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    Land Matrix

    Datasets
    Training Resources & Tools
    January, 2009
    Africa, Uganda, Cameroon, Senegal, Latin America and the Caribbean, Argentina, Asia, Philippines, Eastern Europe
    natural resources
    land acquisitions
    land investments
    land deals
    monitoring
    open data

    The Land Matrix is an independent land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability around large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low- and middle-income countries across the world. By capturing data on its website, the initiative aims to stimulate debate on the trends and impacts of LSLAs, facilitate wide participation in collecting and sharing data about these deals, and contribute to the growing movement towards open data.

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    On Equal Ground: Promising Practices for Realizing Women’s Rights in Collectively Held Lands

    EN IGUALDAD DE CONDICIONES. Prácticas prometedoras para la materialización de los derechos de las mujeres a las tierras de posesión colectiva

    Reports & Research
    February, 2021
    Africa, Mexico, Indonesia
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land & Gender
    gender equity
    gender equity in access to land
    development
    sustainable development
    land tenure
    common rights
    community land rights
    group tenure arrangements
    commons
    collective ownership
    land tenure systems
    common property
    local communities
    women

    La gobernanza sostenible de la tierra requiere que todos los miembros de una comunidad, tanto mujeres como hombres, tengan los mismos derechos y voz en las decisiones que afectan a sus tierras de propiedad colectiva. Lamentablemente, las mujeres de todo el mundo tienen menos  tierra en propiedad y derechos más débiles que los hombres, pero esto puede cambiar, y este informe muestra cómo hacerlo.

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    Remembering Elinor Ostrom

    Remembering Elinor Ostrom

    Her Work and its Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

    Reports & Research
    April, 2014
    Eritrea, Kenya, Mexico, Canada, Mongolia, India, Global
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    forest conservation
    land conservation
    sustainable land management
    natural resources management
    common rights
    commons
    communal ownership
    common property

    This special issue of Policy Matters focuses on the outreach and impact of Dr. Elinor Ostrom's groundbreaking research on common property (or commons) theory. Her work was instrumental in shaping contemporary analyses of resource management and conservation, especially at a local level. This collection of research papers, essays, commentaries, and songs build upon her work and provide case studies demonstrating the practical application of her theoretical contributions. 

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    El paisaje del Monte Alén / Montes de Cristal

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Equatorial Guinea, Middle Africa
    Forest Landscape Restoration
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Forest Tenure
    deforestation

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