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Les estimations de la superficie des terres détenues dans le cadre des systèmes coutumiers et autochtones de droits fonciers varient considérablement d'un contexte à l'autre. Selon la Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI, en français, L'Initiative des Droits et Ressources (RRI)), les communautés et les Peuples autochtones détiendraient jusqu'à 65% des terres du monde dans le cadre de systèmes coutumiers.

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Liberia
The document titled "An Act to Establish the Land Rights Law of 2018, Republic of Liberia," which was approved on September 19, 2018, and published on October 10, 2018, provides a detailed legal framework for land ownership and rights in Liberia. This comprehensive document covers a wide range of land rights topics, including general provisions, ownership and other rights in land, proof, protection, registration, regulation of land use, and private ownership of land.
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Enhancing Customary Justice Systems in the Mau Forest: Kenya
Janvier 2010 to Janvier 2014

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United States dollar
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LAND-at-scale mozambique @Terra Firma
LAND-at-scale Mozambique Scaling community legal literacy, land rights certification and climate resilience
1700000
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Terra Firma, Centro Terra Viva
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
The project will contribute to community preparation to intervene in an informed manner in the land sector and will also contribute to the delimitation of community and individual land-use rights based on good faith occupation and customary rights, and their integration into the formal land system.
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LAND-at-scale Colombia- Land formalization through a Fit for Purpose approach in Indigenous and Afro-Colombian
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Other organizations (Projects Database), Kadaster International, Tropenbos International, ICCO
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Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6910000
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Responsible Land Policy in the Ivory Coast
3925000
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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Afghanistan Land Administration System Project
25000000
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World Bank Group

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The Project Development Objective is (a) to support the development of the Afghanistan land administration system; and (b) to provide the population in selected areas with improved land registration services, including issuance of Titles and Occupancy Certificates.

Land Registration and Property Valuation Project
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To improve the quality and transparency of the land administration and property valuation systems.

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The Asia Foundation
400000.00
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The Asia Foundation
Omidyar Network

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Nicaragua Property Rights Strengthening Project
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Contribution to the Mozambican Foundation for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity - BIOFUND
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The Enhancing Customary Justice Systems in the Mau Forest (Justice) Project piloted an approach for improving women’s access to customary justice, particularly related to women’s land rights, by enhancing the customary justice system in one target area. The work

Land and Rural Development Project: Colombia
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Other organizations (Projects Database), Kadaster International, Tropenbos International, ICCO
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The Asia Foundation
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Contribution to the Mozambican Foundation for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity - BIOFUND
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Government of Germany, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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United States Agency for International Development, Government of the United States of America

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United States dollar
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To improve the quality and transparency of the land administration and property valuation systems.

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The Asia Foundation
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Nicaragua Property Rights Strengthening Project
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The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to provide beneficiaries in selected municipalities with: (a) updated and integrated cadastral and property registry information; and (b) improved land administration services.

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Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Germany, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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The FC project is intended to contribute to the sustainable financing of the Mozambican National Park system through the financial resources of the BIOFUND environmental foundation. The aim is to ensure the long-term protection and conservation of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources in Mozambique's nature.

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United States Agency for International Development, Government of the United States of America

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MOD-thumbnail
The Asia Foundation
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Project duration:
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Nicaragua Property Rights Strengthening Project
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The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to provide beneficiaries in selected municipalities with: (a) updated and integrated cadastral and property registry information; and (b) improved land administration services.

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Donors:
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Pound sterling

Pound sterling
ISO 4217 code
GBP
Currency Symbol
£
LAND-at-scale mozambique @Terra Firma
LAND-at-scale Mozambique Scaling community legal literacy, land rights certification and climate resilience
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Project duration:
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The project will contribute to community preparation to intervene in an informed manner in the land sector and will also contribute to the delimitation of community and individual land-use rights based on good faith occupation and customary rights, and their integration into the formal land system.
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Other organizations (Projects Database), Kadaster International, Tropenbos International, ICCO
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6910000
Project duration:
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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3925000
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Afghanistan Land Administration System Project
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Project duration:
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World Bank Group

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The Project Development Objective is (a) to support the development of the Afghanistan land administration system; and (b) to provide the population in selected areas with improved land registration services, including issuance of Titles and Occupancy Certificates.

Land Registration and Property Valuation Project
35000000
Project duration:
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To improve the quality and transparency of the land administration and property valuation systems.

MOD-thumbnail
The Asia Foundation
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Project duration:
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Project duration:
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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To improve the quality and transparency of the land administration and property valuation systems.

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Donors:
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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The project secured collective land rights for surviving Hadzabe hunter–gatherer and Datoga pastoralist groups, and  improved  the governance of village lands in 11 neighbouring village areas in the Yaeda-Mangola area, east of Lake Eyasi, in Northern Tanzania,

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