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The Development of Payments for Ecosystem Services as a Community-Based Conservation Strategy in East Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Eastern Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
concession (land)
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land acquisitions
land conflicts
This paper explores the development of a pilot PES scheme in the Tarangire ecosystem of Tanzania in response to specifi c wildlife declines and policy constraints. It charts the development of this initiative from its genesis based on PES experiences in Kenya. This paper specifi cally explores the questions of whether the utilization of free-market enterprise tools to achieve conservation goals infl uences Maasai livelihood diversifi cation in ways that are compatible with conservation.
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Conservation and Citizenship: Democratizing Natural Resource Governance in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2010
Africa
Land & Investments
advocacy
concession (land)
eminent domain
grazing
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land acquisitions
Rights-based conservation depends on institutions that give citizens clear and enforceable rights to manage lands and natural resources. Such rights hinge on citizens’ abilities to strengthen and defend their rights and on the operation of the rule of law and impersonal forms of government for legal reforms to take place and have meaning.
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Land Grabbing and Political Transformation in Tanzania

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
land acquisitions
land grabbing
land investments
Like many of its neighbors, Tanzania is experiencing a well-documented surge of land grabbing related to investments in industries such as agriculture, biofuels, tourism, hunting, and forestry. Land grabbing in Tanzania is best understood and analyzed as both a symptom of and contributor towards wider political economic processes of change occurring in Tanzania.
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Biofuels Investment and Community Land Tenure in Tanzania

The Case of Bioshape, Kilwa District

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
One of the most wellknown biofuel investments was that of Bioshape, which acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha.
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Integrating Pastoralist Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation?

Options for Land Use and Conflict Resolution in Loliondo Division, Ngorongoro District

Reports & Research
February, 2011
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
displacement
dispossession
eminent domain
eviction
grazing
land conflicts
land dispute
land reform
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This report provides an overview of the conflict in Loliondo, reviewing historical information, current land uses and tenure arrangements.