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Restoration of Land Rights of People Affected by Land Appropriations and Tenure Insecurity

A case study based on five selected locations in Sri Lanka where the land rights of people have been violated due to land grabbing or tenure insecurity

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Sri Lanka
Land Conflicts
land administration
farmland
rural areas
agriculture
conflicts
land acquisitions
land rights
landlessness
land dispute
rural population
This study is prepared using the data analysis of a field study conducted in January 2017 in the Districts of Monaragala, Ampara, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu and Jaffna in Sri Lanka focusing on the land rights violations that took place in the recent past due to the appropriation of land from the ordinary citizens by the security forces and individuals backed by powerful people and, the tenure security problems faced by the landless rural communities in Monaragala and Ampara districts and the sugar cane farmers living in the settlements of Pelwatta Sugar Company, which is now owned by the gover
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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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Rural Land Management in Bangladesh

Problems and Prospects

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2017
Bangladesh
Land & Corruption
Land Conflicts
land administration
land equity
corruption
rural development
land law
land policies
land management
rural areas
agricultural land management
landlessness
land conflicts
Based on a theoretical discussion from global perspective the paper describes present rural land administration and management structure in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a land scarce country with high-density population. As most of the people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and allied activities, proper rural land management is crucial. The paper presents an overall view of rural land management in Bangladesh and reveals that the current land management system is almost obsolete. Land administration system is conventional and characterised by inefficiency and corruption.
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Discursos sobre o Regime de Propriedade da Terra em Moçambique

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2017
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land governance
mining
land investments
foreign investment
investment funds
land conflicts
community land rights
government
local communities
extractive industries
Os discursos e posicionamentos sobre o regime de propriedade da terra em Moçambique não são coincidentes. Este artigo apresenta as percepções que os diferentes stakeholders (Estado, Comunidades locais, sector privado, Investidores, Sociedade Civil, etc.) envolvidos na relação com a terra possuem em relação à questão fundiária no País, sobretudo no atual contexto marcado pelo grande fluxo de projetos de investimento, de investidores nacionais e estrangeiros, com interesses no agronegócio, na exploração mineira e exploração de hidrocarbonetos.
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Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Ghana
Land Conflicts
corruption
mining
conflicts
foreign investment
extractive industries
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the question of how and why pervasive and illicit foreign involvement occurred without earlier state intervention.
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Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Ghana
Land Conflicts
corruption
post-conflict settings
land use
mining
conflicts
land investments
land rights
land conflicts
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the question of how and why pervasive and illicit foreign involvement occurred without earlier state intervention.
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Triggers of Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana: A Non-Parametric Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perspectives

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2017
Ghana
Land Conflicts
land governance
land use
land access
land conflicts
water rights
farmers
In Ghana, farmer-herder conflicts have become widespread and increasingly assume a violent dimension. Competition over access to and use of land and water resources is at the center of the conflicts. However, competition does not automatically result in conflicts. The conflicts are driven by triggering activities of both farmers and herders. This study identifies triggers of farmer-herder conflicts in the Upper West Region of Ghana and tests the level of agreement among key stakeholder groups on the triggers of these conflicts.