Tag: land rights
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Rights and resources initiative : supporting forest tenure, policy and market reforms
Abstract: The Rights & Resources Initiative promotes reforms that secure local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ rights to own, control and benefit from land and forests. It aims to double the global forest area under local ownership and administration, with secure rights to use products, by 2015. Author(s): Source(s): , Published: 2010 Rights and resources initiative…
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The social tenure domain model : a pro-poor land tool
Abstract: The Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) was developed to suit customary and informal tenure, which conventional land administration systems cannot handle. A first prototype can be used to support the land administration of the poor in urban and rural areas. It can be linked to the cadastral system. Author(s): Lemmen, Christiaan Source(s): , FIG…
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Results of the innovation plans contest from the learning path
Abstract: The results of the Innovation Plans Contest developed as part of the learning path “Innovative experiences in participatory cartography and legal empowerment as tools to solve conflicts and ensure indigenous and peasant communities´ land rights” in Nicaragua and Guatemala. Author(s): Source(s): , Published: 2010 International land coalition (ILC), Rome (English ISBN/ISSN: / Link: http://www.landcoalition.org/news/results-innovation-plans-contest
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Traditional leadership and democracy in Africa : the experience of Botswana
Abstract: The role of chieftainships in modern African democracies and land tenure is discussed, using the case of Botswana. Author(s): Sharma, Keshav C. Source(s): , [14] p. Published: 2009 Institute for democracy in South Africa (IDASA), [Pretoria etc. (English ISBN/ISSN: / Link: http://www.idasa.org.za/index.asp?page=output_details.asp%3FRID%3D2033%26PID%3D54
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Decentralizing forest management : pretense or reality? : in the context of Forest rights act in India
Abstract: After more than a century of centralization, the Forest Policy of 1988 was the first step to hand back ownership of local resources to the local communities. More is needed to go beyond granting of recognition to ‘cultivated areas on forestland’. Author(s): Ghate, Rucha Source(s): , 27 p., ill., maps Published: 2009 Indiana university.…
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New niches of community rights to forests in Cameroon : tenure reform, decentralization category or something else?
Abstract: This essay interrogates the nature of ongoing change in the structure of community rights in Cameroon: is it tenure change or decentralization? In reality, it is neither a strict decentralization process nor a strict tenure reform, but a mixture of devolution and delegation of powers. Author(s): Oyono, Phil René Source(s): , International journal of…
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Not about us without us : working with grassroots organisations in the land field
Abstract: This publication presents a grassroots mechanism for the effective inclusion of local community groups (grassroots). Detailed criteria to assess grassroots participation in order to determine whether it is genuine, effective and rights-based are included. Author(s): Langford, Malcolm; Augustinus, Clarissa; Westman, Ulrik; Jonsson, Asa Source(s): , 32 p., ill., tabs Published: 2009 United nations human…