Land acquisitions and rights

Strengthening land rights to support local livelihoods and fairer investments

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Contracts in commercial agriculture: enhancing rural producer agency
February 2021
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From spears to maps: the case of Waorani resistance in Ecuador for the defence of their right to prior consultation
February 2021
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How collective action can influence the direction of a land reform: lessons learned from civil society mobilisation in Senegal
February 2021
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Towards a political economy of the COVID-19 crisis: Reflections on an agenda for research and action
February 2021
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Raising the cost of climate action? Investor-state dispute settlement and compensation for stranded fossil fuel assets
October 2020
X00240
(Dis)integration in Global Resource Governance: Extractivism, Human Rights, and Investment Treaties
August 2020
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Investment Contracts and International Law: Charting a Research Agenda
July 2020
17752IIED
Securing land rights in Cameroon: what hasn’t worked and what should be done
June 2020
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“Inclusive business” in agriculture: Evidence from the evolution of agricultural value chains
May 2020
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The future of land: commercial pressures and the case for systemic law reform to secure rural land rights
May 2020
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Land and human rights: Towards a rights-based approach for addressing commercial pressures on land
October 2019
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Land rights and investments: why the IFC performance standards are not enough: A comparison with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure
October 2019
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Securing customary rights is key to sustainable community forestry
September 2019
17653IIED
A stronger voice for women in local land governance: effective approaches in Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal
August 2019
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Why communities are key to protecting Congo Basin forests
August 2019
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Land rights: the missing link for food security in Cameroon
July 2019
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Between Promising Advances and Deepening Concerns: A Bottom-Up Review of Trends in Land Governance 2015–2018
July 2019
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Apes, crops and communities: land concessions and conservation in Cameroon
July 2019
17644IIED
Redress for land and resource rights violations: a legal empowerment agenda
March 2019
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Are development finance institutions equipped to address land rights issues? A stocktake of practice in agriculture
February 2019
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Reconsidering Sovereignty, Ownership and Consent in Natural Resource Contracts: From Concepts to Practice
December 2018
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Agricultural Investments Under International Investment Law
October 2018
17450IIED
Towards fair and effective legislation on compulsory land acquisition in Cameroon
January 2018
17448IIED
Indigenous peoples’ land rights in Cameroon: progress to date and possible futures
December 2017
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Trends in global land use investment: implications for legal empowerment
December 2017
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Community forestry in Cameroon: a diagnostic analysis of laws, institutions, actors and opportunities
November 2017
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How to promote transnational accountability in relation to “land grabbing”? Insights from a brainstorming event
October 2017
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Land, Property and Sovereignty in International Law
August 2017
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Addressing the impact of large-scale oil palm plantations on orangutan conservation in Borneo: A spatial, legal and political economy analysis
July 2017
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Assessing and addressing the impact of large-scale land acquisitions on ape conservation: Borneo case study
July 2017