Land tenure
- Will legislation disempower pastoralists in the Sahel?
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Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso have all passed specific legislation in support of pastoralism. This paper reports that while some of these laws provide an improved framework for the management of rangelands and greater tenure security for pastoralists, they contain conceptual and practical problems which may ultimately further marginalise pastoral people. The authors find that pastoralists must develop “leverage” to improve policy and legislation in support of pastoralism.
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- Could the traditional Hima system of resource tenure help address modern development and conservation challenges?
- ( K. Hala;A. Serhal;O. Llewlyn / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007)
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The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in ...
Farmers speak frankly on land restitution, redistributive justice and sustainable agriculture in South Africa
- ( A. Bernstein;J. McCarthy;D. Shepherd / Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa , 2008)
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This report details the findings of a round table discussion on land reform and agricultural development in South Africa convened by The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) in October 2007....
- Assessing progress on sustainable development: an overview of agriculture, rural development, land, desertification and drought
- ( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2008)
- This report highlights key developments and recent sustainability trends in agriculture, rural development, land, desertification and drought, five of the six themes being considered by the Commission...
- Towards market-friendly, pro-poor land legislation in India
- ( T Hanstad;T Haque;R Nielsen / Economic and Political Weekly, India , 2008)
- Since Independence, India’s states have employed several land reform ‘tools,’ including reforming tenancy, imposing land ceilings, distributing government wasteland, and allocating h...
Land grievances key to understanding forced displacement in Kenya
- ( Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008)
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This policy brief explores the importance of land issues in forced displacement in Kenya, drawing out their implications for current humanitarian and early recovery interventions in the wake of the...
- How are biofuels impacting poor people's access to land?
- ( L. Cotula;N. Dyer;S. Vermeulen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food p...
Protecting pastoralists' livelihoods: lessons from Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- ( N. Kipuri;C. Sørensen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable po...
Do small farmers hold the answer to the global food crisis?
- ( Vía Campesina , 2008)
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The causes of the current world food crisis are complex, with recent coverage pointing to the impact of agrofuels, increasing world demand and global warming, among other factors. In this article, ...
- A market-orientated approach to South African land reform
- ( A. Bernstein / Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa , 2008)
- The injustices of the land issue in South Africa under apartheid are well documented. A programme of land reform since then has had varied success. The authors argue that there is a great deal of empi...
Institutional challenges for wetland management in Sierra Leone
- ( R. Maconachie / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2008)
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Sierra Leone has recently emerged from a long period of political instability and civil war, and is ranked among the world’s poorest countries. Thousands of displaced people are in the proces...
