This monograph examines the construction, operation and maintenance tasks that shape the nature of locally managed irrigation systems. The objective of the book is to identify relevant experiences and lessons for staff who are responsible for working with locally managed systems in three types of programs: direct assistance to existing locally managed irrigation systems, turnover of public owned systems to local management, and transfer of partial management to farmer groups within larger systems that remain publicly controlled.

This a report of a workshop held in December 1994, that aimed to find new ways of working with conflict over land use. A number of case studies in northern Tanzania were discussed.

An overview of the types of land disputes and the dispute settlement fora.

Unruh JD (1993) An acacia-based design for sustainable livestock carrying capacity on irrigated farmlands in semi-arid East Africa. Ecological Engineering 2: 131-148

Repeated and lingering famine on the Horn of Africa has produced enormous pastoralist refugee populations in a region where livestock production is a major form of land use. Permanently settling destitute pastoralists into pursuits other than herding has a record of failure, can disrupt host land-uses causing social and ecological problems, and can deny utilization of very large grazing areas where pastoralism may be the only ecologically and economically sustainable land-use.

An Act to establish Ward Tribunals, to provide for their jurisdiction, powers, practice and procedure and other related matters. 

This paper analyses briefly the reasons why enclosures of the rangelands is taking place, the short and long term impact on different groups, and the technical and environmental issues. Examples are given from Kenya and Somalia.

If 2009 was the end of the hinterland and the beginning of a new globalized forest era, 2010 was a year of pushback. Worldwide, the news was full of reports of forest communities and Indigenous Peoples pushing back at land grabs and shaping policy at the national and global levels, and of governments countering and trying to contain community rights. Some governments and private investors accepted or even embraced the new players at the table and began to promote fairer business and conservation models.

This report provides an account of an independent investigation carried out in October 2011 of the conflicts and disputes in the PT Asiatic Persada concession in the Indonesian Province of Jambi on the island of Sumatra. This report has been written with the aim of helping resolve these disputes and ensure respect for human rights by RSPO members in line with the RSPO Principles and Criteria and the Performance Standards of the International Finance Corporation.