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   Participatory Land Use Planning to Support Tanzanian Farmer and Pastoralist Investment

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   July, 2014

   Tanzania

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   farmers

   food security

   land investments

   land use

   land-use planning

   local communities

   The food security of more than 80% of Tanzania’s population and the country’s economic growth depend on family farming on certifi ed village lands. Realizing importance of smallholder’s roles in food security and economic development, the government introduced Village Land Use Planning (VLUP) as a tool towards sustainable family farming in support of green growth – a strategy for sustainably improving productivity within degrading natural resources.

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   A PEOPLE IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS

   Prostitution, alcoholism and a lawsuit on illegal land acquisition in the Lake Turkana Wind Power project

   Reports & Research

   May, 2016

   Africa

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   land access

   land acquisitions

   land rights

   rangelands

   Green energy is expected to be a significant part of the solution to Africa’s energy problems. But what new problems may arise if progress exacts at a high cost? Lake Turkana Wind Power is the largest private investment ever in Kenya, and Danish and international companies and investors have already sunk millions of euros into the project. But they now await a court decision which will determine whether the land on which the turbines will be built was illegally acquired.

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   Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from Senegal

   Reports & Research

   January, 2016

   Senegal

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   farmers

   land access

   land acquisitions

   land governance

   land policies

   land use

   In Senegal, concern about large-scale land acquisitions has been growing since 2000. Senegalese agriculture has long relied on small-scale family holdings and extensive agriculture. But the current population growth rate, combined with rapid urban development and natural resources degradation, have inevitably changed the game.

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   Conservation and “Land Grabbing” in Rangelands: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   October, 2014

   Africa

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   forest conservation

   land acquisitions

   land grabbing

   land rights

   local communities

   Large-scale land acquisitions have increased in scale and pace due to changes in commodity markets, agricultural investment strategies, land prices, and a range of other policy and market forces. The areas most affected are the global “commons” – lands that local people traditionally use collectively — including much of the world’s forests, wetlands, and rangelands. In some cases land acquisition occurs with environmental objectives in sight – including the setting aside of land as protected areas for biodiversity conservation.