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Landgrabbing: Contested meanings of land

September, 2019
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
scale
agriculture
extractive industries
land
land rights
legal empowerment
A recent wave of large-scale commercial investments in agriculture;extractive industries and other land-based sectors has compounded the ‘global resource squeezein low- and middle-income countries. But many communities affected by land rights violations struggle to assert their rights or obtain redress. Demand for legal support outstrips resources and what is available is not always appropriate. Pursuing litigation often presents significant obstacles and risks to the communities involved without offering any certain outcomes.
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7 - Tools for Screening Prospective Investors - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2018
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
land use
land investments
foreign investment
land rights
local communities
extractive industries
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides examples of tools that government agencies can adapt to their national context and use to develop the technical capacity to screen and select investors.
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Administering Fiscal Regimes for Extractive Industries : A Handbook

Manuals & Guidelines
August, 2014
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land management
land use
mining
extractive industries
This handbook provides policymakers and officials with practical guidelines to establish a robust legal framework, organization, and procedures for administering revenue from extractive industries. It discusses transparency and how to promote it in the face of increasing demands for clarity, as well as how countries can strengthen their managerial and technical capacity to administer these revenues.
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Accountability Resource Guide: Tools for Redressing Human Rights & Environmental Abuses in International Finance and Development

Manuals & Guidelines
August, 2015
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
natural resources management
land deals
land rights
land contracts
local communities
extractive industries
This guide provides information for communities who are, or who may be, harmed by projects sponsored by financial institutions, development banks and private groups. It is intended to assist community leaders, lawyers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in determining what rights communities have and how they may access accountability mechanisms when those rights have been or may be violated.

These tools may be used where a project has harmed communities or resources on which they depend or when there is fear of harm in the future.
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Briefing for Grassroots Organizations – Bridging the Information Gap: How Access to Land Contracts Can Serve Community Rights

Manuals & Guidelines
May, 2019
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land documentation
land investments
land contracts
local communities
extractive industries
This note provides guidance for civil society actors and communities on how to access and how to use the information contained in contracts with companies to be able to:

• Understand company and government obligations related to a company project;

• Monitor whether those obligations are being fulfilled;

• Hold companies and the government to account for bad contracts or for failing to deliver on commitments that are important to communities.
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Mining & Communities: Supporting human rights-based development in the context of industrial mining in Guinea

Manuals & Guidelines
April, 2015
Guinea
Land & Investments
land administration
mining
natural resources management
land rights
capacity development
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
extractive industries
This illustrated guide provides a very basic overview of what local authorities and communities should be aware of if a mining project is planned on or near their territory. It includes infirmation on:

● the law, human rights and actors’ roles and responsibilities

● Conflict and violence prevention and tools

● Addressing and minimising impacts on land ● What people can do if they have concerns.

This resource is part of the CCSI’s Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investment.
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Avoiding Forced Evictions: A Community Guide to Negotiation and Advocacy: Participant’s Manual

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2014
Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land administration
agriculture
land rights
eviction
local communities
extractive industries
This guide aims to help communities who face, or have suffered from, evictions by providing guidance on how to prepare for negotiations. Communities can use this guide to negotiate and advocate for solutions or alternatives to eviction that improve the lives of the whole community.

This resource is part of the CCSI’s Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investment.
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Food Security and Governance Factsheet: Afghanistan

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Afghanistan
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
title deeds
food security
land policies
land reform
rural areas
urban areas
conflicts
land rights
land dispute
customary tenure
religious tenure regimes
water rights
property rights
extractive industries
In Afghanistan, insecurity over land and water rights hampers investments in food production and irrigation. In rural areas, customary tenure systems, partly based on religious law, are the most relevant but suffer from weak recognition and offer little protection to rights holders. The land policy reform is on-going but remains slow. Moreover, land administration capacity is weak and improvements mostly take place in urban areas. In this context, land disputes are common and often violent.
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CAO ASSESSMENT REPORT Regarding Concerns in Relation to IFC’s Investment in Salala Rubber Corporation

-01/Margibi and Bong (IFC Project #26510) in Liberia

Reports & Research
March, 2020
Liberia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
land governance
land use
land rights
land dispute
extractive industries
In May 2019, a complaint was lodged with CAO by members of 22 communities from the Margibi and Bong Counties in Liberia (the “Complainants”), supported by the NGOs Green Advocates International (GAI), Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP), and the Yeagbamah National Congress for Human Rights (YNCHR) (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Salala Affected Indigenous Communities Support Organizations”).
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Land grabbing and forest conflict in Cambodia: Implications for community and sustainable forest management

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Cambodia
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development agencies
land grabbing
extractive industries
tenure security
land ownership
environment
land investments
land acquisitions
title deeds
land titling
land policies
land law
As a global phenomenon, land grabbing has significant economic, environmental, and social impacts, often resulting in serious conflict between the local community and outsiders. The aim of the study is to get a deeper understanding of the extent to which land grabbing and resulting land-use conflicts affect the move towards sustainable forest management (SFM) in Cambodia. Two case studies were conducted involving community forests (CFs), with data collected through literature review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations.