Ten IDRC-supported community forestry projects in six countries were selected for this synthesis study. A sizable part of the rural population in these countries are designated as ‘encroachers’ or ‘trespassers’ in the ‘forest.’ Many of these forest users claim long standing customary rights to the area, some of which are formally recognized in state law, but seldom in practice.
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Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2010Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines, Vietnam
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Library ResourceTraining Resources & ToolsDecember, 2018Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan Africa
Displacement induced by large scale investments and subsequent resettlement affects community access to land, land tenure patterns, and tenure security. This guide is published as part of the project ‘Strengthening Community Land Rights and Responses to Involuntary Displacements Caused by Development Projects in Zimbabwe.’ It highlights critical areas to be accounted for before introducing large scale developmental projects. These projects endanger communities’ land-related environmental, economic, social and cultural rights and benefits enshrined by the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015
The Constitution of Kenya (2010) has provided the means for confronting new challenges to evictions and access to justice faced by vulnerable groups such as the residents of Mukuru. New jurisprudence has begun to emerge, addressing the human rights implications of evictions. Project researchers along with the Katiba Institute and Strathmore University’s School of Law work closely with the community to investigate different existing tenure arrangements in Mukuru to determine how the Constitution and land laws can be used to address challenges related to insecure land tenure.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1989Kenya
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007China
Chapter in ARCHIV 127335 - Rebuilding common property management : a case study of community-based natural resource management in rural Guizhou, China
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2008Canada
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper highlights how women are interfacing with institutions of power at a local level in Uganda in terms of land claims. According to the Land Act 1998, all land is vested in the citizens who own it. Enormous resistance occurred behind the scenes against women’s efforts to include a provision on spousal co-ownership of land. The provision was passed in parliament but it did not appear in the published Land Act (2003:162).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad
Library has French version: TIC au secours des éleveurs du Sahel
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