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Farmers and administrators discuss land issues
Securing land rights in West Africa
… In much of rural West Africa, farmers gain access to land through customary tenure systems. But deep and rapid ecological, … demographic, economic, social and cultural changes are making land rights less secure, undermined by more intense resource … Land acquisitions and rights … Securing land rights in West Africa …
Project, 09 October 2014
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Land rights, international law and a shrinking planet
… As the media spotlight on ‘land grabbing’ wanes, there are new opportunities to interrogate the … over natural resources at local to global levels. The effects of some land deals are now visible on the ground. Lands previously used for … competing natural resource claims — for example, between local land rights and commercial land concessions — and between private interests …
Publication, 01 July 2015
People paddle in dugout canoes past a forest in Cameroon.
African land solutions: making the resource blessing a reality
… While the recent rush for land is global in scope, continent-wide frameworks, and well-resourced … Countries need a wider set of approaches to securing local resource rights and benefit sharing and engaging a wider number of stakeholders. … strategies in another. In a presentation on large-scale land acquisitions in Cameroon, Samuel Nguiffo of the Centre for Environment …
Insight, 01 November 2012
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Secure and equitable land rights in the Post–2015 Agenda – A key issue in the future we want
… eradication, we strongly encourage governments to keep the profile of land and natural resources high in the document to be endorsed in September 2015. Secure and equitable land rights, particularly for those living in poverty and using and managing … Secretariat of the International Land Coalition … Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 01 January 2015
The international political economy of the global land rush: A critical appraisal of trends, scale, geography and drivers
… funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of farmland in lower income countries. It is … about longer-term food and energy security underpin much recent land acquisition for agricultural investments. These processes are … policy responses to address the challenges raised by large-scale land acquisitions. IIED worked on this article under its Legal tools for …
Publication, 01 April 2012
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… development and poverty eradication', which focused on water and land rights. One of our main messages based on lessons learnt was that if … about rights to water and food without these farmers having secure land rights over the plots they grow? The rights-based approach … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 25 September 2015
Wildlige graze in the foreground of a rural scene with a road and trees and mountains in the background.
Special Economic Zones: global trends and issues in Senegal and Madagascar
… The Technical Committee on Land and Development (CTFD) initiated a study on special economic zones (SEZs) and land. IIED led the project in partnership with Enda Pronat and the Cadre … Land acquisitions and rights …
Event, 21 September 2022
Three people working in a paddy field.
Investment governance in Cambodia: a window of opportunity
… in shaping the outcomes of their efforts. As part of the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) initiative , the Columbia … governance with sustainable development objectives, and human rights, environmental and climate obligations. … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 20 May 2022
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… in lucrative export markets have been an important driver of large land deals for plantation agriculture in Africa and Asia. Many land … . Concerns about food security led some governments to promote land acquisitions overseas and take more direct control of their supply … investment flows and strengthen protection of intellectual property rights across an area covering about 40 per cent of world trade. The …
Insight, 14 November 2013
African governments signing away water rights for decades
… The water rights often feature in the growing number of large land deals that … are signing with investors (see First detailed study of large land acquisitions in Africa warns of impacts on poor rural people ) as many … Land acquisitions and rights … African governments signing away water rights for decades …
News, 24 November 2011