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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2017Global
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Workshop 9 Synthesis - World Forum On Access To Land
Conference Papers & ReportsJanuary, 2017GlobalResearch and direct witnessing by participants allow realization of the extent to which the situation of native/indigenous peoples and rural communities in general (peasant, forest dwelling, pastoral and fishing) is dramatic everywhere on the planet. 2.5 billion people, members of so called indigenous/native peoples and rural populations in general, live on lands that they share and use in common. However, only a fifth of these lands are registered as community territories by national governments.
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Synthèse d'Atelier 9- Forum Mondial Sur L'Accès à La Terre
Conference Papers & ReportsJanuary, 2017GlobalLes recherches et les témoignages directs des participants amènent à constater combien la situation des peuples autochtones/indigènes et des communautés rurales en général (paysannes, forestières, pastorales, de pêcheurs) est dramatique sur l’ensemble de la planète. 2,5 milliards de personnes, membres de peuples dits indigènes/autochtones et ruraux en général, vivent sur des terres qu’elles partagent et utilisent en commun. Pourtant, un cinquième seulement de ces terres est enregistré au titre de territoires communautaires par les gouvernements nationaux.
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Resumen del Taller 9 - Foro Mondial Sobre Acceso A La Tierra
Conference Papers & ReportsJanuary, 2017GlobalLas investigaciones y los testimonios directos de los participantes constataron cuán dramática es la situación de los pueblos indígenas/autóctonos y de las comunidades rurales en general (campesinas, forestales, pastoriles y de pescadores). Son 2,5 mil millones de personas las que pertenecen a estos pueblos, que viven en tierras compartidas y las usan de modo comunitario. Sin embargo, sólo una quinta parte de estas tierras está registrada como territorio comunitario por los gobiernos nacionales.
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Can technology revolutionise efforts to secure land rights?
Policy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2017GlobalThis LEGEND bulletin considers the impact that new technology can have on documenting land rights and democratising access to land data around the world.
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New Technologies for Mapping and Documenting Land Rights
Conference Papers & ReportsMay, 2017GlobalThis event, hosted at ODI in London, was convened to discuss the use of new technologies to map and document land rights, and their impact on land registration and administration, and pr
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Library ResourceTraining Resources & ToolsMultimediaJuly, 2017Global
Geoffrey Payne outlines five fundamental propositions that are key to his understanding of tenure issues and policy options.
These are:
1) That access to affordable land with adequate security of tenure and associated rights is a pre-condition for realising the goal of adequate housing and poverty reduction;
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Agribusiness and land rights: turning good intentions into tangible change
Policy Papers & BriefsAugust, 2017GlobalThis LEGEND bulletin explores the relationship between agribusiness and land rights. It features articles on the power of local engagement for financial investment, using technology for mapping rights, and catalysing private sector respect for community land rights.
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A guide to Legislation, Policy and Case Law
Reports & ResearchJune, 2017Global, Africa, South AfricaTwenty years after the end of apartheid farm dwellers remain some of the most vulnerable people in South Africa, with many still facing extreme tenure insecurity and lacking access to adequate housing and basic services.2 The approximately three million black South Africans (6% of the population) who live on privately owned farms in formerly white commercial farming areas are among the poorest South Africans,3 whose vulnerability is exacerbated by their “socio-economic marginality and geographical isolation”.4
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by the Global Working Group on Land- Friends of the Custodians Committee- September 2017
Institutional & promotional materialsSeptember, 2017GlobalThis bulletin is prepared by the Friends of the Custodians Committee. The objective is to share timely information about the SDG land indicator 1.4.2 and support its reclassification from Tier III to Tier I by October 2018.
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