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Funcionalidades da Pobreza no padrão de crescimento em Moçambique

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
advocacy
agricultural and rural legislation
land governance
Este Destaque Rural pretende analisar as razões da persistência e agravamento da pobreza e das desigualdades sociais, das assimetrias territoriais entre províncias, entre o Sul e o Norte de Moçambique, e entre o meio rural e as cidades. Esta realidade acontece onde cerca de 70% da população vive no meio rural e cujos rendimentos provêm em mais de 70% da agricultura. A desnutrição crónica e aguda não recua significativamente. Os índices de prevalência de doenças continuam sendo dos mais elevados do mundo.
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Funcionalidades da Pobreza no padrão de crescimento em Moçambique

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
advocacy
agricultural and rural legislation
land governance
Este Destaque Rural pretende analisar as razões da persistência e agravamento da pobreza e das desigualdades sociais, das assimetrias territoriais entre províncias, entre o Sul e o Norte de Moçambique, e entre o meio rural e as cidades. Esta realidade acontece onde cerca de 70% da população vive no meio rural e cujos rendimentos provêm em mais de 70% da agricultura. A desnutrição crónica e aguda não recua significativamente. Os índices de prevalência de doenças continuam sendo dos mais elevados do mundo.
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Relatorio Anual de Governação Ambiental - 2018

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
advocacy
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
O CTV iniciou em 2010 o estudo, análise e monitoria do estado da governação na gestão do ambiente e recursos naturais em Moçambique, culminando com a elaboração de uma serie de relatórios anuais sobre governação ambiental (RAGA), cuja primeira edição foi publicada em Janeiro de 2012. Esta publicação tem como objectivo contribuir para a boa governação na gestão do ambiente e dos recursos naturais e promover maior justiça social, equidade e sustentabilidade no seu acesso pelos cidadãos, principalmente os das zonas rurais.
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Boosting governance in Mozambique’s forests

Reports & Research
September, 2017
Mozambique
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
forest conservation
natural resources management
sustainable land management
Mozambique is Africa’s largest exporter of timber to China. Yet multiple published concerns over the sustainability and legality of that timber trade assert the rapid commercial depletion of future timber stocks, the marginalisation of local forest communities, and the loss of revenue to government estimated at US$146 million between 2007 and 2013 alone.
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China-Africa forest trade and investment

An overview with analysis for Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2016
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
advocacy
land investments
natural resources management
sustainable land management
China’s investment and trade in Africa’s natural resource sectors have significant implications for Africa’s forests. Many investments are in forest areas. Some directly engage in logging while others, such as mining, infrastructure and agribusiness, affect forests and rural livelihoods. This report provides an overview of trends, evidence and issues related to the impacts on forests of Chinese investments in four African countries: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Uganda.
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An analysis of the impact of land-related corruption on women: case studies from Ghana and Zimbabwe

Report about land-related corruption affecting women in Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe
Land & Corruption
corruption
land governance
legal empowerment
This paper, presented at the 2016 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, explores the intersection between land corruption and women's access and ownership of land. Through analyzing a series of case studies, the paper notes that land access and ownership is increasingly defined by

variables such as power, patronage and politics.
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Women, Land and Corruption

Resources for Practitioners and Policy-Makers

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Africa
Land & Corruption
advocacy
corruption
customary land rights
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
land grabbing
land rights
usufruct
women
Women, Land and Corruption is a collection of unique articles and research findings that describe and analyse the prevalence of land corruption in Africa — and its disproportionate effect on women — pr
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Strengthening Rural Democracy Documentary

Multimedia
June, 2017
Global, Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
advocacy
eviction
farmers
land access
land reform
land rights
This is a documentary collating the experiences and stories of rural communities supported by the Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA).

AFRA, in partnership with OZA and TA, assists women, youth and men residing or working on rural commercial farmland in the UMgungundlovu District to mobilise around key issues impacting on their quality of life and access to sustainable livelihoods, engaging with and influencing policies and processes that impact on their land and development rights.
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Agri-Parks and Agri-Villages: What is government thinking?

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Global, Africa, South Africa
Land & Food Security
land
land reform
research
tenure security
This research report presents an assessment of local awareness in the Amajuba District of government's proposed Agri-Park and Agri-Village programmes. It also considers secondary data on international examples of Agri-Parks and Agri-Villages.
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Dukuduku

The forest of our discontent

Reports & Research
June, 2003
Africa, South Africa
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
advocacy
land rights
THIS report is based on research undertaken by AFRA in 2002/3. The process of compiling the information included an extensive literature review, workshops with the forest dwellers and interviews with various stakeholders. A number of issues were considered and a large volume of literature and workshop reports on these exists in AFRA's offices. These are available on request. The Department of Regional and Land Affairs commissioned a similar study in 1993 when the state was attempting to lure people out of the forest following the 1988 "invasion".