Search results

514 results
Cover for 20331iied.pdf
Routes to change: rural women’s voices in land, climate and market governance in sub-Saharan Africa
… Land acquisitions and rights … Routes to change: rural women’s voices in land, climate and market governance in sub-Saharan Africa …
Publication, 28 July 2021
Cover for 20126IIED.pdf
Land reform in Cameroon: a coherent vision from civil society
… The Cameroonian government’s decision to reform the land legal framework is an opportunity to provide real protection for rural land tenure rights, in a context where major investments and projects are increasing … Land acquisitions and rights … Land reform in Cameroon: a coherent vision from civil society …
Publication, 27 May 2021
The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System
… Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in … by pointing to negative social impacts, including loss of local land rights, threats to local food security and the risk that large-scale … Land acquisitions and rights … The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Cover for G03853.pdf
Conservation and "Land Grabbing" in Rangelands: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
… The International Land Coalition's Rangelands Initiative Issue Paper No. 5 examines the complex and evolving relationship between land rights and conservation. Drawing on a wide range of examples, it makes a … came together to explore interactions between conservation, land acquisitions, and community land rights. The meeting was organised by …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Cover for X00240.pdf
(Dis)integration in Global Resource Governance: Extractivism, Human Rights, and Investment Treaties
… systems of practice and belief, and more effectively consider human rights in investment processes. … Land acquisitions and rights … (Dis)integration in Global Resource Governance: Extractivism, Human Rights, and Investment Treaties …
Publication, 01 August 2020
Cover for X00131.pdf
Addressing the human rights impacts of ‘land grabbing’
… This Study discusses the human rights issues raised by large-scale land deals for plantation agriculture (‘land grabbing’) in low and middle-income countries. Firstly, the Study … Land acquisitions and rights … Addressing the human rights impacts of ‘land grabbing’ …
Publication, 01 December 2014
A man sitting on a bench surrounded by large trees.
The role of urban green space: how London got its parks
… examining different aspects of global urban change. How did land escape development to become a park? Each park has its own history … for hunting established Hyde Park as a hunting ground in 1536 on land he took from Westminster Abbey. It opened to the public in 1637 and … the period 1850-1900 the board acquired (usually purchased) the land for parks including many of the largest and best known (see table …
Insight, 16 June 2022
Cover for 17098IIED.pdf
Biomass energy: Another driver of land acquisitions?
… But if biomass is sourced from food-insecure countries where local land rights are weak, there is a real risk that people could lose the land they depend on for their livelihoods. This briefing discusses the … Land acquisitions and rights … Biomass energy: Another driver of land acquisitions? …
Publication, 01 August 2011
Two men sit on a bench and take notes, while a small crowd sits on the floor in front of them.
Conservation and discrimination: case studies from Nepal’s national parks
… Land and natural resources are fundamental to the culture, social … projects have deprived many communities of resources such as land, forest and water. This abuse and discrimination dates back centuries to when powerful families heavily taxed land ownership in the form of tribute for agricultural products, and …
Article, 13 April 2022
David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)
Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
… IIED webinar examined how community by-laws can help secure customary land rights to build community unity, improve local land governance, and strengthen claims to traditional lands. The need to … Land acquisitions and rights … Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights …
Insight, 01 December 2016