Smallholder farms in humid tropics often display complex associations of perennial and annual crops as farmers tend to valorise between-row spaces of the perennials by intercropping with shorter cycle crops, all in a bid to better absorb climatic and associated economic risks. To better…
Since 2000 and the implementation of China’s ‘going abroad’ policy, mainland Chinese state-owned and private companies have significantly increased their interests in the resources and investment opportunities of the Congo Basin, bringing new opportunities as well as potential social and…
The study investigates the state of women’s land rights under statutes and customary practices in Cameroon and how the conception of these rights affects women’s role in the economy. It concludes that the future of women’s land rights will depend largely on a complete change of the current land…
This thematic issue of the Land Tenure Journal brings together theories and practices related to land tenure and climate change both from the mitigation and adaptation perspectives. Articles look at the implications that REDD+ and Payments for Environmental Services pose to land tenure and…
Second issue of the Journal, which is now published in both hardcopy and in electronic formats and provides an open, impartial and practice-oriented global forum for promoting the latest knowledge in land tenure. This issue features five continents and subcontinents exploring common challenges…
This issue examines the ¿Economic and social significance of forests for Africa¿s sustainable development¿. It addresses efforts of African nations to sustainably manage their forests. Authors share cases and experiences highlighting attempts made by forest and natural resource managers to…
This is a Contract Annex posted on <a href="https://www.openlandcontracts.org:443/">OpenLandContracts.org</a>. It lists Timber (Wood) as the primary resource(s)
Includes what is the problem and what can be done?; the law and customary land rights; how does Forest Law treat customary land rights?; lessons from other African states; the way forward. Argues that the current de jure reality is that most rural Cameroonians are little more than squatters on…
Here it is an important book on Women's Land Rights, published by the International Development Research Centre. The book's authors, Debbie Budlender and Eileen Alma, also draw from the outcomes of the 3 year collaborative project entitled “<a href="…
This is a Establishment Convention posted on <a href="https://www.openlandcontracts.org:443/">OpenLandContracts.org</a>. It lists Oil palm or palm oils,Oil palm products,…
This is a Decree posted on <a href="https://www.openlandcontracts.org:443/">OpenLandContracts.org</a>. It lists Timber (Wood) as the primary resource(s)
This is a Contract Annex posted on <a href="https://www.openlandcontracts.org:443/">OpenLandContracts.org</a>. It lists Timber (Wood) as the primary resource(s)