Across many parts of Indonesia, investment in oil palm has brought accelerated forms of land acquisition and market engagement for communities, signalling far-reaching implications for equity and well-being of current and future generations. This paper uses a conjunctural feminist political ecology approach to explore gendered and generational engagements with oil palm in Indonesia.

This 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.

This report was prepared by Centre for Land Governance, NRMC, the Secretariat of India Land & Development Conference 2017. This report provides an overview of the proceedings of India Land & Development Conference, organized at India International Centre, New Delhi, India on April 5-6th 2017.

Supporting the agriculture sector

Numa semana em que o problema do garimpo entrou na agenda noticiosa – em resultado dos graves conflitos que se verificam em Namanhumbir, no distrito de Montepuez, neste destaque rural pretende-se reflectir sobre os problemas socio-económicos resultantes da mineração artesanal em Moçambique, procurando-se sugerir algumas medidas para uma exploração mais sustentável e com benef

The stated objective of land policy in India has shifted from redistribution through land reform to ownership through land acquisition in the period between 1950 and 2014. Sub-national governments that dealt with land policy had the option to exercise a mix of redistribution and acquisition based on historical factors, social demands and political convictions.

This study provides recommendations for standard second level land certification (SLLC) procedures to be adopted when registering polygamous households landholdings in Ethiopia..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

This study assesses the engagement of women and vulnerable groups (VGs) during the second level land certification (SLLC) process and how best to involve women and VGs to ensure their involvement and tenure security..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

This summary of LIFTs Strategy to Effectively Engage Women and Vulnerable Groups During SLLC assesses the engagement of women and vulnerable groups (VGs) during the second level land certification (SLLC) PROCESS and how best to involve women and VGs to ensure their involvement and tenure security..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programm

En un contexto de transformaciones de alcance global y contando con las singularidades regionales, los ámbitos rurales de la Patagonia esteparia se enfrentan tanto al declive del sector ganadero en sus modalidades tradicionales como a nuevas valoraciones perceptivas de sus espacios.

Date: juillet 2017

Source: Foncier & Développement

An estimated 10m people are displaced from development projects every year. A new study aims to monitor government adoption of voluntary guidelines on expropriation, compensation and resettlement, Nicholas Tagliarino reveals