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Field Reseach and Desk Study Report

Comprehensive coherent land conflict management mechanisms in Teso sub-region

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
cadastral register
community land rights
gender equity in access to land
land conflicts
land governance
land titling
Teso Initiative for Peace (TIP) received funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that has been delegated through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) under a project titled “Responsible Land Policy in Uganda” (RELAPU). In its pursuit to reduce extreme poverty and hunger in the world under its Field of Action 6 i.e.
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Enclosure, dispossession, and the green economy: new contours of internal displacement in Liberia and Sierra Leone?

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
displacement
dispossession
land conflicts
land governance
local communities
natural disasters
natural resources management
Through a review of recent writings in political ecology and agrarian studies, this paper appraises the potential for emerging forms of ‘green economy’ initiatives to catalyze new forms of internal displacement in West Africa, with specific emphasis on the postwar contexts of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Healing the scars of war: the women rebuilding Mozambique's national park - video

Videos
September, 2017
Mozambique
Land in post-conflict settings
environment
land conflicts
women
In the heart of central Mozambique, Gorongosa park was destroyed in the crossfire of the country's civil war. Now women are leading the way in its restoration, helping to heal the scars left by the conflict and inspiring young girls from the surrounding communities, through an education programme that offers them the promise of a brighter future
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Unearthing the voices of the mine

Videos
January, 2018
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
extractive industries
land access
land dispute
land use
mining
Our new feature film from Roy Maconachie and Simon Wharf explores the pathway of a diamond from mine to market, and asks the question, who really benefits?
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Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes à Madagascar, 2017.

National Policies
January, 2017
Madagascar
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
land-use planning
land governance
deforestation
natural disasters
land management
forest conservation
land dispute resolution
forest land
sustainable land use
Les objectifs de cette Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes (SNRPF) à Madagascar sont: une planification de l’aménagement du paysage et un processus décisionnel communautaires; une coopération intersectorielle efficace et une coordination entre agences gouvernementales aux niveaux national, infranational et local; un renforcement de la capacité des institutions locales à mieux gérer les conflits sur l’utilisation et la propriété des terres; et une amélioration des politiques visant à une gestion intégrée des terres.
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Community Land Regulations (LN No. 279 of 2018).

Regulations
November, 2017
Kenya
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
land
customary law
land registration
cadastres
gender equity in access to land
farmland
land dispute resolution
These Regulations of the Cabinet Secretary for Land and Physical Planning implement provisions of the Community Land Act, 2016 ("Act") with respect to, among other things, recognition, protection and registration of community land rights, community land management committees, registration of communities, conversion of community land, settlement of disputes relating to community land, conversion of group representatives, a national programme for public education and awareness on provisions of the Act and the rights of communities over community land, and the preparation of Community Rules an
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Ordonnance n° 2017-025/P-RM du 30 mars 2017 portant création de la Direction nationale des Domaines.

Legislation
March, 2017
Mali
Land Conflicts
land-use planning
land dispute resolution
cadastres
land registration
La présente ordonnance crée une Direction nationale des Domaines dont la mission est d’élaborer les éléments de la politique nationale relative au domaine et au foncier et d’assurer et d’assurer la coordination et le contrôle de la mise en œuvre de ladite politique.A ce titre, il est chargé de: élaborer et de mettre en œuvre la législation et la réglementation domaniale et foncière; réaliser des études pour l’amélioration des recettes domaniales et foncières; gérer le patrimoine immobilier non bâti de l’Etat; procéder à la location des immeubles non bâtis de l’Etat au profit des tiers; proc
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Déclaration de politique foncière rurale de la Côte d’Ivoire (2017).

National Policies
January, 2017
Côte d'Ivoire
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land dispute resolution
surveyors
land governance
sustainable land use
farmland
La Déclaration de politique foncière rurale de la Côte d’Ivoire a pour vision «la sécurisation des droits des détenteurs coutumiers, des concessionnaires et des exploitants ». L’objectif général de la politique foncière rurale est d’assurer la sécurisation foncière rurale, en vue de la réduction de la pauvreté en milieu rural, du renforcement de la cohésion sociale et de la gestion durable des ressources naturelles.
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Loi n° 2017-15 du 26 Mai 2017 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 2013-01 du 14 août 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Benin.

Legislation
May, 2017
Benin
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
farmland
customary law
use rights
land-use planning
land registration
environment
fisheries
land management
cadastres
forest land
land dispute resolution
forest conservation
gender equity in access to land
La présente loi supprime les dispositions des articles 16, 501 de la loi n° 2013-01 du 14 août 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Benin.
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National Land Commission (Investigation of Historical Land Injustices) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. No. 258 of 2017).

Regulations
October, 2017
Kenya
Land Conflicts
land dispute resolution
customary law
These Regulations of the National Land Commission, made under section 36 of the National Land Commission Act, 2012, concern correction of historical land injustices that occurred in a period between 1895 and 2010. Pursuant to Article 67 (2) (e) of the Constitution and section 15 (1) of the National Land Commission Act, 2012, the Commission may initiate investigations on its own initiative or upon a complaint into historical land injustices and recommend appropriate redress.