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Climate Change, Land and Resource Governance, and Violent Extremism: Spotlight on the African Sahel

Reports & Research
May, 2019
Algeria, Sudan, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agropastoral systems
development
environment
food security
grazing land rights
land conflicts
land rights
land tenure
natural resources management
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
property
property rights
rangelands
Tetra Tech’s land tenure and property rights experts examine how weak land and resource governance can fuel drivers of violent extremism. With a focus on the African Sahel, this new issue brief finds this dynamic is especially prevalent when land and resource governance challenges are coupled with environmental disruptions, resource scarcity, or migration.
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Guide de médiation foncière: Basé sur l’Expérience de l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Land Conflicts
displacement
land conflicts
land rights
tenure security
Le Guide de mediation fonciere s'inspire surtout de l'experience pratique de terrain du programme foncier tel que mene par ONU-Habitat a l'Est de la Republique Democratique du Congo, notamment au Nord Kivu, Ituri et Sud Kivu. Il se refere par endroit aux experiences d'autres pays en situation de post-conflits. Ce guide propose des etapes concretes et des outils utilises lors du processus de mediation fonciere. Le role et responsabilites des acteurs et ‘beneficiaires' de la mediation sont aussi decrits.
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Guide to Land Mediation: Based on the experience in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Global, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Land Conflicts
displacement
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
land rights
tenure security
The Guide to Land Mediation mainly draws its inspiration from practical experience on the ground of the land program conducted by UN-Habitat in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. It refers, in some places, to other countries experiences in post-conflict situations. This guide offers practical steps and tools used during the land mediation process. The publication highlights, not only the role and responsibilities of mediation stakeholders and 'beneficiaries', but also principles and foundations of a good mediation
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USAID Report on Land Tenure & Cocoa Production in Ghana

A CRIG/WCF Collaborative Survey, February 2017

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Ghana
boundaries
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
customary law
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land
alienation (land)
encroachment
collateral (land)
land access
control rights
land conflicts
farm tenancy
community land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
farmers
rural population
women
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), with support from the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), performed the Ghana Land Tenure Baseline Survey, the first of its kind survey of tenure rights among cocoa farmers in Ghana. CRIG surveyed almost 1,800 cocoa farmers operating 3,900 cocoa plots regarding various land tenure issues within customary sharecropping arrangements and on owner-managed land. This report describes the findings from the Survey.
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Land conflicts and their impact on Refugee women’s livelihoods in southwestern Uganda

Reports & Research
July, 2006
Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
community land rights
development agencies
displacement
gender equity in access to land
land conflicts
women
This paper presents the preliminary findings of a study on land conflicts between refugees and host communities in southwestern Uganda and their impact on refugee women’s livelihoods. Uganda has a long history of hosting refugees that dates back to the 1940s, when it hosted Polish refugees; Rwandese and Sudanese in the 1950s (Holborn 1975:1213-1225).
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Land disputes in Uganda

an overview of the types of land disputes and the dispute settlement fora

Reports & Research
March, 1993
Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land dispute
land ownership
land rights
non-indigenous peoples
An overview of the types of land disputes and the dispute settlement fora.
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LAND GRABBING AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITIES IN THE OIL RICH ALBERTINE REGION OF UGANDA

The Case of Hoima, Buliisa and Amuru

Reports & Research
September, 2011
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
adjudication
community land rights
compulsory acquisitions
development
eviction
extractive industries
land
land administration
land conflicts
land grabbing
This report is in relation to a study on the Land Tenure and Livelihood Issues in the Albertine Graben Region. The study was carried out in three districts of Amuru Buliisa and Hoima. The study specifically focused on tenurial arrangements and land transactions in the region. The ultimate outcome of this study will be drawing of policy issues for policy engagement and dialogue towards a comprehensive policy direction to land governance in the Albertine Graben.
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Understanding changing land access issues for the rural poor in Uganda

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agrarian reform
co-ownership rights
collective ownership
common property
communal ownership
indigenous peoples' land rights
land conflicts
land use
The ways in which people obtain land in Uganda are changing fast. Land that used to be secured through inheritance, gifts or proof of long-term occupancy is now more commonly changing hands in the market. Those with wealth and powerful connections are frequently able to override local rules and gain access to land at the expense of poorer individuals. Government-backed agribusiness investors receive large areas of land with benefits for some local farmers who are able to participate in the schemes, while other smallholders see their land access and livelihoods degraded.
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Power and Vulnerability Land Dispute Resolution

Evaluating Responses to Domestic Land Grabbing in Northern Uganda

Reports & Research
May, 2014
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
adjudication
co-ownership rights
collective ownership
common property
communal ownership
customary land rights
displacement
indigenous peoples' land rights
land dispute
land dispute resolution
Unfolding analysis reveals two types of land disputes prevalent in postwar northern Uganda: cases that involve a legitimate cause of action and those that do not.1 Since mediation and alternative forms of dispute resolution rely on parties’ willingness to negotiate in good faith, cases featuring ‘bad faith’ and land grabbing—where powerful parties intentionally exploit another person’s vulnerability in order to illegally2 claim land—pose a serious challenge for local land dispute mediators. Such mediators must wrestle with whether and how to remain neutral in the face of injustice.
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ANALYSIS OF POST CONFLICT LAND POLICY AND LAND ADMINISTRATION

A SURVEY OF IDP RETURN AND RESETTLEMENT ISSUES AND LESSON: ACHOLI AND LANGO REGIONS

Reports & Research
February, 2008
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
advocacy
common property
community land rights
customary law
displacement
indigenous peoples' lands
land
land administration
land dispute resolution
This is the second in a series of land studies for northern Uganda, whose core objective is to inform the Plan for Recovery and Development of Northern Uganda (PRDP) and the National Land Policy. It builds on the work of the first phase conducted in Teso region to present a more quantitative analysis of trends on disputes and claims on land before displacement, during displacement and emerging trends or occurrences on return for Acholi and Lango sub-regions.