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Shifting patterns of oil palm driven deforestation in Indonesia and implications for zero-deforestation commitments

Land Use Policy Volume 69

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2017
Indonesia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
deforestation
land use
palm oil industries
research
Oil palm plantations in Indonesia have been linked to substantial deforestation in the 1990s and 2000s, though recent studies suggest that new plantations are increasingly developed on non-forest land. Without nationwide data to establish recent baseline trends, the impact of commitments to eliminate deforestation from palm oil supply chains could therefore be overestimated. We examine the area and proportion of plantations replacing forests across Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua up to 2015, and map biophysically suitable areas for future deforestation-free expansion.
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Identifying key factors for mobilising under-utilised low carbon land resources: A case study on Kalimantan

Land Use Policy Volume 70

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2018
Indonesia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
palm oil industries
research
smallholders
Mobilising under-utilised low carbon (ULC) land for future agricultural expansion helps minimising further carbon stock loss. This study examined the regency cases in Kalimantan, a carbon loss hotspot, to understand the key factors for mobilising ULC land via narrative interviews with a range of land-use actors and complementary desktop analyses.
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Coping with resettlement: A livelihood adaptation analysis in the Mekong River basin

Land Use Policy Volume 60

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2017
South-Eastern Asia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
resettlement
sustainable land management
A major driver of change in the Mekong River basin relates to hydropower development and the consequent changes in landscape and natural resource access regime that it induces. In this paper, we examine how the livelihoods of resettlers evolve following resettlement, and examine the determinants of that process. The study takes place in the context of the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project in Lao PDR. Based on longitudinal household surveys conducted before resettlement as well as 1, 2, and 3 years after resettlement, we identify the process of livelihood adaptation in resettled communities.
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Unpacking Indonesia’s independent oil palm smallholders: An actor-disaggregated approach to identifying environmental and social performance challenges

Land Use Policy Volume 69

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2017
Indonesia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land use
palm oil industries
research
smallholders
Processes of globalization have generated new opportunities for smallholders to participate in profitable global agro-commodity markets. This participation however is increasingly being shaped by differentiated capabilities to comply with emerging public and private quality and safety standards. The dynamics within Indonesia’s oil palm sector illustrate well the types of competitive challenges smallholders face in their integration into global agro-commodity chains.
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The Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis Around Lake Chad: UN Report Falls Short of Naming Environmental Dimensions

Reports & Research
September, 2017
Nigeria
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
climate change
land use
natural resources
natural resources management
water management
land dispute
tenure insecurity
It is encouraging to see that the United Nations Security Council is beginning to acknowledge the transboundary dimensions of fragility and conflict, as demonstrated by its newly launched Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region.
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Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes à Madagascar, 2017.

National Policies
January, 2017
Madagascar
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
land-use planning
land governance
deforestation
natural disasters
land management
forest conservation
land dispute resolution
forest land
sustainable land use
Les objectifs de cette Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes (SNRPF) à Madagascar sont: une planification de l’aménagement du paysage et un processus décisionnel communautaires; une coopération intersectorielle efficace et une coordination entre agences gouvernementales aux niveaux national, infranational et local; un renforcement de la capacité des institutions locales à mieux gérer les conflits sur l’utilisation et la propriété des terres; et une amélioration des politiques visant à une gestion intégrée des terres.
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Resolución Nº 130 - Adopta la Metodología de la focalización territorial para la planificación y gestión territorial por barrido predial masivo de la Agencia Nacional de Tierras.

Regulations
May, 2017
Colombia
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmland
land-use planning
land registration
cadastres
land management
land dispute resolution
sustainable land use
La presente Resolución tiene por objeto adoptar la Metodología para realizar la focalización territorial para la ejecución de la política pública de ordenamiento social de la propiedad rural en la modalidad de barrido predial, y para la definición de las zonas de asignación del Subsidio Integral de Reforma Agraria (SIRA).
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Planning Regulation 2017.

Regulations
June, 2017
Australia
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land-use planning
land governance
land dispute resolution
The objective of the Planning Regulation 2017 is to prescribe instruments and address matters provided for under the Planning Act 2016, and provide the mechanics for the operation and implementation of the Act.
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Déclaration de politique foncière rurale de la Côte d’Ivoire (2017).

National Policies
January, 2017
Côte d'Ivoire
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land dispute resolution
surveyors
land governance
sustainable land use
farmland
La Déclaration de politique foncière rurale de la Côte d’Ivoire a pour vision «la sécurisation des droits des détenteurs coutumiers, des concessionnaires et des exploitants ». L’objectif général de la politique foncière rurale est d’assurer la sécurisation foncière rurale, en vue de la réduction de la pauvreté en milieu rural, du renforcement de la cohésion sociale et de la gestion durable des ressources naturelles.
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Loi n° 2017-15 du 26 Mai 2017 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 2013-01 du 14 août 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Benin.

Legislation
May, 2017
Benin
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
farmland
customary law
use rights
land-use planning
land registration
environment
fisheries
land management
cadastres
forest land
land dispute resolution
forest conservation
gender equity in access to land
La présente loi supprime les dispositions des articles 16, 501 de la loi n° 2013-01 du 14 août 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Benin.