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Land acquisitions and rights
Using legal tools and participatory approaches, we work to strengthen land rights for local people to improve their livelihoods and get a better deal from incoming investors
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Bringing coherence and a rights-based approach to Indonesia’s climate and investment governance
… renewable energy and conservation projects — come with a significant land footprint and impact heavily on local communities and Indigenous … and economic governance strategies and define priorities using a rights-based approach to ensure social and environmental benefits. … … Febry … Abdul Malik Akdom … Amaelle Seigneret … Governance … Land acquisitions and rights … Bringing coherence and a rights-based approach …
Publication, 15 August 2023
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Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon
… Indigenous communities in rural areas of Cameroon to exercise their rights to their historical and legitimate territories. Cameroon’s land laws do not recognise collective and customary land rights, making … resolution. … 21296IIED … Romuald Ngono … Armelle Olinga … Land acquisitions and rights … Natural resource management … Strengthening …
Publication, 30 January 2023
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Investment treaty law and climate change
Publication, 02 November 2023
Civil society improvements to land tenure governance in Guinea
… Guinea is hosting a growing number of large land-based investment projects in sectors such as mining, agriculture … of Civil Society Organisations for the Defence of Community Rights (CODEC) in 2018. CODEC facilitates citizen participation in the … linking CODEC with peer organisations in West Africa. … Law … Land acquisitions and rights … Law, economies and justice … Civil society …
Project, 21 March 2023
Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea
… projects emerging in the area and the resulting expropriation of land, the women in the group have seen their access to land threatened … women further exposed. An integrated approach to secure women's rights I co-founded the women's organisation Creativité et Développement … feedback from Oumou and others in the groups. … Nentébou Barry … Land acquisitions and rights … Law … Gender … Overcoming obstacles to women's …
Blog, 17 October 2022
Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia
… Life itself is dependent on land. It contributes to the cultural, social, political and economic … land policy framework (PDF)  to regulate land tenure or protect land rights. To address this, the process for formulating the first ever land … engagement would have been severely hampered. … Jesinta Kunda … Land acquisitions and rights … Policy and planning … Civil society …
Blog, 05 April 2023
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Using dialogue to address land-related conflicts
… agribusiness, mining and forestry has caused widespread transfers of land rights from local communities to commercial actors. But these transfers … their demands. … 21356IIED … Michelle Sonkoue … Romauld Ngono … Land acquisitions and rights … Law … Using dialogue to address land-related …
Publication, 30 January 2023
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Assessing the implementation and impacts of gender-sensitive by-laws in Kisarawe
… in Kisarawe District aimed at strengthening women’s voices in local land governance through the adoption of gender-sensitive village … as a valuable tool with the potential to guarantee women’s land rights and governance. Nevertheless, the report sets out a number of … potential is to be fully realised. … 21486G … TAWLA … Gender … Land acquisitions and rights … Assessing the implementation and impacts of …
Publication, 26 May 2023
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Women and land in Senegal: promoting inclusive and participatory governance
… remain in the minority or even absent from strategic and operational land governance bodies at ‘commune’ level. Furthermore, the legal … … 21366IIED … Ibrahima Dia … Philippine Sutz … Gender … Land acquisitions and rights … Women and land in Senegal: promoting inclusive and …
Publication, 15 February 2023