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rule of law

The authority and influence of law in society, especially when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behavior

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January 2022
Morocco
Norway
United States of America

Abstract Land is a decisive factor in the organization of urban land. Its management is not subject to global agreement. It cannot be the expression of a socio-economic optimum shared by all actors, given their diverse and divergent interests.Goal and objectives:The legal and institutional dysfunctions linked to the land question in Morocco are multiple.

Compendio de Normas para el sanamiento físico legal de la propiedad agraria de los predios rurales, comunidades campesinas y comunidades nativas y catastro rural - Tomo II
Policy Papers & Briefs
October 2021
South America
Peru

Complementando el Compendio de Normas publicado en 2018, el Tomo II actualiza  las normas relevantes en el marco del sanamiento físico legal de la propiedad agraria de los predios rurales, comunidades campesinas y comunidades nativas y catastro rural.

 

Journal Articles & Books
May 2021
Africa
Congo
Gabon
Western Africa
Ghana
Liberia

Le partage des bénéfices et les contrats communautaires visent à garantir aux communautés affectées le moyen d’être impliquées et de tirer des avantages de la gestion des ressources forestières. En pratique, toutefois, les communautés se sentent souvent lésées sur ces points.

Journal Articles & Books
May 2021
Africa
Congo
Gabon
Western Africa
Ghana
Liberia

Benefit-sharing agreements and community contracts are intended to ensure affected communities are involved in and benefit from the management of forest resources, but communities have often been left feeling short-changed.

Journal Articles & Books
Policy Papers & Briefs
February 2021
Kenya

January 2021
Senegal

Context and backgroundIn Senegal, the rise in land disputes leads to questions about the place of the administration judge in the protection of the land rights of citizens. Indeed, most of the conflicts that arise either between farmers and herders, or between populations and private investors, are often resolved through alternative methods, namely conciliation or land mediation.

Unpacking water tenure for improved food security and sustainable development
Reports & Research
December 2020
Global

Increasing understanding of the role that secure water resources tenure plays in ensuring sustainable livelihoods, just resource governance, environmental protection, and sustainable economic development has led FAO to re-kindle the debate that had begun in 2012, when the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) were adopted by FAO, and