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FAO has a long interest in addressing the management of conflict to reduce uncertainty and improve wellbeing, particularly for the most vulnerable in society. This manual focuses on how to manage and resolve conflicts over land tenure rights, security of tenure and land access in the field of rural development. It results from complementary activities undertaken within FAO’s Livelihood Support Programme (LSP) and Land Tenure Service. It addresses the specific issues of land tenure identified in the volume “Negotiation and Mediation Techniques for Natural Resource Management” published by the LSP on September 20051. It is therefore presented as the second volume in that series, and is the first of a number of planned complementary volumes in that series that will address specific areas where conflict is increasingly evident. From the FAO Land Tenure Service (SDAA) perspective, the programme on the analysis of land tenure conflict management dates from 2001, and this volume is thus the second in the Land Tenure Service Technical Manual series to be published.
