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Bottom-up accountability initiatives and large scale land acquisition in sub-saharan Africa : project synthesis report

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Mali, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
land grabbing
land rights
land tenure
Undemocratic politics, policy making and law making interpretation and implementation, prove to be drivers of land grabbing in the four country studies presented here. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (CFS/FAO) Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines or TGs), albeit “soft” law, are being used by local communities for bottom-up accountability against land grabbing. Land deals are marked by highly contested political processes – usually between the central state, local communities and the corporate sector.
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Why wait for the state? : using the CFS Tenure Guidelines to recalibrate the political-legal terrain in struggles for human rights and democratic control of land, fisheries and forests

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Mali, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
food security
land rights
land tenure
Grassroots organizations do not need to wait for the state to implement Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Tenure Guidelines or TGs). Rural communities can take governance into their own hands and use TGs as a tool for investigation, reflection and action. The challenge is how to take the next step: under what conditions can TGs provide the rural poor with resources to organize and mobilize?
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Legal, policy and institutional frameworks for community land rights in the wake of developmental projects in Zimbabwe : challenges and way forward

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
land rights
mining
property rights
This research reviews legislation and policies in Zimbabwe that have a direct or indirect bearing on the relocation of communities. The current model for large-scale investments has changed from previous models, where the majority of investment projects were undertaken by international companies with limited governmental intervention. While relocation of communities may be inevitable, it is argued that such actions should take into account constitutional provisions, regional and international best practices.
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Bottom-up accountability initiatives and large scale land acquisition in sub-saharan Africa : final technical report

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Mali, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
fisheries
land governance
land grabbing
land tenure
Understanding and interpretation of the CFS/FAO Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines or TGs) is a key factor in communities’ capabilities for collective action, especially through the organization of land pressure groups. TGs help people to engage critically with existing legal frameworks. In this study, community knowledge was enhanced regarding customary as well as statutory laws which protect rights, while enabling people to identify shortcomings/gaps/bias in the existing laws working against them.
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Changing ecosystem services are increasing people's vulnerability in semi-arid regions : an ASSAR cross-regional insight

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2019
Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa
land use change
Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) researchers collaborated to understand the complex changes and patterns in semi-arid vegetation and socio-ecological systems. Ecosystems were mapped using a cross-regional coarse scale study, relying on climate data to capture global and regional trends. Finest spatial scale mapping relied on LANDSAT to show changes in land use and land cover. Details of observed changes are provided for Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ghana, West Africa, and India. Links to referenced studies are embedded in the report.
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Hybrid land tenure administration in Dunoon, South Africa

Land Use Policy Volume 90

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, Southern Africa, South Africa, United Kingdom
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land registration
land use
land tenure
research
Hybrid land tenure administration occurs in a number of South Africa’s state-subsidised housing projects and in the informal settlements from which the housing beneficiaries tend to be drawn. Ownership is the tenure form in most of these housing projects. Under ownership the law only recognises registered land transactions. Non-government tenure administration in Dunoon was organised by street and area committees that are part of the local South African National Civics Association (SANCO) branch, a community based organisation (CBO).
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Criteria for selection and evaluation of biosphere reserves in support of the UNESCO MAB programme in South Africa

Land Use Policy Volume 76

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2018
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
The biosphere reserve model is a global designation in accordance with UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. Biosphere reserves are required to fulfil three functions as prescribed by UNESCO, namely conservation, sustainable development and logistic support. Worldwide, the 669 biosphere reserves in 120 countries are experiencing different degrees of effectiveness in fulfilling these functions.
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Dairy Joint Ventures in South Africa’s Land and Agrarian Reform Programme: Who Benefits?

Volume 9 Issue 9

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, Norway, South Africa, Southern Africa
agrarian reform
common lands
land reform
Joint Ventures (JVs) between ‘agribusiness’ investors and ‘small farmers’ or ‘customary landowners’ are being promoted in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform programme as a way to include land reform beneficiaries in the country’s competitive agricultural sector. This paper undertakes an in-depth comparative analysis of two JV dairy farms located on irrigation schemes in the former ‘homeland’ of the Ciskei, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The community, through government investment, brings the fixed assets to the business: land, irrigation infrastructure and milking parlours.
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Exploring the Potential and Contribution of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for Landscape Governance and Management in Africa

Volume 9 Issue 8

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2020
Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Malawi, Togo, Tanzania, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
capacity development
nature reserves
sustainable development
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserves strive for a harmonious interaction between humans and nature. As landscapes provide suitable units to mutually address matters of conservation and sustainable development, this study aims to explore the potential and realized contribution of biosphere reserves for landscape governance and management. We emphasize the role of stakeholder participation and cooperation as an overarching condition for integrated landscape approaches.
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Grant Results Sheet: Land and Natural Resources Tenure Security Learning Initiative for East and Southern Africa – Phase 2 (TSLI-ESA 2)

Reports & Research
August, 2020
Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
gender equity
tenure security
This initiative's goal was to develop and disseminate innovative tools and approaches to strengthen tenure security in target communities using low-cost and gender-sensitive technologies. IFAD and UN-Habitat worked together to improve knowledge management and to build the capacity of IFAD staff and partners working on IFAD-supported projects and programmes.

It was funded by a grant built on the achievements of the Land and Natural Resources Tenure Security Learning Initiative for East and Southern Africa - Phase 1, which was implemented by UN-Habitat between 2011 and 2013.