In early 2015, Maasai and Datoga citizens living in the Morogoro region of Tanzania were victims of deadly, ethnic violence. According to reports from local media, the assaults were instigated by public figures interested in acquiring land, and state authorities have not intervened to protect Maasai citizens. Police protection has instead been given to others who are illegally cultivating officially registered Maasai land.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2015Tanzania
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Tanzania
Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) have the potential to benefit both people and wildlife in Tanzania. But are Tanzanian communities earning enough from WMAs to want to protect the wildlife that live on their land? This policy brief addresses this question by examining two WMAs in the Tarangire ecosystem and looking at their performance and revenue streams. This reveals that while communities are earning some income, the WMAs do not yet have enough funds to cover management and wildlife protection costs.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Tanzania
While the guarantees provided in the Katiba mark an extraordinary achievement for women’s land rights, many more steps are needed to reach gender-equitable land ownership in Tanzania. Mama Ardhi members therefore continue to advocate for additional changes in policy and practice that will bring about real transformation for women, their children and society as a whole.
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What lessons do they offer to improve governance of tenure of land and forests in Tanzania?
Policy Papers & BriefsOctober, 2015TanzaniaBetween 2005 and 2009 the emergence of large-scale acquisitions of land or ‘land grabbing’ for production of food and energy feedstocks, and private forest plantations in developing countries, triggered various responses from global actors.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ghana
For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems. This paper provides insights into the challenges in understanding and empirically analyzing the relationship between tenure systems and agricultural investment, and formulates policy advice that can support land tenure interventions. We focus on Ghana, based on extensive qualitative fieldwork and a review of empirical research and policy documents.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2015Paraguay
Este material incluye una breve referencia al marco jurídico que orienta la política de reforma agraria y distribución de tierras, una descripción de la política de tierras en los últimos años, el desempeño del organismo de aplicación de dicha política, el Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra (INDERT), un recuento de los mecanismos existentes para el acceso a la tierra por parte de…
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2015Peru
El presente documento contiene una breve sistematización de las políticas vigentes en el Perú en torno al acceso y control de la tierra por parte de pequeños agricultores y comunidades. Su lectura debe complementar la del documento sobre legislación, preparado igualmente para el Movimiento por la Tierra en Sudamérica.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2015Ecuador
Se trata de un aporte técnico para entender el contexto político, reivindicativo, pero principalmente legislativo del acceso a la tierra de sectores populares en el medio rural del Uruguay actual. El estudio parte de la intervención del Estado sobre el acceso a la tierra a través de las leyes e instrumentos complementarios a las mismas y la trama de sus aplicaciones concretas. Por lo tanto es un documento…
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsSeptember, 2015Uruguay
Documento que en primer lugar realiza un breve recorrido histórico sobre el proceso de incorporación de tierras para ser distribuidas mediante el Instituto Nacional de Colonización, señalando la interacción entre Estado y sociedad civil en diferentes etapas, y algunas problemáticas estructurales para su efectiva aplicación. En segundo lugar, se identifican diversas intervenciones en materia de tenencia,…
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Uruguay
Documento exploratorio que analiza las acciones y demandas de las principales organizaciones sociales que representan a asalariados rurales y productores familiares en los últimos 10 años, describe los principales conflictos locales suscitados en torno al acceso a la tierra y plantea estimaciones aproximativas sobre la cantidad de solicitantes de tierra, tanto a nivel nacional como regional.
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