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District Multi-stakeholder Forums: An Unexhausted Opportunity for Securing Land Rights; the Tanzanian Experience

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Tanzania
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
capacity development
customary land rights
grazing land rights
land administration
land conflicts
Administration of land in Tanzania is more decentralized from the president to the village level. The law gives power to village councils and village assemblies to administer village land. The District authorities are given advisory and supervisory mandates over villages and represent the commissioner who takes overall administrative powers. Despite decentralization, institutions responsible for land administration, land have continued to be cause of many conflicts for years. Conflicts have been escalating and lead loss of lives and property.
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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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Summary Report: Recognition of Customary Tenure in the Mekong Region

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
compensation
concession (land)
customary land rights
customary law
customary tenure
expropriation
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
indigenous people's tenure
land conflicts
This dialogue provided a way for the land community to collaboratively explore challenges and opportunities related to the recognition of indigenous, ethnic minority and customary tenure rights in the Mekong region in order to:
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Comunidad 24 de mayo: Mujeres Kichwas defendiendo la tierra

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Ecuador
gender equity in access to land
land dispute
women

"Desde la antigüedad las mujeres soñamos defender la tierra para un futuro próspero, donde todos tengamos los mismos derechos sea hombre o mujer"(Antonia Grefa, Comunidad Veinticuatro De Mayo)

En la actualidad en la comunidad Veinticuatro de Mayo existe un porcentaje muy similar entre dirigentes hombres y mujeres, esto ha ayudado a que se equiparen los derechos y obligaciones dentro de esta comunidad.
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Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas

Videos
March, 2017
Ethiopia
eviction
land dispute
land grabbing
rural population
Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas - a documentary thriller about land grabbing and the global rush for farmland - the new green gold!
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Protecting Our Community Land

Manuals & Guidelines
Videos
January, 2017
Cambodia
Land Conflicts
Land & Investments
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
land grabbing
local communities
This video is part of one of the major activities of the L&A initiative “Collective Learning on Land Conflict Resolution” in Cambodia. It shows how important the solidarity of villagers is important to prevent land grabbing. The concerned village is in Taing Mlou village, Andoung Meas district, Ratanakiri province.
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Reclaiming Land Rights

Videos
January, 2017
Cambodia
Land Conflicts
land conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
This video is part of one of the major activities of the L&A initiative “Collective Learning on Land Conflict Resolution” in Cambodia. It shows how successfully the participatory resolution of land conflict by the villagers in Sre Chhuk village in Lumphat district has been managed.
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Tenure and Investment in Africa

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Africa, Kenya, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Senegal
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
displacement
extractive industries
land acquisitions
land dispute
land tenure
land tenure systems
leases
local communities
tenure security
This synthesis of our findings from an investigation of tenure risk in East, West, and Southern Africa, shows that a majority of tenure disputes are caused by the displacement of local peoples, indicating that companies and investors are not doing enough to understand competing claims to the land they acquire or lease. This failure in diligence is particularly noteworthy given that a majority of the disputes analyzed had materially significant impacts: indeed, a higher proportion of projects in Africa are financially impacted by tenure dispute than any other region in the world.
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Tenure foncière et investissements en Afrique: Analyse comparative des tendances clés et facteurs contextuels

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land conflicts
land deals
land investments
land policies
Source: Rights and ressources.org

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Reflections on Future Challenges to Housing, Land and Property Restitution for Syrian Refugees

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Syrian Arab Republic
Land Conflicts
compensation
displacement
housing rights
land conflicts
land rights
property
property rights
NRC interviewed 580 Syrian refugee households in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq to assess their potential Housing, Land and Property (HLP) claims inside Syria if they were to return home.