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Defenders of the Earth

Global killings of land and environmental defenders in 2016

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Global
Land Conflicts
extractive industries
forest land
land
land access
land conflicts
land grabbing
land rights activists
mining
2016 saw a record 200 killings of people defending their land, forests and rivers against destructive industries.

It has never been deadlier to take a stand against companies that steal land and destroy the environment. Our new report Defenders of the Earth found that nearly four people were murdered every week in 2016 protecting their land and the natural world from industries like mining, logging and agribusiness.
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The Partnership for Action Conference: Summary of Conference Outcomes

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2017
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban Tenure
gender equity in access to land
housing rights
land dispute
land governance
land law
land policies
local communities
sustainable development
women
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Safeguarding Human Rights in Land Related Investments

Comparison of the Voluntary Guidelines Land with the IFC Performance Standards and the World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Framework

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Global
Land & Investments
VGGT
land governance
land policies
land reform
agricultural land management
land markets
land investments
land deals
displacement
dispossession
land conflicts
research
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of national Food Security (VGGt) represent a new international legal instrument, which was adopted unanimously in 2012 by the United nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS). the Guidelines are a soft law instrument that does not create new, legally binding obligations for states or responsibilities for private actors, but that applies existing governance standards, particularly for human rights, to the management of land.
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Role of Land Governance in Improving Tenure Security in Zambia: Towards a Strategic Framework for Preventing Land Conflicts

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2017
Zambia
Land Conflicts
cadastral administration
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
land governance
land-use planning
landlessness
property
tenure security
Zambia is one of the countries in Africa with a high frequency of land conflicts. The conflicts over land lead to tenure insecurity. In response to the increasing number of land conflicts, the Zambian Government has undertaken measures to address land conflicts, but the measures are mainly curative in nature. But a conflict sensitive land governance framework should address both curative and preventive measures.
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Tenure and Investment in Africa

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Africa, Kenya, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Senegal
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
displacement
extractive industries
land acquisitions
land dispute
land tenure
land tenure systems
leases
local communities
tenure security
This synthesis of our findings from an investigation of tenure risk in East, West, and Southern Africa, shows that a majority of tenure disputes are caused by the displacement of local peoples, indicating that companies and investors are not doing enough to understand competing claims to the land they acquire or lease. This failure in diligence is particularly noteworthy given that a majority of the disputes analyzed had materially significant impacts: indeed, a higher proportion of projects in Africa are financially impacted by tenure dispute than any other region in the world.
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Reclaiming Land Rights

Videos
January, 2017
Cambodia
Land Conflicts
land conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
This video is part of one of the major activities of the L&A initiative “Collective Learning on Land Conflict Resolution” in Cambodia. It shows how successfully the participatory resolution of land conflict by the villagers in Sre Chhuk village in Lumphat district has been managed.
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Protecting Our Community Land

Manuals & Guidelines
Videos
January, 2017
Cambodia
Land Conflicts
Land & Investments
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
land grabbing
local communities
This video is part of one of the major activities of the L&A initiative “Collective Learning on Land Conflict Resolution” in Cambodia. It shows how important the solidarity of villagers is important to prevent land grabbing. The concerned village is in Taing Mlou village, Andoung Meas district, Ratanakiri province.
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Innovative Approach to Land Conflict Transformation: Lessons learned from the HAGL/indigenous communities’ mediation process in Ratanakiri, Cambodia

Training Resources & Tools
May, 2017
Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
capacity development
customary land rights
customary tenure
development agencies
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
In the Mekong region, conflicts between local communities and large scale land concessions are widespread. They are often difficult to solve. In Cambodia, an innovative approach to conflict resolution was tested in a case involving a private company, Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL), and several indigenous communities who lost some of their customary lands and forests when the company obtained a concession to grow rubber in the Province of Ratanakiri. The approach was developed by CSOs Equitable Cambodia (EC) and Inclusive Development International (IDI) with the support of QDF funding from MRLG.
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Land of Sorrow: Human rights violations at Myanmar’s Myotha Industrial Park

Reports & Research
September, 2017
Myanmar
Land Conflicts
land
land conflicts
land governance
land investments
land law
local communities
(Paris, Yangon) Myanmar may soon face a land conflict epidemic as a result of the growing influx of investments and the consequent demand for land, unless laws and policies that adequately address land rights issues are urgently adopted and implemented, FIDH warned in a new report published today.
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Terra tradicionalmente ocupada, direito originário e a inconstitucionalidade do marco temporal ante a proeminência do art. 231 e 232 da 1988

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
intensive land use
land
land access
land area
land dispute resolution
property law
Resumo: O presente artigo tem como objetivo abordar alguns dos aspectos acerca da demarcação de terras indígenas no Brasil, em especial, o entendimento e aplicação do denominado “marco temporal” pelos tribunais, como condicionante para determinar a tradicionalidade, ou não, destas terras. Da mesma forma, serão analisados os possíveis avanços dos direitos indigenistas após a promulgação da Constituição Federal brasileira de 1988.