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In the Face of Threats and Invasions in the Forests, Communities Defend and Reclaim Their Life Spaces

WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2021
Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
poverty
sustainable development
land use planning
environment
climate change
fisheries
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
mining
land dispute
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
indigenous peoples
land rights activists
local communities
extractive industries
women
The articles in this Bulletin are written by the following organizations and individuals: National Coordinator for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM), Ecuador; Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakya (Bentala Raya Heritage Foundation), Indonesia; Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology and members of the WRM international secretariat in close collaboration with several allies who are part of grassroots groups in different countries.
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Transparency of land-based investments: Cameroon country snapshot

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Cameroon
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land governance
land policies
land use planning
land use
natural resources management
land allocation
land investments
responsible investment
land rights
land tenure
local communities
This report provides a “snapshot” of the state of transparency with regard to agribusiness and other land-based investment in Cameroon.
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Can multi-stakeholder forums influence good governance in communal forest management? Lessons from two case studies in Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2021
Ethiopia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
gender equity
land governance
communal territory
land use
land stakeholders
government
HIGHLIGHTS
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Organizing for transformation? How and why organizers plan their multi-stakeholder forums

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2021
Ethiopia, Brazil, Peru, Indonesia
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
equal rights
development
public participation
forestry
forest conservation
land use
land conservation
land use change
land stakeholders
local communities
HIGHLIGHTS
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Développer un marché local de l’assainissement en milieu rural

Reports & Research
May, 2020
Senegal
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Fin 2015, alors que le taux d’accès à l’assainissement amélioré en zone rurale se situe autour de 40 %, le Sénégal renouvelle sa Stratégie nationale d’assainissement rural, dont l’ambition s’accorde avec les Objectifs du développement durable, visant la fin des pratiques de défécation à l’air libre et l’universalité de l’accès à l’assainissement amélioré.
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Mapping for Peace and Prosperity

Applying participatory mapping in conflict-affected settings.

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2019
Eastern Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land administration
title deeds
land registration
This paper engages with innovative ways to apply participatory mapping techniques and the latest technological tools in fragile, conflict-affected settings to contribute to sustainable land use. In this paper, the authors describe in detail the process and purpose of a participatory mapping project in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and elaborate on the lessons learned so far. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations to take the process forward for greater sustainability and long-term land rights protection.
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Transparence des investissements fonciers : étude de cas du Cameroun

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Cameroon
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
Bien que des informations sur certains projets d’investissements soient rendues publiques, et malgré une loi récente sur la transparence, la gestion des investissements fonciers au Cameroun n’est, de toute évidence, pas véritablement transparente dans l’ensemble.

Dans un nouveau rapport se concentrant sur les projets d’agrobusiness au Cameroun, le Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) et le Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) constatent que :
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Transparency of Land-based Investments: Cameroon Country Snapshot

Transparency of Land-based Investments: Cameroon Country Snapshot

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Cameroon
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
New research by CCSI and the Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) on transparency of land-based investment in Cameroon.

In the report, CCSI and CED find that:
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La pandémie de covid-19 et le secteur des pêches en Afrique

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Africa, Djibouti, Kenya, Ghana, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
sustainable land management
biodiversity
water management
water rights
research
La pandémie de Covid-19 est sans aucun doute l’événement majeur de santé publique qui a marqué les êtres humains, les sociétés et les esprits dans le monde entier et particulièrement l’Afrique. Tous les gouvernements ont adopté des mesures de santé publique, notamment le confinement et d’autres mesures exceptionnelles dans le cadre de l’état d’urgence sanitaire, pour réduire la propagation du virus. La chute soudaine de l’activité humaine a des conséquences sur l’environnement, et l’utilisation/exploitation des ressources naturelles, notamment la pêche.
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Ethiopia Urbanization Review : Urban Institutions for a Middle-Income Ethiopia

Reports & Research
April, 2015
Ethiopia
Urban Tenure
land use planning
urban planning
urban land
housing rights
The urban population in Ethiopia is increasing rapidly. If managed proactively, urban population growth presents a huge opportunity to shift the structure and location of economic activity from rural agriculture to the larger and more diversified urban industrial and service sectors. If not managed proactively, rapid urban population growth may pose a demographic challenge as cities struggle to provide jobs, infrastructure and services, and housing.