkiramatian Group Ranch, Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Kenya
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
rural development
land governance
natural resources management
In Kenya, the pastoral Maasai’s districts have been the vanguard in rangeland tenure transitions and experimentation as pastoralists’ territory gave way to communal group ranches and to individual land holdings under diverse land-use activities. The tenure transformations have been accompanied by institutional and socio-economic changes that have had bearings on local communities’ capacities for collective action, pastoral livelihoods, and environmental sustainability.
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20 case studies of land issues in India

Stories from the ground gathered from Ekta Parishad activists

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2012
Asia
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
forestry
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
extractive industries
food security
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
cadastres
natural resources management
environment
research
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A Review of Land Tenure Policy Implications on Pastoralism in Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
natural resources management
A review of policies and interventions effecting pastoralists in Tanzania, including consequences on livelihoods, social relations and access to resources including land.
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A Study on the Impact of National Policies, Processes on Pastoralism in Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2007
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
natural resources management
environment
Pastoralism has suffered untold abuses in the implementation of national policy and laws before in the incorporation of bills of rights in the constitution. These provisions allowed freedom of association that enable formation of CSOs and NGOs, some of which based their interventions into policies and legal issues that denied pastoralists of the rights to engage into livelihood processes through access to, management of, and benefit from land and resources entailed in them.
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A Territorial Development Vision oriented to Indigenous Peoples: A possible path

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2011
Global
Indigenous Peoples
common property
rural development
land area
capacity development
natural resources management
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) encouraged FAO at its VII Session to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples’ territorial rights.
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Africa's Land Reform Policies Can Boost Agricultural Productivity, Create Food Security and Eradicate Poverty

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Africa
land rights
property law
common property
land governance
natural resources management
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2013—Africa is home to nearly half of the world’s usable uncultivated land, some 202 million hectares that can be brought under the plow. Yet it has the highest poverty rate in the world. The continent’s poor development record suggests it has not leveraged its abundant agricultural land and natural resources to generate shared and sustained growth.

Scaling-Up Progress
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Agricultural change, land, and violence in Darfur

We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Central African Republic
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
extractive industries
forestry
common property
fisheries
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
capacity development
cadastres
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
desertification
Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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Améliorer la gouvernance foncière en Afrique pour encourager le partage de la prospérité

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Africa
land rights
property law
common property
land governance
natural resources management
WASHINGTON, 22 juillet 2013—L’Afrique possède près de la moitié de toutes les terres utilisables non cultivées de la planète. Ce sont environ 202 millions d’hectares qui pourraient être ainsi exploités. Elle affiche pourtant le niveau de pauvreté le plus élevé du monde. Ses piètres performances sur le front du développement suggèrent qu’elle n’a pas tiré parti de ses abondantes terres agricoles et ressources naturelles pour enclencher une croissance partagée et soutenue.

Intensifier les progrès
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Analysis of Community Forest Management in Madagascar

December, 2015
Madagascar
land clearing
forest conservation
property rights
land tenure
sustainable development
forest law
forestry
land use
climate change
land-use planning
deforestation
agriculture
property
natural resources management
environment
common property
fisheries
land
The major role tropical forests play in
biodiversity and climate change has led the world to search
for effective ways to slow down deforestation. Community
forest management (CFM) is an example of the broader concept
of community-based natural resources management (CBNRM). As
part of the decentralization policy in many countries,
mainly in Africa and Asia, CFM was expected to promote: (i)
a more effective stewardship of the resources by involving
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Avertissements du Comité d'Inspection de la Banque Mondiale sur l'impact des projets de la Banque

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2013
Global
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
common property
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
capacity development
natural resources management
Le Comité d'inspection est un instrument indépendant de recours dont disposent ceux qui estiment avoir été ou risquent d'être lésés par un projet financé par la Banque Mondiale. Le Comité offre un outil pour aider la Banque, compte tenu des responsabilités de celle-ci, en matière de respect de ses politiques de précaution.
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