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RECONCILE

Resource Conflict Institute (RECONCILE) is a regional policy research and advocacy NGO registered in Kenya and implementing programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

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Ugandan Batwa complete 3-D Model of their Bwindi Forest ancestral area

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7 July, 2011

In 2009 a group of Batwa representatives from Uganda travelled to Ogiek communities in Kenya to learn about their situation and the different advocacy strategies t

New video: Participatory 3D Modelling - Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks, Uganda

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3 January, 2012

Uganda’s first Participatory Three-Dimensional Modelling Project was organised in 2011 in Kisoro by the Batwa, former hunter-gatherers who were evicted from t

Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Land Acquisitions

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“Rapid growth of demand for agricultural land is putting pressure on property rights systems, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where customary tenure systems have provided secure land access. Patterns of gradual, endogenous change toward formalization are being challenged by rapid and large-scale demands from outsiders.

Research Report 3

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Assessing the implementation of the spousal consent of the Uganda’s Land Act 1998 and up-scaling advocacy for women’s rights to access to and control of land

VIDEO "Oxfam calls on the New Forests Company to investigate Uganda land grabs claims"

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“In Uganda, more than 20,000 people were evicted, some forcibly, from their homes and the land they depended on, to make way for the New Forest Company’s plantations. Oxfam went to Uganda to hear how villagers have been left destitute, without enough food or money to send their children to school. Many villagers believe that the company was involved in the evictions.

Indian agribusiness sets sights on land in east Africa

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“Indian agribusiness companies are ready to spend $2.5bn buying, or renting for decades, several million hectares of cheap land in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda in what could be some of the largest farming deals struck in Africa in the last 50 years.

New video: Participatory 3D Modelling - Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks, Uganda

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3 January, 2012

Uganda’s first Participatory Three-Dimensional Modelling Project was organised in 2011 in Kisoro by the Batwa, former hunter-gatherers who were evicted from t

Policy Brief: Voices of women’s aspirations over land and land

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In a two year (2009-2010) action research study entitled “Voices of women’s aspirations over land and land matters: the case of Kibaale District, Uganda” carried out by URDT in collaboration with Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), it was found that – amongst other things, poor institutional governance is a major obstacle to the realization of women’s aspirations for land.

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