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From Risk and Conflict to Peace and Prosperity

Reports & Research

February 2017

Kenya

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Senegal

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

China

Indonesia

India

Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Organizations

International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)

The IASC is the leading professional association dedicated to the commons. The association, founded in 1989, is devoted to bringing together multi-disciplinary researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for the purpose of improving governance and management, advancing understanding, and creating sustainable solutions for commons, common-pool resources, or any other form of shared resource.

The IASC aims to:

The term commons is most frequently used to refer to those natural resources that are held in common by a community.

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