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The Human Face of Resource Conflict: Property and Power in Nigeria

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2005
Nigeria
Land Conflicts
land governance
land use
land rights
land access
land conflicts
land dispute
customary tenure
property
This paper considers possible answers to these difficult questions by focusing on two issues: the evolution of legal norms in response to both endogenous and exogenous changes, and the role that African customary law and indigenous dispute resolution has played in promoting coordination and cooperation among group members, thereby reducing violent conflict. This paper explores legislative actions taken by the Nigerian government that impede the continued evolution of these relatively elastic customary legal norms.
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Land administration in Bangladesh: Problems and analytical approach to solution

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2017
Bangladesh
Land & Corruption
Land Conflicts
land administration
corruption
land management
conflicts
land transactions
land transfers
land conflicts
land dispute
Rapid population growth combined with fast rate of land transfer and land conversion urges for an effective land administration and management in Bangladesh. But the land administration system in Bangladesh is corrupt, inefficient, and unreliable and inherently contains systematic weaknesses. It proliferates and perpetuates the endemic nature of land disputes. Nearly 80 percent of court cases in the rural areas are estimated to be related to land-conflicts.
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Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka

Conducted between 28 September and 5 October 2019. Published: 20 January 2020.

Reports & Research
January, 2020
Sri Lanka, United Kingdom
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
post-conflict settings
compensation
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
ABSTRACTED FROM PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION: The purpose of the mission was to gather accurate and up-to-date information from a range of sources about a number of issues concerning the treatment of Tamils including the government’s attitude to diaspora activities and the treatment of members of diaspora groups, in particular members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). The mission was also interested in gathering information about the treatment of members and former members of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE).
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Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Ghana
Land Conflicts
corruption
mining
conflicts
foreign investment
extractive industries
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the question of how and why pervasive and illicit foreign involvement occurred without earlier state intervention.
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Land Ownership and the Journey to Self-Determination

Sri Lanka Country Paper

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land administration
land titling
development
post-conflict settings
land policies
land investments
land conflicts
land tenure
customary tenure
This paper is an abridged version of an earlier scoping study entitled Sri Lanka Country Report: Land Watch Asia Study prepared in 2010 by the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement through the support of the International Land Coalition (ILC). It is also written as a contribution to the Land Watch Asia (LWA) campaign to ensure that access to land, agrarian reform and sustainable development for the rural poor are addressed in development.
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Resolving Land Disputes

Effective Procedures & Strategies

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Sri Lanka
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
development
post-conflict settings
land law
conflicts
land economics
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
This manual outlines dispute resolution mechanisms, procedures and strategies that are or will be put in place by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Justice’s Special Mediation Boards (Land) to promote the resolution of a variety of housing, land and property disputes in the country. Sri Lanka has a long history and experience utilizing collaborative resolution methods to address a wide variety of disputes, and many recent positive experiences with mediation.
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Armed conflict and mining induced land-use transition in northern Nimba County, Liberia

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Liberia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
environment
deforestation
land use
land use change
mining
natural resources management
land conflicts
local communities
This study determined pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict land use change and analysed the impact of armed conflict on the intensity of land use change in northern Nimba County. Landsat images of 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2016 were classif
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Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2016
Papua New Guinea
Land Conflicts
land governance
land law
land use
natural resources management
land dispute
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has long been a site of analysis for exploring the links between natural resources and conflict, having been cited as an example in prominent studies of the “natural resource curse” and used as a source of learning in international debates on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Over the past decade, this scholarship has expanded to encompass conflict analysis and peace building.
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Land and Conflict in Papua New Guinea: The Role of Land Mediation

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2014
Papua New Guinea
Land Conflicts
land administration
land governance
conflicts
natural resources management
land dispute
land dispute resolution
Anecdotal evidence suggests that conflicts over land and extractive resource developments are on the rise across Papua New Guinea. These micro-level conflicts have the potential to scaleup and feed into large-scale armed conflicts—such as those that occurred on Bougainville and in neighbouring Solomon Islands—which require costly external intervention. Against this backdrop, this paper examines PNG’s legally-mandated land mediation system in theory and practice. A number of weaknesses are identified and described; and a case study of an apparently successful “hybrid” approach is discussed.
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Ideology and Law: The Impact of the MIB Ideology on Law and Dispute Resolution in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2008
Brunei Darussalam
Land Conflicts
land law
rule of law
common law
Islamic law
statute law
land dispute resolution
Since 1984, the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam has chartered its post-independence course through its proclaimed ideological compass of MIB (Melayu, Islam, Beraja). All three pillars of MIB – Malay culture, the religion of Islam, and the institution of an absolute Monarchy - are traditional, long standing Bruneian features, which have been expertly crafted in the last two decades to act as the filter by which modernisation and development can occur.