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Tenure security and land-related investment - evidence from Ethiopia [PDF]

The authors use a large data set from Ethiopia that differentiates tenure security and transferability to explore determinants of different types of land-related investment and its possible impact on productivity.
Adenew, Berhanu, Deininger, Klaus, Gebre-Selassie, Samuel, Jin, Songqing, Nega, Berhanu   +4 more
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Stability in tapia woodlands amid non‐native expansion: Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing to track 73 years of tree cover in Madagascar

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Afromontane ecosystems, characterised by mosaics of fire‐adapted grassy ecosystems and fire‐sensitive forests, are biodiversity hotspots facing escalating pressures from non‐native species, climate and land‐use change. Madagascar's Central Highlands is one such hotspot, hosting woodlands dominated by endemic Uapaca bojeri (tapia) which are ...
Elliot D. Convery‐Fisher, Adam J. M. Devenish, Sam Staddon, Christian A. Kull, F. Laura Rafanomezantsoa, Tianjanahary Randriamboavonjy, Caroline E. R. Lehmann   +6 more
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Land Access, Tenure and Investment in Post-War Northern Mozambique [PDF]

The relationship between land investment and tenure security is usually tested in land scarce but peaceful areas. This article examines instead the effects of land abundance and war for investment and tenure security.
Tilman Brück
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Transition pathways from vulnerability to viability of small‐scale fisheries in Africa and Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This perspective paper examines transition pathways that move small‐scale fisheries from vulnerability towards viability. We understand ‘vulnerability to viability transition pathways’ as integrative and one that extends beyond economic concerns to include social, political, cultural and ecological aspects of small‐scale fisheries.
Ella‐Kari Muhl, Derek Armitage, Prateep Kumar Nayak, Sisir Pradhan, Maha Abdelbaset, Denis Aheto, Richard Adade, Shehu Latunji Akintola, Evans Kwasi Arizi, Essinam Attipoe, Jessica Blythe, Alida Bundy, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Anuradha Choudry, Basanta Kumar Das, Chitra Devi, Kafayat Fakoya, Mafaniso Hara, Shahriyer Hossain, Moeniba Isaacs, Gazi Md Nurul Islam, Mohammad Mahmudal Islam, Hapsari Ayu Kusumawardhani, Kungwan Junrashote, Yinji Li, Moffat Manase, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Ishmael Kosamu, Jenia Mukherjee, Tamano Namikawa, Friday Njaya, Justice Odoi, Deborah Prado, Emon Rahman, Qurban Rouhani, Md Razin Saleh Alam, Aliou Sall, Clément Sambou, Revarunan Sammogam, Alassane Sarr, Khady Yama Sarr, Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Samiya Ahmed Selim, Indah Susilowati, Vannessa Warren, Julius Francis Woiso, Batuli Mohammed Yahya   +46 more
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Individual Land Tenure and the Challenges of Sustainable Land Use and Management in a Semi-arid Region of China Individual Land Tenure and the Challenges of Sustainable Land Use and Management in a Semi-arid Region of China

Sustentabilidade em Debate, 2010
China’s farmland tenure, characterised by a household responsibility system (HRS) and collective landownership, has contributed to the continuation of poverty and natural resource deterioration in semiarid regions.
Yongjun Zhao
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Shifting perspectives: exploring land tenure transformation through six community-based solar energy projects in the global south (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Namibia, Indonesia, and Peru)

Energy, Sustainability and Society
Background Sustainable development is not possible without sustainable energy, and while renewable energy minigrid and microgrid systems are regarded as a promising solution for achieving energy transition and supporting rural development in the global ...
Bouchra El Houda Lamhamedi, Walter Timo de Vries   +1 more
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Hornby D, Kingwill R, Royston L and Cousins B (eds) Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa (2017 University of KwaZulu-Natal Press)

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2018
This contribution provides a review of the book edited by Donna Hornby, Rosalie Kingwill, Lauren Royston and Ben Cousins, Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa.
Elmien (WJ) du Plessis
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RELAXING CONTROL OVER THE CROPPING STRUCTURE: THE NEXT STEP FOR LAND REFORM IN UZBEKISTAN [PDF]

Omnipresent control of Uzbekistan government in agriculture undermines land tenure security among the farmers and as result leads to low productivity and low incentives for investment into the land.
Akbarov, Odil, Chertovitsky, Aleksandr, Yakhshilikov, Yorbol   +2 more
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The relationship between Indigenous Peoples' lands and conservation: A systematic literature review

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract A growing body of peer‐reviewed literature is focused on the relationship between Indigenous Peoples' lands (Indigenous lands) and conservation outcomes. We performed a systematic review of this English reported peer‐reviewed literature (n = 111) to examine: the key characteristics; the conservation outcomes documented; the methods used in ...
William Nikolakis, Victoria Gay, Garry Merkel, Terry Sunderland, Joe Morrison   +4 more
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Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial Benin [PDF]

Tree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Farmers have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also faced disputes with competing claimants and the state.
James Fenske
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