Land tenure institutions in customary land areas of Sub-Saharan Africa have been evolving towards individualized ownership. Communal land tenure institutions aim to achieve and preserve the equitable distribution of land (and hence, income) among community members. Uncultivated forestland is owned by the community or village, and as long as forest land is available, forest clearance of forest is easily approved by the village chief.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 1998África subsahariana, África, Ghana
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesAbril, 2019Laos
This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to the recognition of customary tenure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Customary tenure is understood to be the local rules, institutions and practices governing land, fisheries and forests that have, over time and use, gained social legitimacy and become embedded in the fabric of a society.
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The Economic Case For Securing Indigenous Land Rights in the Amazon
Informes e investigacionesOctubre, 2016América del Sur, Bolivia, Brasil, ColombiaA new report offers evidence that the modest investments needed to secure land rights for indigenous communities will generate billions in returns—economically, socially and environmentally—for local communities and the world’s changing climate. The report, Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, quantifies for the first time the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect forests, with a focus on Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2004
Millions of the rural poor now participate in collaborative forest management schemes under a variety of tenurial and organizational arrangements.We examine those arrangements and ask whether local people have indeed gained more access to benefits from and control over forests. Our findings suggest that most co-management projects actually maintain and even extend central government control. -- from Text.
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Étude comparative des garanties sociales intégrées dans les législations du Ghana, du Libéria et de la République du Congo
Informes e investigacionesAbril, 2020Congo, Ghana, LiberiaL’Afrique de l’Ouest et centrale abrite 25 % des forêts tropicales de la planète. La déforestation y est une préoccupation centrale au défi climatique. Face à cette menace, des lois nationales visent à protéger et à restaurer les forêts, ainsi qu’à encadrer leur utilisation pour le développement national.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesMarzo, 2011Myanmar, Asia sudoriental
Summary: "This paper presents an overview of the distinctive
features of communal tenure in
different community-based land and natural resource
management systems. Communal
tenure refers to situations where groups, communities, or one or more villages have
well defined, exclusive rights to jointly own and/or manage particular areas of natural
resources such as land, forest and water. These are
often referred to as
common pool
resources: many rural communities are dependent on these resources for their -
Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesJunio, 2023Camboya
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2016Asia sudoriental, Myanmar
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "In recent years, many governments globally have formally recognized community land and natural resource tenure, either based on existing customary practices or more recently established land governance arrangements.1 These tenure arrangements have been called by a variety of names, such as community, customary, communal, collective, indigenous, ancestral, or native land rights recognition. In essence, they seek to establish the rights of a group to obtain joint tenure security over their community’s land.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesFebrero, 2016Myanmar
This step-by-step guide aims to help community-based organizations and advocates working to help communities protect their customary claims and rights to land and natural resources. It provides tools to:
● Prepare communities for negotiations with investors
● Strengthen community governance of land and natural resources
● Monitor, evaluate and assess the implementation of projects.
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Avances y Desafíos
Materiales institucionales y promocionalesMarzo, 2019América del Sur, PerúEste estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar los procesos de titulación en varias comunidades nativas y sus consecuencias para sus habitantes y los bosques, a fin de brindar información que permita mejorar las iniciativas de titulación en curso. La información de este estudio fue recolectada mediante tres métodos: (1) Entrevistas con informantes clave, (2) Grupos focales, y (3) Encuestas en hogares. Este informe presenta los resultados del estudio a nivel de la comunidad de Aerija, Ucayali.
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