communal ownership

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Communal ownership is a commonly used term to describe those situations where rights to use resources are held by a community.

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Rep: Sabah govt misleading people on communal grants

17 November 2018

Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah opposition leader has accused the current Sabah government of misleading the people on the issue of communal titles which the state had claimed will be abolished soon.

Sook assemblyman Ellron Angin said in place of the state-planned communal titles, the Sabah government had promised to issue individual titles for the natives.

However, he noticed the individual titles promised by the new administration are almost identical to the communal titles issued by the previous government.

Call for Nominations for the Elinor Ostrom Award for Collective Governance of the Commons 2019

1 June 2018

Global

The Elinor Ostrom Award is given in three categories: Practitioners, Senior Scholars and Junior Scholars, in the fields of natural resource management, commons, common-pool resources or collective action.

Paradise lost? Barbuda land activists seek action from Commonwealth

16 April 2018

Antigua and Barbuda

ONDON/BOSTON, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Activists are urging Commonwealth leaders meeting in Britain this week to throw their weight behind a campaign to preserve a centuries-old communal land ownership system on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.

After Britain abolished slavery in its colonies in 1834, Barbudans developed a system of communal land ownership, now threatened by government plans to introduce private land ownership to boost development and tourism.

Blogs

We cannot wait indefinitely – interim options for land reform

18 June 2018

Authors:

Sobantu Mzwakali

South Africa

The failure to secure the property rights of rural communities shows a clear policy gap between citizens and rights to land as per the Constitution and the attitude and practices of the state, traditional leaders, white farmers and mining companies in relation to such rights.

A new era of land struggle on the horizon –holding governments to their commitments to collective tenure

1 June 2018

Authors:

Dr. Liz Alden Wily

Global

The back has been broken on legal denial of community property. This is the conclusion of a study of land laws in 100 countries.

Formally Recognizing Pastoral Community Land Rights in Ethiopia

17 April 2018

Authors:

Dr. Solomon Bekure Woldegiorgis

Ethiopia

For hundreds of years, pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lowlands have relied on strong customary land tenure systems to survive. Historically, legislation has failed to clearly define communal rights to rangelands, and the specific roles and responsibilities for both communities and local government to administer and manage these resources. This legislative deficiency prevented pastoral communities from fully exercising their constitutional rights to land (Ethiopia’s Constitution broadly recognizes pastoral communities’ right to access land and prevents their involuntary displacement).

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Discussions

What can we do to achieve sustainable pro-poor land reform in South Africa?

Closed

19 November 2018 to 7 December 2018

Facilitators:

rdesatge

Partners:

Phuhlisani NPC

Land Portal Foundation

South Africa

In February 2018, South Africa’s National Assembly passed a resolution to establish an ad hoc Constitutional Review Committee to explore and debate the need for a constitutional amendment to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation in the public interest.

The Liberia Land Rights Act

Closed

20 July 2018 to 20 August 2018

Facilitators:

Emmanuel Urey

Ali Kaba

Partners:

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

Sustainable Development Institute

Rights Rice Foundation

Land Rights Now

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI)

Oxfam International

Liberia

The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), Landesa, and the Land Portal Foundation are co-facilitating an online discussion on Liberia's Land Rights Bill (LRB) that may soon be voted on by the Liberian National Legislature.

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Events

Land and Resource Rights for Economic Growth

12 March 2018

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW

20004 Washington, D.C. , District Of Columbia

United States

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District Of Columbia US

Zambia

Ghana

Myanmar

Vietnam

Global

Hundreds of millions of people around the world lack recognition of their rights to the land they live and depend on. Without legal recognition or basic documentation, people cannot plan for the future or invest in their land, even if they have lived and worked on it for decades. Over the past five years, USAID has worked with rural households, communities, indigenous peoples, private companies, and governments to recognize and document land rights and assess their impacts on local investments and sustainable land management.

Rights and Value: Rural Valuation Tool Helps Communities Determine Land Value on Their Terms

1 December 2017

Location

Indufor

740 15th St NW #900

20005 Washington , District Of Columbia

United States

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District Of Columbia US

Global

In developing countries, it is almost impossible to determine fair values for rural land. That’s because traditional valuation approaches – like the comparable sales method – don’t work in thin markets, and don’t take into account environmental, social, and cultural value that communities place on their land.

3rd International Conference on Scaling-up Global Efforts to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights

4 October 2017 to 5 October 2017

Location

Stockholm

Sweden

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Global

Join us for the 3rd international conference on scaling-up global efforts to secure community land and resource rights.

