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ActionAid new report on a land grab in Tanzania under the G8 New Alliance
In the Bagamoyo District, a lease of over 20.000 hectares of land is being secured for the next 99 years to a Swedish-owned company called EcoEnergy, for a sugar-cane plantation project supported by the African Development Bank, the International Fund for Agriculture and Development, and the Swedish International Development Agency.
Nouvelle suspension d’attribution de terrain de six mois : Bathily se trompe de combat et de cible
La décision interministérielle de suspendre les lotissements et les demandes de transformations de concessions rurales d’habitation en titre foncier prise le 25 février en conseil des ministres, vient prolonger la crise financière dans laquelle sont plongés les acteurs du foncier depuis plusieurs mois. Une crise, avec son corollaire de chômages, de fermeture de cabinets sous le poids des impôts etc. Et si le ministre se trompait de cible ?
How Egyptian farmers are adapting to water scarcity up and down a canal
If you wander up and down one of the many irrigation canals in Egypt’s Nile Delta, you’ll see a wide range of crops being grown. Fields of swelling water melons sit alongside leafy greens. Twirling grape vines back on to rows of cucumbers. But why have the farmers chosen to grow one crop rather than another? Is it simply because they have differing access to water? A new study undertaken by IWMI and partners* sought to better understand the reasons for crop choice, and has come up with some surprising conclusions.
Rights, resources and environmental impacts: A complex but crucial link
BY BARUANI MSHALE
It is well known that property rights, which govern how individuals can control, benefit from and transfer property, influence the condition of natural resources and environments around the world.
Yet there remains much to learn about the nature of that relationship.
Water pans offer lifeline to female farmers in Kenya
To mark world water day, we look at how simple technology to harvest water in semi-arid areas has transformed prospects for Kenyan women
It’s mid-morning and the sun is blazing. It is so hot that germinating seeds struggle to grow.
In Moi Ndabi, about 44km (27 miles) south of Kenya’s Lake Naivasha in Nakuru County, the vegetation dotted sparingly across the village has turned yellow.
Namati. New animated videos: Protecting Community Lands and Resources
Namati is thrilled to release four new videos that illustrate our approach to Community Land Protection.
The first video is an overview of Namati's approach, while the second and third videos describe the challenging work of making maps, resolving land conflicts, harmonizing boundaries with neighbors, drafting by-laws to ensure just and equitable governance, and electing diverse leadership to ensure transparent, sustainable management of natural resources. The fourth video shows how Namati empowers communities to negotiate with investors who come seeking land for business ventures.
Also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
(Please contact communitylandprotection@namati.org if you would like to request another language.)
Overview:Protecting Community Lands and Resources
Mapping and Boundary Agreements
Making Rules for Land Governance
Protecting Land in Investment Negotiations