The policy brief, one of four briefs on the agrarian transition in the Mekong region, explores initiatives and pathways forward to recognise customary tenure arrangements and rights over forest areas in the region. More than 70 million people in the region depend on forest areas but lack formal…

As part of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy in Ethiopia, Laos and Uganda, the Responsible Governance of Investments in Land (RGIL) project, co-financed by the European Union (EU), aims to ensure that investments in land are fair, productive and contribute to sustainable land…

This brochure is designed to help local communities who may be affected by land-based investments to prepare, know what to expect, negotiate and engage with a proposed investment in their community.

ແຜ່ນພັບນີ້ຖືກອອກແບບມາເພື່ອຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ຊຸມຊົນທ້ອງຖິ່ນທີ່ອາດຈະໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບຈາກການລົງທຶນທີ່ດິນເພື່ອກະກຽມ, ຮູ້ວ່າຈະຄາດຫວັງຫຍັງ, ເຈລະຈາແລະມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມກັບການສະເຫນີການລົງທຶນໃນຊຸມຊົນຂອງພວກເຂົາ.

The livelihood of a large part of the world’s population depends directly on access to land and its secure longterm use. Land access and use have long been organized through informal or traditional tenure rights, but this is changing. In many regions, land use is being transformed by the…

This handbook aims to help local communities affected by an investment to access a company-based grievance mechanism, official government conflict resolution mechanisms or village-level mediation when they feel that investors violate their rights or have a concern about the investment operation…

This guide aims to help investors identify the impacts and mitigation measures to minimize the impacts of the proposed investments in the agricultural and forestry sector in Laos. Further, the document provides guides on measures for environmental and social safeguards throughout the investment…

This guides provides steps that investors have to take to establish an agricultural and forestry investment in Laos, and the key processes involved e.g. land acquisition and clearing, labour, import and export in the investment operation, and social and environmental rehabilitation in the…

This manual provides practical guides and tools for effective and inclusive engagement with affected communities in different stages and processes throughout the investment cycles from planning, operation and closing.

This handbook explains investors the necessity of company-based grievance redress mechanisms and how to establish them in order to manage the concerns and grievances of their workers, affected local communities and other stakeholders.

Land governance in Africa faces various challenges,including weak legal frameworks and insufficient institutional capacity. Responsible land investmentsare vital for sustainable development and require the active participation of all stakeholders. The project component "Responsible…

Die Landnutzungsplanung hat in der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Laos eine lange Geschichte und wird seit den 1990er Jahren landesweit in vielfältiger Form angewendet (Ling, 2017). Im Kern schafft die Landnutzungsplanung die Voraussetzungen für eine ökologisch nachhaltige, wirtschaftlich…