African governments are doing more to protect land rights of rural and indigenous people but are also moving quickly to give away community lands for development, according to two reports released by the Rights and Resource Initiative.
While African governments are moving gradually towards protecting the land rights of rural people and indigenous communities, they are moving quickly to give away community forests… Read more »
While African governments are moving gradually towards protecting the land rights of rural people and indigenous communities, they are moving quickly to give away community forests and other lands for ... see more »
Because most large-scale land transactions being tracked in Africa are quite new, a lot of information exists on their size, but very little reliable ... see more »
For the past few decades, statutory tenure systems in African countries were subjected to small legalchanges whose main feature was the devolution of ... see more »
Samuel Nguiffo, director of the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) based in Cameroon, discusses how to recognize and protect community ... see more »
Cecile Ndjebet, the National Coordinator of Cameroon Ecology, discusses community forestry and community rights in Cameroonat the RRI November ... see more »
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