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Combining remote sensing with local knowledge is vital for understanding forest change in West Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Iheaturu CJ   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions in East and Southern Eastern Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesNpj Clean Energy
Castán Broto V   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Engaging Sustainable Reforestation and Forest Protection in the Wallacea Line, Indonesia. [PDF]

open access: yesF1000Res
Ngongo Y   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of land tenure formalization under customary and statutory land tenure systems in Tanzania

SN Business & Economics, 2023
Haji Athumani Msangi   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Renegotiating customary tenure reform – Land governance reform and tenure security in Uganda

open access: yesLand Use Policy, 2014
In academic and policy debates on how to effectively secure land tenure, an uncompromising belief inthe need to formalize and title landownership has increasingly given way to an acknowledgement of thecontributions non-state, ‘customary’ or otherwise local institutions may make in securing tenure.
Mathijs van Leeuwen
exaly   +3 more sources

Land tenure and the management of land and trees: the case of customary land tenure areas of Ghana

Environment and Development Economics, 2003
This study explores the effects of land tenure institutions on land use and management using household date from cocoa growing areas of Ghana. Various land tenure institutions with different land rights coexist in our sites, such as allocated family land, inherited land, appropriated village land, and land received as gift.
Keijiro Otsuka   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Land, Rights, and Tenure Insecurity on Customary Land in Zambia

2020
Land is a key asset in the lives of village communities in Zambia. It is thus at the centre of their livelihood strategies as it provides social, economic, and financial benefits to these communities. The paradox though is that despite acknowledging its importance in the lives of village communities, tenure on this land is poorly protected by the state
Ephraim Kabunda Munshifwa   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Vernacular Land Markets and the Changing Face of Customary Land Tenure in Africa

Forum for Development Studies, 2005
Contemporary discourse on land in Africa suggest that customary or 'communal' tenure is the only check against freehold market-induced landlessness among the poor in the African countryside, and that 'pro-poor' land policy should therefore strengthen customary rights to land.
Chimhowu, Admos; id_orcid 0000-0003-2274-4679   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Land Tenure reform in Uganda. Some reflections on the formalisation of customary tenure

Survey Review, 2008
AbstractThe paper provides an overview of the history of land tenure reform in Uganda from 1900 to 2000. Methods, which were used to formalise customary tenure in Uganda, are reviewed and the effects of the first reform, which formalised customary tenure through negotiations with local leaders are reported.
N. Batungi, H. Rüther
exaly   +2 more sources

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