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A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.
Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?
… in Ethiopia, pastoralism is a way of life. Almost 60% of Ethiopia's land mass  is used by lowland communities in the eastern and southern … former socialist rule – have been designed around the more dominant land-use practices of the Ethiopian highlands, where agriculture is more … both creating challenges  and fuelling potential conflict as communal land is encroached on due to government-led large-scale land-based …
Insight, 24 June 2022
Woman cutting weeds in forest.
What’s needed to halt threats to rural land rights in Cameroon
… Land tenure insecurity is a problem across rural Cameroon. Rural and indigenous communities enjoy customary land tenure rights, but these are barely recognised by Cameroon’s legislation.  This … Land acquisitions and rights … What’s needed to halt threats to rural land rights in Cameroon …
News, 09 September 2020
People draw a map on a large piece of paper on the ground
Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say
… In Tanzania, customary land rights are recognised in the Land Act and Village Land Act. Yet legally recognised rights do not … Land acquisitions and rights … Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say …
Insight, 06 October 2022
Cover for G04428.pdf
Land and human rights: Towards a rights-based approach for addressing commercial pressures on land
Publication, 01 October 2019
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Agricultural land acquisitions: a lens on Southeast Asia
… Recent years have seen ‘land grabbing’ emerge as a big issue in media houses across the world, … of hectares, particularly within Africa. Yet large-scale land acquisitions are not a purely African phenomenon. Other parts of the … agriculture in their portfolios. Set against a backdrop of insecure rights and weak land governance, land acquisitions here are posing …
Publication, 01 April 2012
A trail through burned rainforest
Land rights and investments: why business standards are not enough
… Investments with large land footprints – from agribusiness plantations, extractives and … all the way to manufacturing – can involve conflict over competing land claims and development visions. Top-down investment models are … law facilitate dispossession – for example, they undermine certain rights to land and resources and do not create effective avenues for …
Insight, 16 March 2020
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Tenure rights and obligations: towards a more holistic approach to land governance
Publication, 28 July 2021
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Legal empowerment to promote legitimate tenure rights
… states have passed good laws that significantly strengthen the tenure rights of their citizens. However, due to multiple barriers, a high … empowerment is a key component of ensuring that the governance of land, fisheries and forests is responsible, equitable and just. Legal … the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security …
Publication, 29 September 2021
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The future of land: commercial pressures and the case for systemic law reform to secure rural land rights
… Development Bank – reflects on changing commercial pressures on land in low and middle-income countries; the role of law in shaping the … change; and the case for comprehensive law reform to secure rural land rights. … Land acquisitions and rights … The future of land: commercial pressures and the case for systemic law reform to …
Publication, 01 May 2020
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ALIGN - Advancing Land-based Investment Governance
… The Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project supports governments, … Land acquisitions and rights … ALIGN - Advancing Land-based Investment Governance …
Publication, 29 April 2022