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Displaying 2631 - 2640 of 6947F.a: Securing Indigenous Communities’ Rights to Land and Natural Resources in Kayah State, Myanmar
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In the state of Kayah, indigenous peoples' territories are threatened by widespread economic takeover, including forestry and mining. Most villagers have no officially recognized right to the land they till. The project carries out community mapping and do cumentation of existing customary land use and management in seven indigenous communities in the Hpruso area and utilizes this material for land rights advocacy work. The project communities have been internally displaced and settled in their present areas . The inhabitants of the area are heavily dependent on rotational rice cultivation. The fallow lands in rotational farming are usually categorized as fallow and vacant land under the current virgin, fallow, vacant (VFV) law (amended 2018), therefore those farming lands left fallow are under constant threat of being grabbed by the State as well as by powerful business groups. The purpose of this project is to expand an ongoing work and to include new communities in the face of the immediate threat of land g rabs. The documentation utilizes participatory action research methods. The data collection is based on teams of community representatives. Project communities will also receive training on relevant national and international legal frameworks and indigenou s peoples' rights. As a result of the project: the communities have documented their land use and management practices and the customary law guiding these; with the assistance of facilitators, the communities have delineated their village territories and p roduced a land use map; and the communities actively participate in lobbying activities in collaboration with allied organizations and networks at township, district and state level. Community networking and exchange of experiences will be created to provi de inspiration and help strengthening the self-confidence of communities to engage in advocacy and lobbying for the recognition of the customary communal land rights at different decision making levels in the government. The project covers seven villages n ear the town of Hpruso. In these communities, a total of 1089 people live in 199 households. After the project, project community leaders support the work of other communities, in order to bring about similar action in other communities and to make the lan d rights movement for indigenous peoples as broad and effective as possible. Project is implemented by Karuna Mission Social Solidarity-Loikaw.
ANDF I
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The newly established land administration agency in Benin has many responsibilities and is under a lot of time pressure to establish a national cadaster. The agency would benefit from support from partner organizations in order to have access to experiences and expertise in their operations and strategy.
St.Mary's University College
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Mizan Law Review publication for 7(1) + 7(2) books entitled The Investment Promotion and Environmental protection balance in sustainable development and the Ethiopian land law regime in the context of sustainable development.
F.a: Land and Livelihood Advocacy Development Project (LLAP)
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Cambodia’s 2001 Land Law attempted to limit encroachment into state land (technically about 80% of Cambodia’s land area) while providing for legal expansion of smallholder agriculture through the distribution of up to five hectares of state land as “ social land concessions” which would be eligible for title after five years of continuous occupation and use. In 2003, Sub-Decree 19 on Social Land Concessions (SLCs) was enacted which provided for a locally initiated and managed process of planning and implementing SLCs. In late 2005, the State Land Management Sub-Decree provided the legal basis for district and provincial levels of Government to work with communes to identify and officially allocate state lands for SLCs.Land and Advocacy Development Pro ject (LADP) has been prepared to provide capacity building on Alternative Dispute resolution (ADR) Land Rights and Land Registration, Advocacy, Women Rights, and relevant laws to ensure that the people are aware of ADR and the responsibilities of governmen t and other duty-bearers to fulfill, to protect and respect communities’ rights. In addition, the capacity of the duty bearers will be strengthened to be able to fulfill their obligations to realise concerned communities’ rights. Objectives:• To prom ote democratic participation and human rights at the grassroots level by educating and supporting vulnerable groups, victims of land dispute and local government (Commune Councils) to become more effective at advocating their communities’ needs.• To en sure the most vulnerable groups are able to access to their agriculture land and control over productive resources and assets for enhancing their livelihood activities. Rights- holders /beneficiaries: Approximately 1 000 households located in 25 villages a t selected LWD programme areas in Kampong Speu, Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambang provinces will benefit from the project. The district Cadastral Commission, local authority and LWD staff will benefit from the project through capacity building on Alterna tive Dispute Resolution. Implementing partner: Life with Dignity (LWD)LWD has been working together with FCA in partnership for over 20 years to improve the livelihoods of the poor and marginalised in rural Cambodia, engaging both rights-holders and duty-b earers. Since 2011, the partners have been implementing a land rights awareness project in Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Speu provinces with the aim at increasing awareness on land rights and land registration of vulnerable households who have received land through Social Land Concessions. Land rights and land registration trainings were also provided to district authority representatives, Commune Councils, village leaders, Advocacy Group and implementing partner staff in collaboration with the Ministry of La nd Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC).
Promoting SNA, CSO and CBO Dialogue on Land and NRM Governance in Cambodia
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The project aims to support establishment of local networks including establishment and function of Access to Justice Committee and other groups; strengthening capacity of SNAs, CSOs, CBOs and promote dialogues on legislations, policies related to land administration, NRM, and build their capacity on leadership, advocacy, and claim -making of vulnerable groups. The effort is also to help setting 4 Cambodia CLEAN to be able to do advocacy, policy and planning forum. Relevant resource manuals and IEC materials are developed for trainings, workshops and forums.
F.a: Promoting Land Rights and Access to Justice in Buliisa and Pakwach Districts in Uganda
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BIRUDO is a local organisation founded in 2006 that has its office in Buliisa in Western Uganda, where international oil companies have development projects that influence the rights of the people living there. The project is aimed at contributing towards awareness on land rights and access to justice for local communities in the districts of Buliisa and Pakwach in Uganda. This will be achieved through community awareness meetings and dialogues targeting the affected community, media engagement through radio education programs, collaborative alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and capacity building of the cultural and clan leaders, area land committees and district land boards, establishing referral pathways and enhancing women's capacity to uphold and claim their rights. www.birudo.org