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World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute
Acronym
WRI
University or Research Institution

Focal point

Peter Veit

Location

World Resources Institute


The World Resources Institute is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action. We work with governments, companies, and civil society to build solutions to urgent environmental challenges. WRI’s transformative ideas protect the earth and promote development because sustainability is essential to meeting human needs and fulfilling human aspirations in the future.


WRI spurs progress by providing practical strategies for change and effective tools to implement them. We measure our success in the form of new policies, products, and practices that shift the ways governments work, companies operate, and people act.


We operate globally because today’s problems know no boundaries. We are avid communicators because people everywhere are inspired by ideas, empowered by knowledge, and moved to change by greater understanding. We provide innovative paths to a sustainable planet through work that is accurate, fair, and independent.

Members:

Peter Veit
Sarah Weber
Kathleen Buckingham

Resources

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Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Land for Private Investors and Economic Development

Policy Papers & Briefs
Janvier, 2011
Africa

This lesson brief examines the law and practice of allocating land in the protected estate for private investment. It is part of the Uganda module on the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Private investors need land to conduct their business.

Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, The Compulsory Acquisition of Privately-Held Land by Government

Policy Papers & Briefs
Janvier, 2011
Africa

This lesson brief focuses on four issues - compulsory acquisition uses; procedures for exercising this authority; compensation; and redress - which are central to balancing private land rights and compulsory land acquisition for public purposes.It is part of the Uganda module on the 

Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, Government Control of Private Land Use

Policy Papers & Briefs
Décembre, 2010

This lesson brief looks at the government's control of private land use in Kenya. It is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Like other governments around the world, Kenya’s government has the authority to extinguish or restrict property rights over land and natural resources, including the authority to restrict the use of privately-held land for national and public interest purposes. Private land use restrictions have been used for environmental management and are increasingly being considered for biodiversity conservation purposes.