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Global Property Rights Index (PRIndex)

2016 Testing of a New Survey Module on Perceptions of Land Tenure Security in Nine Countries

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Indonesia, Greece
land policies
land tenure
local communities
research
tenure security
This report presents results from nationally representative surveys with 1,000 residents aged 15 and older in eight countries — Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Nigeria, Peru and Tanzania — and with 3,000 residents in India. Each survey attained comprehensive coverage of both urban and rural areas of the country using multi-stage stratified cluster sampling.1 Standardized interviewer and supervisor training, as well as robust validation of data collection/data entry, help to ensure rigorous quality standards.
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Creating learning and action space in South Africa’s post-apartheid land redistribution program

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2017
South Africa
Land & Investments
land acquisitions
land policies
land reform
land rights
This paper uses the case of South Africa’s latest land redistribution strategy known as the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, to explore whether, and how, research can have direct and positive impacts on beneficiaries of land reform. The study is situated within the practice of action research: to explore how it can generate knowledge that can be shared back and forth between stakeholders, as well as how it may ignite changes that the participants desire. The findings are that Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy is not meeting the overall goals land reform.
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Guia para Integração dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável nos Municípios Brasileiros

Manuals & Guidelines
May, 2017
Brazil
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
communal territory
food security
local communities
rural areas
rural development
rural population
territory
women
Esta publicação busca trazer a todos os Municípios brasileiros orientações sobre como incorporar a nova agenda de desenvolvimento, a Agenda de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Agenda 2030) no planejamento e na gestão municipal. Trata-se de uma agenda global para o desenvolvimento humano e sustentável à qual o Brasil, junto com outros 192 países, aderiu em setembro de 2015, e que deve ser implantada até 2030.
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In the Valley of the Shadow of Death?

A Report on Antofagasta Plc, Minera Los Pelambres and Los Caimanes

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Chile
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
extractive industries
land rights
mining
London Mining Network is an alliance of human rights, development, environmental and solidarity groups working in support of communities around the world who are badly affected by mining companies based in, or financed from, London.

One such company is Antofagasta plc, one of the larger mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The majority of its operations are in Chile. The most significant shareholders in Antofagasta are members of the Luksic family, a wealthy Chilean family which is also involved in a number of other businesses.
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O que está em jogo na"Economia Verde"

Manuals & Guidelines
May, 2017
Brazil
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
agropastoral systems
climate change
environment
food security
natural disasters
natural resources management
nature reserves
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
territory
water rights
women
Edição nº 99 da Revista do meio ambiente: O que está em jogo na "Economia Verde"
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Power and Potential

A Comparative Analysis of National Laws and Regulations Concerning Women's Rights to Community Forests

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2017
Africa, Asia
Land & Gender
VGGT
gender equity in access to land
inheritance tax
land rights
land tenure
women
Up to 2.5 billion people hold and use the world’s community lands, yet the tenure rights of women—who comprise more than half the population of the world’s Indigenous Peoples and local communities—are seldom acknowledged or protected by national laws.
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'Youth, Land, and The SDGs' | A Short Documentary Film by Jamal Browne

Videos
May, 2017
Kenya, United States of America
development
land tenure
land tenure systems
sustainable development
youth
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The Status of National Legal Frameworks for Valuing Compensation for Expropriated Land

An Analysis of Whether National Laws in 50 Countries/Regions across Asia, Africa, and Latin America Comply with International Standards on Compensation Valuation

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Global
VGGT
expropriation
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
land investments
land valuation
land tenure
The challenges associated with determining fair compensation for expropriated land have been extensively discussed and debated among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and the public. However, to date, a comprehensive study of national-level compensation procedures established by law considering whether such procedures meet internationally recognized standards on compensation valuation has not been conducted.
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L’investissement privé en agriculture est-il la solution? Évaluation de la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition au Sénégal

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Senegal
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
land policies
Date: 29 mai 2017

Source: Farmlandgrab

Par: Marie Gagné
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A spatio-temporal analysis of forest loss related to cocaine trafficking in Central America

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2017
Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Land & Corruption
corruption
deforestation
forest land
A growing body of evidence suggests that criminal activities associated with drug trafficking networks are a progressively important driver of forest loss in Central America. However, the scale at which drug trafficking represents a driver of forest loss is not presently known. We estimated the degree to which narcotics trafficking may contribute to forest loss using an unsupervised spatial clustering of 15 spatial and temporal forest loss patch metrics developed from global forest change data.