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Growing farmer-herder conflicts in Tanzania: the licenced exclusions of pastoral communities interests over access to resources

LandLibrary Resource
Journal Articles & Books
May, 2019
Tanzania

The growing number of farmer-herder resource conflicts in Tanzania is often presented in official narratives as a product of climate change resulting from increased environmental pressures.

Climate Change, Land and Resource Governance, and Violent Extremism: Spotlight on the African Sahel

LandLibrary Resource
Reports & Research
April, 2019
Algeria
Sudan
Western Sahara
Eritrea
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Burkina Faso
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal

Tetra Tech’s land tenure and property rights experts examine how weak land and resource governance can fuel drivers of violent extremism. With a focus on the African Sahel, this new issue brief finds this dynamic is especially prevalent when land and resource governance challenges are coupled with environmental disruptions, resource scarcity, or migration.

RISCO, PRINCÍPIO DA PRECAUÇÃO E JUSTIÇA AMBIENTAL EM CONFLITOS POR MINERAÇÃO

LandLibrary Resource
Journal Articles & Books
April, 2019
América do Sul
Brasil
Na análise de conflitos socioambientais por mineração, vários trabalhos têm apontado as diversas causas que originam estes cenários de tensão sobretudo em comunidades locais. Contudo, um aspecto pouco abordado é a percepção dos riscos como causa de um conflito socioambiental.

Exploring the Nexus between Displacement and Land Administration: The Case of Rwanda

LandLibrary Resource
Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2019
Rwanda

In conflict situations, many people are displaced because of hostility and arms in the area. Displaced people are forced to leave behind their properties, and this in turn interrupts the relationship between people and their land. The emergency period in particular has been identified as a weak point in the humanitarian response to land issues in post-conflict situations.

The private Mailo tenure system

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Reports & Research
March, 2019
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda

Mailo is a unique tenure system in central Uganda. It is divided into three parts: Kabaka’s Mailo, Official Mailo and Private Mailo. Private Mailo belongs to an individual, so-called landowner and it can be sold, subdivided or transmitted. Conflicts on private Mailo can occur between landowners & tenants, tenants & tenants, and landowners & landowners.

The private Mailo tenure system

LandLibrary Resource
Reports & Research
March, 2019
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda

Mailo is a unique tenure system in central Uganda. It is divided into three parts: Kabaka’s Mailo, Official Mailo and Private Mailo. Private Mailo belongs to an individual, so-called landowner and it can be sold, subdivided or transmitted. Conflicts on private Mailo can occur between landowners & tenants, tenants & tenants, and landowners & landowners.

The customary tenure system

LandLibrary Resource
Reports & Research
March, 2019
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda

Land in Uganda is a delicate topic. About 80% of pending court cases in the country today are land related. One of Uganda’s tenure systems is the management of land according to customary tenure, especially in Northern Uganda, including the Teso sub-region.

Land in urban debates: Unpacking the grab–development dichotomy

LandLibrary Resource
Journal Articles & Books
March, 2019

On the heels of the rural ‘land grab’ debate, the ongoing urban transition combined with large-scale urban infrastructure investments and land scarcity forces us to also pay more attention to issues of land in urban discussions. Yet how can we conceptualise land-related problems in order to connect and integrate rural and urban debates in overarching discussions of development?