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Land, Property and Sovereignty in International Law
… Land has long held a central place in the development of international … are increasingly resorting to international norms to address land disputes – particularly in connection with large-scale natural … application of different international norms, for example under human rights and investment treaties, and they call for refining international …
Publication, 01 August 2017
A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)
Protecting land and community resources in Africa
… face a variety of threats to their claims to customary and indigenous land and natural resources, from increasing foreign investment through … the community's capacity to speak out for themselves for their land and natural resource rights. Community members are generally "experts" on their lands and …
Insight, 07 March 2016
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Legacy land issues: Addressing historical disputes in agribusiness investments
… A dramatic rise in large-scale land acquisitions in low and middle-income countries has led to growing … Some companies take over existing farms, rather than converting new land for agricultural use, partly to minimise displacement and adverse … Land acquisitions and rights … Legacy land issues: Addressing historical disputes in agribusiness investments …
Publication, 01 November 2016
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… in a country where around 70 per cent of the population live off the land and 17 million people are classified as 'forest dependent'.  … Forest Unit, tasked with transferring 918,000 hectares of forest land from government hands to community forest management by 2030.  The … MONREC clarified, in new Community Forest Instructions, communities' rights to commercially sell timber, non-timber forest products (NTFPs), …
Insight, 05 December 2017
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans (Photo: Jamie Skinner)
Niger hosts forum on securing land rights in irrigated areas
… the current challenges arising from socio-economic issues around land rights over existing and future irrigation schemes in Niger, and will … through the formal registration of the state's rights over the land involved.  These schemes form a significant element of the national … Land acquisitions and rights …
News, 07 May 2014
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Asserting community land rights using RSPO complaint procedures in Indonesia and Liberia
… of other options for communities wishing to challenge large-scale land deals affecting them, including use of national courts, media campaigns, regional and international human rights law procedures and the complaints procedures of major … Land acquisitions and rights … Asserting community land rights using RSPO complaint procedures in Indonesia and Liberia …
Publication, 01 August 2015
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Trends in global land use investment: implications for legal empowerment
… From the mid-2000s, a commodity boom underpinned a wave of land use investments in low- and middle-income countries. While … of jobs and public revenues, they have also prompted concerns about land dispossession, exclusionary investment models and infringements of the rights of vulnerable groups. One of the major challenges is in …
Publication, 01 December 2017
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… draft of the SDGs includes targets on ownership and control of land and natural resources, a critical foundation for reducing poverty and enhancing food security, women's rights and ecosystem conservation. However, a notable omission in the current draft is explicit language on the land and resource rights of the estimated 1.5 billion indigenous peoples …
Insight, 24 March 2015
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Land access for Senegal’s small producers under threat
… Senegal currently has a complex and poorly regulated system of land governance, which — combined with an urbanisation trend and increasing outsider interest — is leading to land privatisation and a consequent reduction in the availability of cultivable land for small producers. Young farmers in particular are struggling to …
Publication, 01 January 2017
A Tanzanian woman farmer displays her crop. With commercial pressures on land increasing, women farmers in Africa need support to understand, and speak up for, fair land governance (Photo: Georgina Smith/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Strengthening women’s voices in land decisions: what works?
… Since the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a land rush driven by factors such as rising commercial agriculture, … and large infrastructure projects. This has increased pressures on land and the livelihoods that depend on it. While investments in … provide local benefits, they often result in communities losing their land due to exclusionary practices. Women tend to lose out more than …
Insight, 31 January 2019