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Cover for 17215IIED.pdf
Gender-equitable land tool development in West Africa
… Addressing women and men’s unequal land tenure rights is one of the most pressing issues in development in West Africa, … social and ecological contexts and with increasing competition for land and natural resources. Yet technical tools for achieving inclusive … Land acquisitions and rights … Gender-equitable land tool development in West Africa …
Publication, 01 April 2014
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Harnessing the law to contest ‘land grabs’
… Citizen Empowerment project, which explores how to strengthen local rights and voices in the governance of land and~investment. … Land acquisitions and rights … Harnessing the law to contest ‘land grabs’ …
Publication, 01 October 2015
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Contracts in commercial agriculture: enhancing rural producer agency
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 22 February 2021
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Land tool development in Ghana: building on local aspirations and innovation
… Increasing pressures on land resources are putting strain on the traditional institutions and state agencies that jointly govern land tenure in Ghana. Challenges including time, capacity, … Ghana is developing progressive land policies but securing local land rights in rural areas also needs innovative implementation tools that …
Publication, 01 April 2014
Women farmers in Senegal face challenges over land ownership. A recent workshop looked at how more equal land access could be achieved (Photo: vredeseilanden, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting to the root of gender equal land governance
… While there is international agreement that we need gender equality in land ownership – achieving this in practice is more complex. Women face a number of obstacles in accessing land; these are not necessarily due to low levels of ownership. We … East and West Africa to discuss their approaches to ensuring land rights for women. The discussion promoted different approaches to moving …
Insight, 23 September 2015
The new landcam website
New 'Landcam' website launched
… a new website to support the process of reforming laws governing the rights to land and natural resources in Cameroon.  The new website, … offers regular news updates for stakeholders, informing readers about land governance issues and sharing the latest research and good practice … Land acquisitions and rights …
News, 01 May 2019
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Public Participation and Investment Treaties: towards a New Settlement?
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 15 January 2021
Cover for 17124IIED.pdf
The global land rush: what the evidence reveals about scale and geography
… In developing countries, millions of people depend on land for their food and livelihoods. But a global ‘land rush’ — moves to acquire large tracts of land across the world — is … exact numbers will keep changing, all evidence indicates that land acquisitions are happening quickly and on a large scale. So we urgently …
Publication, 01 April 2012
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Mainstreaming gender in Tanzania’s local land governance
… Despite progressive provisions on gender equality in Tanzania’s land laws, women have little representation in land allocation decisions, including meetings of village councils and … women’s participation in local-level decision-making on village land management. This initiative took place in Kidugalo and Vilabwa, two …
Publication, 01 July 2016
An orangutan swinging between trees
Archive of completed law, economies and justice projects
… directly affected by resource-based investments to exercise their rights. Addressing the interplay between agribusiness investments and … Land acquisitions and rights …
Article, 11 June 2020