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The Law and Its Limits: Land Grievances, Wicked Problems, and Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2021
Timor-Leste
Land & Corruption
Land in post-conflict settings
land administration
land law
compensation
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
This article discusses the inherent limitations of law in transitional justice processes regarding land grievances. Through analysis of the case of Timor-Leste (East Timor), a country marked by post-colonialism, post-authoritarianism, and post-conflict. The article shows how complex transitional justice regarding land grievances can be, and argues that a legalist perspective gives a limited view of these grievances, both for studying and finding solutions to them. The article employs the concept of ‘wicked problems’ to overcome the limitations of law.
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Ideal Procedures for Residential Stands Allocations on Council Land

Manuals & Guidelines
July, 2020
Africa, Zimbabwe
Land & Corruption
Urban Tenure
land registration
corruption
development
urban planning
property rights
The following are the major steps that were used before in allocating residential stands in Harare. However, these have been changed to accommodate the interests of the policymakers and senior council management. These new changes have opened the system to manipulation of town planning regulations. The Harare Residents’ Trust (HRT) is sharing these steps in the public interest. Several residents have lost their money through corruption involving officials, Councillors, land barons and real estate agencies who sometimes pocket money that they do not deserve.
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Open Up Guide for Land Governance, Version 2.0 (following public comments)

Manuals & Guidelines
October, 2021
Global
Land & Corruption
land administration
spatial source
spatial units
land governance
land policies
land tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
open access (land)
tenure security
perception of tenure security
government
open data
The Open Up Guide on Land Governance is a resource aimed to be used by governments from developing countries to collect and release land-related data to improve data quality, availability, accessibility and use for improved citizen engagement, decision making and innovation. It sets out:

Key datasets for land management accountability, and how they should be collected, stored, shared and published for improving land governance and transparency;
- Also in
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Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Panel: Land Rights for Sustainable Life on Land

Journal Articles & Books
Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2017
Africa, Americas, Asia, Oceania
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
land governance
sustainable development
land economics
land rights
The Sustainable Development Goal 15 “Life on land” commits world leaders to work together to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) for safeguarding life on land. One of the objectives that comprise LDN is to reinforce responsible governance of land tenure. Land rights are a key factor for achieving LDN. This publication by the UNCCD CSO Panel aims to analyze and highlight the linkages between land rights and land degradation with the objective of offering policy recommendations to enhance land rights for both the prevention of land degradation and the recovery of degraded lands.
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Improving Governance of Tenure in Policy and Practice: Monitoring in a Space for Multiple Views

Journal Articles & Books
Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2020
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
VGGT
development
sustainable development
land rights
The dynamics of current global challenges—like food and nutrition security, environmental degradation, climate change, and emergencies—reduce the availability of and/or access to natural resources, and thereby underline the urgency of achieving transformational changes in the governance of tenure. This is increasingly required to bring the greatest good to the most people, in line with human rights.
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Mekong Regional Land Forum 2021: Land tenure in Mekong forest landscapes: Advancing the recognition of customary rights and responsible investment practices. Summary Report

Reports & Research
September, 2021
Cambodia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
COVID-19
VGGT
land governance

Mekong Regional Land Forum 2021: Land tenure in Mekong forest landscapes: Advancing the recognition of customary rights and responsible investment practices. Summary Report
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Summary Report of the Second Regional Land Forum, 28 – 30 May 2018

Conference Papers & Reports
June, 2018
China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
land governance
The forum was co-hosted by the Mekong Region Land Governance Project and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Co-Conveners of the programme includes the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) and the Independent Mediation Group (IMG). The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg supported the Forum.
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Cambodia’s Unofficial Regime of Extraction: Illicit Logging in the Shadow of Transnational Governance and Investment

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2015
Cambodia
Forest Tenure
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
land governance
corruption
deforestation
forest conservation
foreign investment
government
extractive industries
Cambodia has recently demonstrated one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. While scholars have long explored the drivers of tropical forest loss, the case of Cambodia offers particular insights into the role of the state where transnational governance and regional integration are increasingly the norm. Given the significant role logging rents play in Cambodia’s post-conflict state formation, this article explores the contemporary regime and its ongoing codependent relationship with forested land.
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Forest Crimes in Cambodia

Rings of illegality in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Cambodia
Forest Tenure
Land & Corruption
corruption
forest law
forestry
deforestation
protected areas
forest land
Cambodia has suffered some of the highest rates of deforestation (measured as a percentage of forest cover) of any country since the 1970s – and rates have been increasing significantly in the past decade. Even the country’s so-called protected areas have been severely impacted, despite supposedly being safeguarded under Cambodian law.
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Serial Offender: Vietnam’s continued imports of illegal Cambodian timber

Reports & Research
December, 2018
Cambodia, Vietnam
Forest Tenure
Land & Corruption
corruption
forestry
deforestation
protected areas
forest land
encroachment
Vietnam, which has a long history of theft of timber from neighbouring Laos and Cambodia, recently initialled a timber trade agreement with the European Union. This will see Vietnam implement legislation to address imports of illegally harvested or traded timber, in return for timber exports to the EU being deemed to comply with the requirements of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR).