129 datasets found

This report is based on a research project on the Naga customary land tenure system, conducted by Resource Rights for The Indigenous Peoples (RRtIP) in collaboration with Land...

To explore the reports that it might be more difficult for members of indigenous communities with collective title to access finance, OHCHR commissioned an in-depth review of...

The​ policy​ aims​ to​ improve​ the​ livelihood​ of​ indigenous​ people​ to​ escape​ from​ hunger​ and​ poverty,​ to​ receive​ formal​ education​ at​ least​ 9​ years​ basic​...

This article reveals that land grabbing adversely affects communal solidarity and local governance effectiveness. It also demonstrates how commons grabbing—including land sales...

Eight years have passed since the enactment of the 2001 Land Law, which established a framework for the recognition of land and property rights throughout Cambodia. In 2002 the...

To facilitate policy implementation at the country level, IFAD’s Policy on Engagement with Indigenous Peoples (2009) recommended that Country Technical Notes be prepared to...

Research from seven countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) in the Asia-Pacific region shows that sustainable practices are...

Field visits to over twenty villages in five different provinces of the Lao PDR have shown that across all ethnic groups, communities use and manage communal lands. Types of...

The overall objective of this paper is to follow up on the research that aims to understand how indigenous communities’statistics have been widely used in development projects...

This paper examines the threats posed to the lands and resources of indigenous peoples in Cambodia, and the difficult process of obtaining communal land titles. It explores the...

The purpose of this policy is to register the indigenous communal land to ensure the land tenure, poverty reduction, national economic development, sustainable land use...

This sub-decree is to establish the principle, procedure, and mechanism to register the indigenous community land as the collective ownership with the objective to provide land...

Estimates of REDD+ costs have long been criticized for excluding transaction and implementation costs and undervaluing informal market activities such as subsistence farming....

To assess the impact of this new directive and its effects on the relationship between communal land titling and Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakiri, seven NGOs...

The Journal of Forest and Livelihood aims to inform environmental policy process by facilitating dialogue among politicians, professionals, activists, researchers and policy makers

This study analyzes the institutional landscape, processes and track record of urban planning and land management in Lao PDR, and makes recommendations to improve...

A presentation to a workshop of the Land Information Working Group on a watershed management and communal land titling project in Oudomxay province.

A presentation of the Land Information Working Group discussing issues related to communal land and policy recommendations for communal land titling and the national land policy.

Proceedings from a National Assembly of Laos workshop centered on forest and land tenure rights, with goals to: -learn from the experience of other countries how they have...

Instructions on fees and charges for land management