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Land Use Policy Reform in Burma: Engaging Stakeholders & Regional Lessons

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2014
Myanmar
VGGT
land use
land
property
A guest post by Robert Oberndorf, Resource Law Specialist, Tenure and Global Climate Change Project. Recent rapid changes in Burma have led to concerns related to the land tenure and property rights (LTPR) of smallholder farmers and communities throughout the country. The limited harmonization and dated nature of the overall legal and governance frameworks related to land use management and tenure security in the country adds to these concerns.
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The global environmental benefits of land degradation control on agricultural land - global overlays program

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 1999
Global
land
property
The note focuses on the global effects of land degradation, but emphasizes other important levels of land degradation: at the field level, it may result in reduced productivity; at the national level, it may cause flooding, and sedimentation; and, at the global level, it can contribute to climate changes, damaging bio-diversity, and international waters. The effects on climate changes are explored, and the report questions the extent to which land degradation on agricultural land, affects climate change. Does it increase emissions of greenhouse gases?
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The Word on Women – Why Does it Matter Who has Rights to Land in the Household?

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
gender equity in access to land
In most of the world, families live and work together on their land. Why does it matter then, who manages the family’s land and other resources? For an overview of why women’s land rights matter, read this USAID Issue Brief.
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Country Profile: Indonesia

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2010
Asia
Land & Investments
land grabbing
property law
land governance
This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Indonesia is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced by Associates in Rural Development, World Resources Institute and Rural Development Institute for USAID. The profile includes information on property rights and tenure concerning land, forests, freshwater, and minerals, as well as an aggregation of LTPR-related indicators. Options and opportunities for intervention by USAID are presented at the end of the profile, along with an extensive list of references for additional information.
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USAID Country Profile: Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2010
Kenya
property
This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Kenya is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced by Associates in Rural Development, World Resources Institute and Rural Development Institute for USAID. The profile includes information on property rights and tenure concerning land, forests, freshwater, and minerals, as well as an aggregation of LTPR-related indicators. Options and opportunities for intervention by USAID are presented at the end of the profile, along with an extensive list of references for additional information.
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AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE CONTEXT OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY: LAND, TERRITORY AND DIGNITY

ICARRD, Issue Paper 5

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2006
Global
agrarian reform
land rights
rural development
food security

This paper provides a civil society perspective on agrarian reform and rural development and develops the concept of food sovereignty as an overarching framework or paradigm.
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Agricultural Land Use and Food Security in Asia: Green Revolution and Beyond

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2000
Asia
land rights
food security

This paper reviews the patterns of growth in agricultural production and land use existing in Asian countries and how they are affecting agricultural resources and food security.
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POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR PASTORALISM IN AFRICA

Securing, Protecting and Improving the Lives, Livelihoods and Rights of Pastoralist Communities

Legislation & Policies
Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2010
Africa
land policies
This Policy Framework is the first continent-wide policy initiative which aims to secure, protect a
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Land Rights for African Development: From Knowledge to Action

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2005
Africa
land rights
This document is a collection of briefs that summarizes select papers presented at the 2005 workshop: “Land Rights for African Development: From Knowledge to Action” hosted by UNDPs Drylands Development Center and the International Land Coalition. The workshop addressed key land tenure issues in Africa that influence food security, environmental sustainability, agricultural intensification, conflict, peace building and broader rural development.
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Landesa's Issue Brief on Land Rushes

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
land
property
Dubbed "Land Grabs" by the media, these commercial land acquisitions, in which investors buy up or lease vast swaths of land in developing countries to develop super-sized farms, pose particular danger for subsistence farmers, women and other pastoralists in developing countries, many of whom have been using their plot of land for generations but have no formal paperwork to prove their legal ownership of the land.