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Gestión Territorial Comunitaria, experiencias en las comunidades de las tierras altas de Bolivia

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2008
Bolivia

Este texto muestra cómo las comunidades de hoy están ante el desafío de emprender un papel protagónico en la constitución del Estado nacional y de su propio desarrollo con las autonomías indígenas originarias campesinas y para ello están poniendo en práctica sus mecanismos de resolución de conflictos, normas e instituciones para, de esta manera, esclarecer y consolidar sus derechos de propiedad sobre la tierra.

Asociación Campesina San Isidro del Jejuí : El retorno a las tierras y la conquista de la titulación asociativa

Reports & Research
October, 2015
Paraguay

La Asociación Campesina San Isidro del Jejuí está conformada por miembros de Federación Nacional de las Ligas Agrarias Cristianas, organización conformada por campesinos y campesinas en el Paraguay entre los años 1969 y 1974, que construyó un modelo de comunidad autosustentable con el sistema de tenencia asociativa de la tierra y de producción comunitaria en la denominada Colonia Jejuí.

Yembiguasu: territorio guaraní de frontera (Subt. portugués)

Multimedia
December, 2016
Bolivia

O povo Guarani do município de Macharetí, no departamento de Chuquisaca Bolívia, durante muitos anos lutaram pela titulação da terra. Actualmente e depois de cinco processos de titulação, Macharetí Associação Comunitária tem 184,757 hectares que incluem o local de Yembiguasu. Esta propriedade está longe da comunidade e está localizado na fronteira com o Paraguai. Apesar do afastamento destas terras Guarani trabalhar incansavelmente promover o gado e produção de queijo e do exercício dos seus direitos.

Methods of consensus building for community based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2003
Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Bangladesh
Vietnam

A method of consensus building for management of wetlands and fisheries using a systematic approach to participatory planning and initially developed in Bangladesh is now being applied in both Bangladesh and the Mekong delta. The method recognizes diversity in livelihoods and works through a structured learning and planning process that focuses on common interests. It works with each category of stakeholder separately to prioritize the natural resource problems that their livelihoods are largely dependent on, they then share and agree common priorities in plenary.

Propiedad colectiva de la tierra en Sudamérica, desafíos y perspectivas

Reports & Research
January, 2017
South America

Entre el 23 de octubre y el 02 de diciembre de 2016, el IPDRS y el Land Portal, llevaron adelante un foro debate en línea sobre la Propiedad colectiva de la tierra en Sudamérica, desafíos y perspectivas, buscando alimentar la discusión que actualmente proviene de toda una dinámica global desde ONG, centros de investigación, activistas, universidades, colectivos y claramente organizaciones campesinas e indígenas que plantea todo un esfuerzo mundial para defender la propiedad colectiva de la tierra desde sus distintas dimensiones ante las presiones y amenazas provenientes del agronegocio y de

Accumulation by Land Dispossession and Labour Devaluation in Tanzania

Reports & Research
November, 2010
Tanzania

New commercial pressures on land and its impact on small producers is one of the major issues being discussed in both national and international arenas. As foreign states and corporate entities continue to exert pressures on African countries to acquire land for various investment purposes, Tanzania is not exempted. The country is stereotypically perceived as having large underutilized, or rather unexploited, fertile land – the so-called ‗virgin land‘.

Energy and Food Demands, Drivers of Land Grab; A Case of Rufiji River Basin in Tanzania

Conference Papers & Reports
September, 2012
Tanzania

Contemporary waves of large scale land acquisitions for commercial production in developing countries in Africa and other parts of the world have been branded as ‘land grabs’ by many scholars, media and activists. Some scholars have describe this phenomena as the “new scramble for Africa” (Moyo and Yeros, 2011). However, others have refuted such a description on the grounds that the current land deals are being negotiated by sovereign African states in the exercise of powers that they have under national laws (Odhiambo, 2011).

The Report of the National Land Forum 2005

Reports & Research
April, 2005
Tanzania

The Land Rights Research and Resources Institute held its second National level Public Forum on land on 12-13 May 2005. The two day forum was partly one of the planned activities in the Institute’s three year Strategic plan and a special event to commemorate the Institute’s tenth Anniversary. It thus took place along with other activities such as Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, preparation and running of a documentary on land rights advocacy, special media programmes, Special theatre performance by Dhahabu theatre arts Group and moving into a more specious office premise.

Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2002/2

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2002
Switzerland
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Bolivia
Guinea
Costa Rica
Niger
Mozambique
Philippines
South Africa
Nicaragua
Italy
Ecuador
Norway
Sudan
Mexico
Brazil
Asia
Africa
Americas

The management of conflict over land and natural resources is a very broad issue and there is a growing literature on techniques that have potential for use in this field. At the moment, the Land Tenure Service of FAO’s Rural Development Division is working towards achieving a deeper understanding of the current methods and practices in land conflict management and is gathering cases from all over the world to ascertain the techniques used and the results achieved. This edition of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, prepared with the strong support of Ms A.

Réforme agraire: colonisation et coopératives agricoles 1998/1

Journal Articles & Books
November, 1998
Serbia
France
North Macedonia
Bangladesh
Honduras
United States of America
El Salvador
Chile
Guatemala
Colombia
Kenya
Morocco
Japan
Uganda
Albania
Italy
Tanzania
Ecuador
Tunisia
Senegal
Sudan
Paraguay
Mexico
Brazil
Americas

This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives includes interesting descriptions of land tenure and related policies in Uganda, Tunisia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Morocco. Two thought-provoking articles on access to land and other assets focus on policies to reduce poverty and the function of markets in the allocation of production resources. In the first, J. Melmed-Sanjak and S.