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African Land and Environment Digest October-November 2024
Knowledgebase.land compiles a bimonthly news round up focusing on African land related news. The articles reviewed below are a taster of what you can access via the website. We provide a selection of carefully curated links to a wide range of publications reporting on the important issues of the day. In this issue we focus on continental developments as well as links to key news stories from South Africa and Namibia.
LandLibrary Resource
The judge, the woman and the land in Burundi
Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2024
Burundi
This is the title of the policy brief just published by the Land and Development Expertise Center (LADEC) www.ladec.bi.
Issue narrative
Urban Tenure
In this completely revised and updated issue page we explore the different settings in which rapid urbanisation is taking place, focusing primarily on the global South. We highlight how climate change, demographic shifts, deep inequality, rising precarity, conflict, displacement and migration impact on patterns of urbanisation. See how these factors influence urban land governance and tenure security.
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LandLibrary Resource
Burundi: A chronology 1000-2024
Reports & Research
UN Resolutions
August, 2024
Burundi
This chronology has been researched as supplementary material for the Land Portal country profile on Burundi and the 2024 data story (forthcoming) on the challenges of restoring land rights in post conflict settings.
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Colonialism Revamped in the Democratic Republic of Congo
21 April 2024
140 years ago this November at the Berlin Conference, Belgium’s King Leopold was recognized as the sole owner of the Congo Free State, a territory including the entirety of today’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Leopold’s reign was marked by slavery, millions of deaths, and widespread atrocities committed during the first colonial exploitation of the territory’s exceptional wealth of natural resources.
64 years after its independence, the DRC remains plagued by various forms of colonialism and extraction, resulting in massive human suffering, land grabs, human rights abuses, hunger and poverty.
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Madagascar: New legislation puts local communities at risk of eviction to pave way for investors
16 June 2023
Civil society organizations in Madagascar are now deeply concerned about the threat the recently passed foreign investment law poses. Currently undergoing a constitutional review, if approved by the High Constitutional Court, it enables foreign investors and companies to lease land for 99 years and renew such agreements which could effectively granting them ownership of the land.
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Pastizales, tierras áridas y pastoreo
En este boletín, completamente revisado y actualizado, ofrecemos nuevas perspectivas sobre los retos y riesgos a los que se enfrentan diversas comunidades de pastores en todo el mundo, desde el Sahel hasta Siberia. Conozca los pastizales y las tierras áridas de todo el mundo y cómo les afecta el cambio climático antropogénico. Revisaremos las actuales políticas y leyes internacionales para evaluar críticamente su eficacia en la protección de los derechos y medios de subsistencia de los pastores. Explore los riesgos que plantea el creciente mercado de compensaciones de carbono y cómo las iniciativas de conservación relacionadas pueden afectar negativamente a los pastizales y las sabanas, que a menudo se consideran erróneamente tierras deforestadas y degradadas. Se profundizará en la posición de las mujeres y los jóvenes en las comunidades de pastores. Cuestionaremos los supuestos comunes sobre el futuro del pastoreo para reimaginar posibles formas de avanzar.
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Pastagens, terras secas e pastoreio
Nesta edição completamente revisada e atualizada, apresentamos novas percepções sobre os desafios e riscos enfrentados por diversas comunidades pastoris em todo o mundo, desde o Sahel até a Sibéria. Saiba mais sobre as pastagens e terras secas em todo o mundo e como elas são afetadas pelas mudanças climáticas antropogênicas. Analise as políticas e leis internacionais atuais para avaliar criticamente sua eficácia na proteção dos direitos e dos meios de subsistência dos(as) pastores(as). Explore os riscos apresentados pelo crescente mercado de compensações de carbono e como as iniciativas de conservação relacionadas podem ter um impacto negativo sobre as pastagens e savanas, que muitas vezes são descaracterizadas como terras desmatadas e degradadas. Aprofunde-se para explorar a posição das mulheres e dos jovens nas comunidades pastoris. Desafie as suposições comuns sobre o futuro do pastoreio para reimaginar possíveis caminhos a seguir.
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Rangelands, drylands and pastoralism
In this updated issue page we provide fresh insights into the challenges and risks facing diverse pastoralist communities across the globe from the Sahel to Siberia. Learn about rangelands and drylands worldwide and how they are impacted by anthropogenic climate change, the current international policies, the risks posed by the growing market in carbon offsets and how related conservation initiatives can impact on rangelands and savannas which are often mischaracterized as deforested and degraded lands.