Items tagged:
Land tenure
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Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
A land rights project in Nepal is working with young people to map land claims and help more than 2,000 Indigenous farmers get legal title to the lands their families have farmed for generations. The project is being supported by local officials and is attracting interest from local governments across Nepal
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Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile
The Colla are a legally recognised Indigenous People who live in the Atacama Region of northern Chile.
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What’s needed to halt threats to rural land rights in Cameroon
A new briefing explores the gap between statuary and customary land tenure systems in Cameroon, and suggests ways to advance land reform so that the rights of all are protected
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Strengthening land governance, local to global
Land is life for billions of people worldwide, sustaining economic activities, social identity, ecological and cultural value. IIED works with partners to secure local rights in the face of growing pressures on land
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Development finance and land rights: how we can do better
Ahead of the World Bank conference on land and poverty, Lorenzo Cotula and Brendan Schwartz discuss how development finance institutions can better address land rights issues
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LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon
Cameroon is revising its land and natural resource laws. This project supports this effort by piloting approaches to improve resource governance in rural areas and by helping citizens participate in the policy reform process
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Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
A recent IIED webinar explored how developing community by-laws that suit local needs can be a powerful way of protecting the lands of indigenous peoples and rural communities
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From traditional land rights to long-term leases: fair compensation?
In the face of displacement due to large-scale development projects, can innovative legal solutions be used to protect smallholders' land rights?
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GWI West Africa: project background
Agriculture in large-scale rice irrigation schemes needs to be made to work for both the state, in terms of economic returns and national food security, and for the smallholders whose livelihoods depend on it. When it comes to the development of new dams and large-scale irrigation, more information is needed about their economic viability and how the water, land, and economic benefits can be shared equitably to support local development
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Spreading the word about Karachi's contested land
A report on land ownership and low-income housing is influencing future urban planners
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Uganda: Breaking the links between the land and the people
Land tenure relations are changing fast, but no one is asking how these drastic changes will transform the lives of Ugandans who depend on land for their identity, social status and livelihoods.
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Tanzania: Moving beyond ‘land grab’ rhetoric to finding solutions
This is not an unusual story in Tanzania. Newspapers are being filled with “land grab” headlines. Stories about displacement and dodgy land deals are becoming normal street-side conversation.
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Delivering REDD+: can past lessons help in tempering optimism and making headway?
The International Year of Forests is celebrating the importance of forests and raising the profile of challenges and opportunities. The perceived value of forests has been raised by the recognition of their role in mitigating climate change. But the International Year of Forests is a momentous reminder that there are still unresolved issues.
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