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Challenges and opportunities of recognizing and protecting customary tenure systems in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Reports & Research
March, 2019
Laos

This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to the recognition of customary tenure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Customary tenure is understood to be the local rules, institutions and practices governing land, fisheries and forests that have, over time and use, gained social legitimacy and become embedded in the fabric of a society.

Challenges and opportunities of recognizing and protecting customary tenure systems in Myanmar

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2019
Myanmar
Thailand

This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to recognizing and protecting customary tenure in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Hoja Informativa N.º 4 (mapas)

Institutional & promotional materials
November, 2016
South America
Peru

Los conflictos territoriales incluyen superposiciones de diferentes categorías territoriales otorgadas por el Estado en sus diferentes niveles y las tensiones entre vecinos (conflictos sociales), todos estos  representan "obstáculos para la titulación" o pueden limitar la futura gestión territorial de las comunidades nativas.

El equipo de la ONG Paz y Esperanza trabajó en estrecha colaboración con CODEPISAM, sus ocho federaciones y los presidentes de los miembros de las comunidades nativas, se hicieron visitas de campo en base a ella se actualizaron los datos y mapas.

Open Up Guide for Land Governance, Version 2.0 (following public comments)

Manuals & Guidelines
September, 2021
Global

The Open Up Guide on Land Governance is a resource  aimed to be used by governments from developing countries to collect and release land-related data to improve data quality, availability, accessibility and use for improved citizen engagement, decision making and innovation. It sets out:

  1. Key datasets for land management accountability, and how they should be collected, stored, shared and published for improving land governance and transparency;

“Why would anyone leave?”: Development, overindebtedness, and migration in Guatemala

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2021
Guatemala

Over the past two decades, policymakers have expressed considerable optimism about the capacity of international development to curb transnational migration, yet there is a dearth of research examining how and under what conditions development interventions impact migration decisions. Enlisting a case study approach in the Maya-K’iche’ community of Almolonga, this article examines divergent meanings and practices of “development” and its impact on the migratory aspirations and outcomes of Indigenous families in Guatemala.

A Resource Book on Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) for Land Rights Advocates (Volume 2)

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Asia
South-Eastern Asia

This guide (volume 2) aims to equip land rights advocates, development practitioners and stallholder farmers and indigenous people’s communities with the necessary knowledge, attitude, and skills on Community Mapping and Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS). It focuses on data collection, database management, data processing, and analysis for the production of digital maps useful in advancing the land rights agenda of rural communities, particularly indigenous communities and smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia.

Land Corruption Risk Mapping: Developing a handbook on how to identify and tackle corruption risks in land governance

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Kenya

The Land Corruption Risk Mapping Instrument is designed to raise awareness and understand how to detect corruption in land governance issues. The instrument is developed in a way that it can be applied in any Sub-Saharan African country. It is published as a handbook that gives explanations, guidance and examples.

Good Practice

Institutional & promotional materials
November, 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Peru

The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.