In 2013, leading Indigenous Peoples, community organizations, NGOs, governments, private companies, and investors met in Interlaken to devise strategies to scale up global efforts to secure community land and resource rights. Last September, we met in Bern to assess and establish a new baseline from which to measure global progress.

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Library

Collective Land Ownership in the 21st Century: Overview of Global Trends

Peer-reviewed publication

May 2018

Global

Statutory recognition of rural communities as collective owners of their lands is substantial,

From Risk and Conflict to Peace and Prosperity

Reports & Research

February 2017

Brazil

China

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

India

Indonesia

Kenya

Peru

Senegal

Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Despite equivocation by governments, a critical mass of influential investors and companies now recognize the market rationale for respecting community land rights.

Understanding changing land access issues for the rural poor in Uganda

Reports & Research

May 2017

Uganda

The ways in which people obtain land in Uganda are changing fast. Land that used to be secured through inheritance, gifts or proof of long-term occupancy is now more commonly changing hands in the market. Those with wealth and powerful connections are frequently able to override local rules and gain access to land at the expense of poorer individuals. Government-backed agribusiness investors receive large areas of land with benefits for some local farmers who are able to participate in the schemes, while other smallholders see their land access and livelihoods degraded.

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Organizations

AAKAR Books (AAKAR)

Publishing Company

Established in 1991, AAKAR Books is a publishing company, started publishing quality scholarly books in Social Sciences in English and Hindi since 2001 and is now a niche for itself. Aakar Books is reputed for quality scholarly publishing in the field of Social Sciences.

International Knowledge Sharing Platform (IISTE)

Journal

The IISTE is an IT firm delivering IT supports to education professionals and research institute around world.

Mission statement of IISTE

“Accelerating Global Knowledge Creation and Sharing”.

In partnership government, community organizations, and education related foundations, IISTE offers a variety of programs and activities to promote education development, international collaboration, including

Land Access Movement of South Africa (LAMOSA)

Civil Society Organization

LAMOSA is an independent Community Based Organization (CBO) advocating for land and agrarian rights, and substantive democracy through facilitating sustainable development.

LAMOSA was established in 1991 to mobilize disposed communities to collectively fight discriminatory colonial and apartheid land laws, racial and gender discrimination and poverty. LAMASO in partnership with the government and Civil Society Organization (CSO) work in four provinces- Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northwest and Gauteng provinces.

Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC)

University or Research Institution

LARC is a research and advocacy unit within the Law Department of the University of Cape Town concerned with power relations, and the impact of national laws and policy in framing the balance of patriarchal and autocratic power within which rural women and men struggle for democratic change at the local level. There has recently been a push from government to introduce laws and policies giving traditional leaders unaccountable powers over “subjects” living in the former homeland areas of South Africa.

Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

Non-profit organization

MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

VISION: To become a centre of excellence in promoting the application of appropriate land policies, laws and management practices by empowering society through innovative and knowledge based advocacy and capacity building in Kenya and the region.

LDGI values of Integrity, Trust and Professionalism influence the way we work every day and everywhere.

Land Rights Now (LRN )

Civil Society Organization

To achieve our Goal, we are campaigning for an unprecedented mobilization of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, governments, intergovernmental organizations, corporate and other private sector actors, civil society, social movements, and citizens from all over the world. To realise the change we want, we ask that by 2020…

Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC)

Civil Society Organization

The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) is a private, autonomous, voluntary non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit sharing organization envisioning a just and equitable society. It has a mission of empowering the people of Tanzania, so as to promote, reinforce and safeguard human rights and good governance in the country. The broad objective is to create legal and human rights awareness among the public and in particular the underprivileged section of society through legal and civic education, advocacy linked with legal aid provision, research and human rights monitoring.

National Land Commission (NLC)

Governmental institution

OUR VISION

Excellent administration and management of land for sustainable development

OUR MISSION

To implement an efficient land administration and management system in order to ensure equity in access to land

CORE VALUES

Efficiency
Transparency and Accountability
Innivativeness
Integrity
Professionalism
Rule Of Law
Independence

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Blogs

The failure to secure the property rights of rural communities shows a clear policy gap between citizens and rights to land as per the Constitution and the attitude and practices of the state, traditional leaders, white farmers and mining companies in relation to such rights.

The back has been broken on legal denial of community property. This is the conclusion of a study of land laws in 100 countries.

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Mission statement of IISTE

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