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   Addressing legacy land issues in agribusiness investments

   Reports & Research

   May, 2016

   Global

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Investments

   agricultural and rural legislation

   This Analytical Paper explores legacy land issues as they affect agribusiness investments in low- and middle-income countries.

2. Library Resource

   

   Addressing the risks of a weak legal framework governing forest conversion in Liberia

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   November, 2016

   Liberia

   Land & Investments

   Land Conflicts

   forest law

   Agriculture and mining are increasingly driving deforestation in Liberia, as trees are cleared to make way for plantations and mines. The environmental impacts of deforestation are devastating, but the people and communities who live in the forest are also at risk.

3. Library Resource

   

   LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 6

   Harnessing the law for fairer agricultural investments

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   January, 2017

   Global

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Investments

   agricultural land management

   agriculture

   community land rights

   land investments

   land law

   local communities

   property rights

   sustainable development

   sustainable land management

   This LEGEND bulletin takes stock of some of the recent experience in legal empowerment. The result is a kaleidoscope of approaches operating at different levels, but pursuing broadly converging agendas.

4. Library Resource

   

   TOPIC GUIDE: Governance of Natural Resources

   Manuals & Guidelines

   July, 2016

   Global

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   land governance

   land policies

   fisheries

   natural resources management

   water management

   This topic guide for government agencies, service providers and other practitioners examines various dimensions of governance that are key to deliver appropriate benefit-sharing, ensure sustainable exploitation, minimise conflict over access and control, and maximise the contribution of resources to economies. This includes decentralised and collaborative governance, multi-level and adaptive governance, and the roles of institutions and politics.