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Visi Wilayah: realitas siapa yang diperhitungkan? Perjuangan masyarakat Dayak untuk menyelamatkan kehidupan mereka di Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 09 October 2025
A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.
Legal empowerment as action research
… change . Legal empowerment involves asserting agency through legal rights and strategies. This can take different forms. It can entail … often in the context of adverse economic integration – from land dispossession and worker exploitation to structural discrimination … supports small-scale farmers and the landless in their struggles for land and agrarian rights through collective reflection on problems and …
Insight, 11 January 2022
An image from new animation Securing the land rights of people affected by dams in West Africa (Image: Hands Up/IIED)
GWI animation: how to secure land rights of people affected by dams
… And since the livelihoods of people in rural societies depend on land, proper land tenure is key to ensuring dams bring benefits for all.  A new … irrigation schemes. The five-minute video, entitled Securing the land rights of people affected by dams in West Africa , is part of the GWI … Land acquisitions and rights …
News, 09 February 2017
A sunset in rural Mali: a new day is dawning towards securing the land rights of rural communities (Photo: Kurt Paterson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers' rights to land
… of IIED. In the interview, they discuss a historic new agricultural land law that will give rural communities new rights to their traditional lands. CT: This new law, the "Loi sur le … MD: The LFA will take us five significant steps towards securing the land rights of rural communities. First, it redefines what is …
Article, 10 August 2017
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Reforming land tenure in Cameroon: avenues for action
… law reform in the main sectors of natural resources (forests, mines, land). This process offers a unique opportunity to increase consistency … among sectoral laws, and to increase the overall efficiency of land and resources governance. At the request of the government of … is both participative and inclusive of individual and collective land rights, secured by an efficient, prompt and inexpensive justice system, …
Publication, 15 September 2020
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Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile
… has only granted the Colla title to roughly 9,000 hectares of land. As pastoralists, the Colla migrate with their livestock through … each of the 55 Colla communities needs a significant amount of land. However, because the Chilean government has not legally recognised … Observatorio Communitario (OC) is a Chilean NGO that challenges human rights violations in Chile and Latin America, with a particular focus on …
Article, 17 November 2020
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Pillars of the community: how trained volunteers defend land rights in Tanzania
… Training volunteers to help their communities defend their land rights has proved an effective approach for promoting land justice in Tanzania. This report documents how Hakiardhi, a … Land acquisitions and rights … Pillars of the community: how trained volunteers defend land rights in Tanzania …
Publication, 01 December 2016
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Mediation and development-related conflict
… especially those concerning the use of natural resources and land, come with a high risk of causing social tensions or exacerbating … and cannot be ignored. Building on IIED’s portfolio of work on land governance in foreign investments and land-related issues in operations by development finance institutions, …
Publication, 23 March 2022
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Apes, crops and communities: land concessions and conservation in Cameroon
… Cameroon’s current land law appears to have two conflicting objectives: to attract investors through large-scale land concessions while simultaneously protecting biodiversity, defending local people’s rights and promoting rural development. But the legislation governing … Land acquisitions and rights … Apes, crops and communities: land concessions and conservation in Cameroon …
Publication, 01 July 2019
A woman returns to a farmer village near Dodoma, Tanzania (Photo: Cecilia Schubert, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED webinar: strengthening women's rights in land governance
… are happening, and working to protect the environment and the rights of citizens.  Recent research shows that agricultural investments … women's participation in decision-making processes relating to land is often extremely limited and their voices are rarely heard. On … IIED hosted a webinar on 'Strengthening women's rights in land governance: experiences from Tanzania'. This online seminar was …
Event, 02 February 2016