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Land in Africa: market asset or secure livelihood?

Institutional & promotional materials
January, 2004
Africa
cadastres
land rights
This document summarises the proceedings from a conference organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , Natural Resource insitute (NRI) and the Royal African Society in November 2004.The conference brought together a wide range of interest groups including, African policy makers, academics and civil society representatives, as well as representatives of the private sector and international agencies, to debate the way ahead for land rights and land reforms in Africa.The event addressed two key dimensions of land and property rigths in Africa today and their i
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2020 News & Views, October 1997

Overfished oceans, booming fisheries: what does this mean for world food security? (Featured Article)

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 1997
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IFPRI Forum

Will supermarkets be super for small farmers? (Feature article)

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2003
Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, China, India, Ethiopia
Land & Food Security
fisheries
poverty
farmers
food security
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Linked Open Data and Land Governance

Institutional & promotional materials
March, 2016
Global
open access (land)
What is Linked Open Data?

Linked Open Data is a way of enriching, connecting, and linking data in structured, machine readable and standardized formats under open licenses. Linked Open Data enables the same content to be represented in multiple ways in different places simultaneously.

Advantages of Linked Open Data

Efficient use of resources
Linked Open Data reduces redundancy by building upon and the work of others rather than replicating existing systems.
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Protecting Land Rights in Ratanakiri, Cambodia

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2004
Cambodia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
Ratanakiri is divided into 9 districts covering 240 villages and approximately 100,000 people. Of these,
65% are minority hill tribes comprising groups such as the Jarai, Tampoen, Kui, etc. with only about 5% of the people literate. Over the past five years, international monitoring groups estimate that 120% of the land has been appropriated through land sales and concessions for logging, mining, and commercial agriculture.
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Promoting Land Rights in Vietnam: A Multi-sector Advocacy Coalition Approach

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2013
Vietnam
Land & Food Security
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land policies
land law
Land rights have become highly contested in Vietnam in recent years. Vietnam‟s land endowment is one of the lowest in the world: each agricultural household holds, on average, less than 0.5 hectare. Access to land is critical to social and economic development in the future. The national priority on “industrialization and modernization” has placed new demands on agricultural and forest land for urban-industrial expansion. The high level of public concern over land tenure and its links to political and social stability have led to widespread calls for revision of the 2003 Land Law.
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Economic land concessions profile: Land and Developing (Cambodia)

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December, 2011
Cambodia
concession (land)
land
A webpage list showing company name, address, director name and nationality, status of company registration with the Ministry of Commerce, legal papers and investment rights, ELC size and location with coordinates, purpose of investment, contract duration, land utilization plan, profess of implementation after contract signing, and any measures taken by the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF).
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Resources, rights and cooperation a sourcebook on property rights and collective action for sustainable development

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2010
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
land rights
water rights
This first CAPRi sourcebook is a fitting commemoration of the 15th anniversary of CAPRi. Unique among other training materials, it is based directly on the experiences and lessons of research on CAPRi core themes from around the world. The presentation is simple and straightforward, but it is based on sound underlying research.
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How video can support your forced eviction campaign

Institutional & promotional materials
Cambodia
concession (land)
development agencies
A brief guide describing how campaigners can integrate video into meetings and events to support their campaigns.
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Stolen land and stolen future : a report of land grabbing in Cambodia

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2011
Cambodia
Land & Investments
concession (land)
land
land transfers
The focus of this report is land grabbing in Cambodia.
it is based on APRODEV Agencies experience from
many years of development work. The report documents how affected communities have lost their livelihoods because of land grabbing by national and
international business corporations. Local communities have lost their livelihoods.
and have not been consulted. They have received little or no compensation for their loss. The system of economic land concessions is a significant part of the issue.