Protecting Community Lands & Resources in Africa: Grassroots Advocates’ Strategies & Lessons
In 2013, 20 expert advocates from across Africa gathered for a symposium to share experiences and practical strategies for effectively supporting communities to protect their lands and natural resources. Resulting from that meeting, this book is a collection of case studies and analysis written by and for practitioners, sharing a variety of creative and practical strategies for proactively confronting the forces that undermine community land and natural resource tenure security in Africa.
Regional developments [In 2014-2015 Global food policy report]
In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Social capital, conflict, and adaptive collaborative governance : Exploring the dialectic
Previously lineal and centralized natural resource management and development paradigms have shifted toward the recognition of complexity and dynamism of social-ecological systems, and toward more adaptive, decentralized, and collaborative models. However, certain messy and surprising dynamics remain under-recognized, including the inherent interplay between conflict, social capital, and governance. In this study we consider the dynamic intersections of these three often (seemingly) disparate phenomena.
Décret n°2015-1645/PRES/TRANS/PM/MJDHPC/MATD/MEF du 28 décembre 2015 portant création, composition, attributions et fonctionnement d’un Observatoire national de prévention et de gestion des conflits communautaires au Burkina Faso.
Le présent décret crée un Observatoire national de prévention et de gestion des conflits communautaires (ONAPREGECC) dénommé Observatoire national. Structure d’alerte et de veille, l’Observatoire national est chargé de prévenir et d’assurer la gestion intégrée des conflits communautaires au Burkina Faso.
Con la soja al cuello 2016 - Informe sobre agronegocios en Paraguay
El avance de los agronegocios se da en múltiples y diferentes dimensiones, la más visible de ellas es la ocupación del territorio. Ya los datos del año 2008 indicaban que 3% de las fincas ocupaban el 85% de la tierra, y datos actuales indican que 94.25% de las tierras cultivadas están destinadas a la producción de comodities agrícolas y solo 5.75% para la producción campesina. Esta situación tiene cada vez mayores efectos directos en la vida de toda la población paraguaya.
The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act,2015
A BILL for AN ACT of Parliament to provide a framework for the contracting, exploration, development and production of petroleum; cessation of upstream petroleum operations; to give effect to relevant articles of the Constitution in so far as they apply to upstream petroleum operations; and for connected purposes.
The Energy Act, 2015.
A Bill for AN ACT of Parliament to consolidate the laws relating to energy, to provide for National and County Government functions in relation to energy,to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the energy sector entities; promotion of renewable energy; exploration, recovery and commercial utilization of geothermal energy; regulation of midstream and downstream petroleum and coal activities; regulation, production, supply and use of electricity and other energy forms; and for connected purposes.
County Spatial Planning And Monitoring Oversight
These guidelines provide a basis for engagement between the County Governments as planning authorities responsible for preparing, approving and implementing County Spatial Plans and the National Land Commission as a monitoring and oversight agency over land use planning. The County Government Act 2012 at section 110(1)(a) stipulates that the County Spatial Plans shall give effect to the principles and objects of county planning and development contained in section 102 and 103 of the same Act.
Social and gender analysis report
There is increasing awareness that integrating gender into development frameworks is critical for effective implementation of development strategies. In working to alleviate rural poverty, the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) recognizes that “business as usual” gender integration approaches will not deliver lasting and widespread improvements in agricultural productivity, poverty reduction and food security. In response, AAS operationalized a gender transformative approach (see Cole et al. 2014a, 2014b).
Retornando a Chaitén: diagnóstico participativo de una comunidad educativa desplazada por un desastre socionatural
Chile es un país que se caracteriza por los desastres socionaturales que periódicamente afectan el territorio. Entre ellos destacan terremotos, tsunamis, aluviones, incendios forestales y erupciones volcánicas. En el año 2008 se produce la erupción del volcán Chaitén que obligó a evacuar a más de 1.500 familias, quienes debieron emprender un largo proceso de desplazamiento forzado y en muchos casos un retorno posterior. Este complejo proceso incluye también a instituciones como las escuelas y sus respectivas comunidades educativas.
Resolving Land Disputes
This manual outlines dispute resolution mechanisms, procedures and strategies that are or will be put in place by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Justice’s Special Mediation Boards (Land) to promote the resolution of a variety of housing, land and property disputes in the country. Sri Lanka has a long history and experience utilizing collaborative resolution methods to address a wide variety of disputes, and many recent positive experiences with mediation.