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Land Tenure Considerations in Sri Lanka’s Proposed National REDD+ Strategy

Conference Papers & Reports
April, 2016
Sri Lanka
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
climate change
forestry
deforestation
forest conservation
private forests
state forests
forest land
agriculture
forest management plans
land tenure
At the request of the Sri Lankan Government an assessment was designed and conducted as part of the development of the country’s national strategy on REDD+. The assessment involved applying criteria from the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests (VGGT) to analyze the tenure implications for a wide array of proposed policies and measures (PAMs) to address deforestation and forest degradation. The assessment will help Sri Lanka to prioritize and make investment decisions among the PAMs.
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Resolving Land Disputes

Effective Procedures & Strategies

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Sri Lanka
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
development
post-conflict settings
land law
conflicts
land economics
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
This manual outlines dispute resolution mechanisms, procedures and strategies that are or will be put in place by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Justice’s Special Mediation Boards (Land) to promote the resolution of a variety of housing, land and property disputes in the country. Sri Lanka has a long history and experience utilizing collaborative resolution methods to address a wide variety of disputes, and many recent positive experiences with mediation.
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State Lands and Land Laws: A Hand Book

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
Sri Lanka
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
development
land law
property law
common law
statute law
land acquisitions
encroachment
prescription
leases
private property
state property
development agencies
The state owns over 80% of the land in Sri Lanka. The remainder is owned by private parties. Under the State Lands Encroachments Ordinance, all waste lands, forest lands, unoccupied and uncultivated lands are presumed to belong to the state until the contrary is proved (section 7) and all cinnamon land which have been uninterruptedly possessed by the state for over 30 years are held and deemed to belong to the state (section 6).
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Brunei Property Investment Guide

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Brunei Darussalam
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land law
land investments
foreign investment
land tenure
land ownership
formal tenure
statutory tenure
property
private sector
A guide to tenure and foreign ownership to support property investment
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Armed conflict and mining induced land-use transition in northern Nimba County, Liberia

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Liberia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
environment
deforestation
land use
land use change
mining
natural resources management
land conflicts
local communities
This study determined pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict land use change and analysed the impact of armed conflict on the intensity of land use change in northern Nimba County. Landsat images of 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2016 were classif
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Engineering Ethnic Conflict: The Toll of Ethiopia's Plantation Development on Suri People

Reports & Research
November, 2014
Ethiopia
Land in post-conflict settings
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land governance
corruption
land use
foreign investment
displacement
land conflicts
local communities
Recently dubbed “Africa’s Lion” (in allusion to the discourse around “Asian Tigers”), Ethiopia is celebrated for its steady economic growth, including a growing number of millionaires compared to other African nations. However, as documented in previous research by the Oakland Institute, the Ethiopian government’s “development strategy,” is founded on its policy of leasing millions of hectares (ha) of land to foreign investors.
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Taking On the Logging Pirates: Land Defenders in Papua New Guinea Speak Out!

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Papua New Guinea
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land administration
land governance
corruption
land grabbing
land rights
land ownership
local communities
A landmark report from the Oakland Institute, Taking On the Logging Pirates: Land Defenders in Papua New Guinea Speak Out! elevates the voices of communities across the country who are opposing the theft of their land, made possible by the corrupt practices of local officials and foreign companies.
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Backroom Bullying: The Role of the United States Government in the Herakles Farms’ Land Grab in Cameroon

Reports & Research
October, 2016
Cameroon
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land governance
forest conservation
land grabbing
land access
land ownership
local communities
Backroom Bullying: The Role of the United States Government in the Herakles Farms’ Land Grab in Cameroon, shows how bullying by US government officials may have played a critical role in the granting of nearly 20,000 ha by the Cameroonian government to the US-based firm Herakles Farms in 2013, instead of the cancellation of clearly flawed project.
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Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2016
Papua New Guinea
Land Conflicts
land governance
land law
land use
natural resources management
land dispute
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has long been a site of analysis for exploring the links between natural resources and conflict, having been cited as an example in prominent studies of the “natural resource curse” and used as a source of learning in international debates on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Over the past decade, this scholarship has expanded to encompass conflict analysis and peace building.
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Land and Conflict in Papua New Guinea: The Role of Land Mediation

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2014
Papua New Guinea
Land Conflicts
land administration
land governance
conflicts
natural resources management
land dispute
land dispute resolution
Anecdotal evidence suggests that conflicts over land and extractive resource developments are on the rise across Papua New Guinea. These micro-level conflicts have the potential to scaleup and feed into large-scale armed conflicts—such as those that occurred on Bougainville and in neighbouring Solomon Islands—which require costly external intervention. Against this backdrop, this paper examines PNG’s legally-mandated land mediation system in theory and practice. A number of weaknesses are identified and described; and a case study of an apparently successful “hybrid” approach is discussed.