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land tenure systems

Synonyms: 
land tenure system
land tenure regimes

The land tenure system is the way and conditions under which land may be used.

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Collaboration entre les commissions foncières villageoises et communales au Mali
Policy Papers & Briefs
January 2024
Mali

La collaboration entre les commissions foncières (CoFo) villageoises[1] et communales[2] joue un rôle crucial dans la gestion concertée, pacifique et durable des terres et des ressources naturelles des communautés rurales.

Reports & Research
November 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa

Land corruption seriously threatens efforts to fight climate change and achieve a fair energy transition. By undermining climate programmes, projects and practices, it fuels increased carbon emissions and negative climate outcomes. It weakens tenure security and contributes to human rights violations.

Manuals & Guidelines
June 2023
Uganda

This manual is intended to provide an overview of the land tenure rights to both the investment affected communities and the investors to ensure that all the different rights on land are recognized and considered.

land professionals in the arab region
Reports & Research
May 2023
Global

A functioning land sector is foundational to peace and stability, sustainable development, economic growth, food security, environmental conservation and poverty reduction in the Arab region. Effective and fit-for-purpose land administration is an important precondition for the functioning of the land sector and the foundation for good land governance.

Formalizing tenure of Indigenous lands
Journal Articles & Books
December 2022
Brazil

Across the globe, the legal land rights and tenure of many Indigenous peoples are yet to be recognized. A growing body of research demonstrates that tenure of Indigenous lands improves livelihoods and protects forests in addition to inherently recognizing human rights.

Pathways for the recognition of customary forest tenure in the Mekong region
Reports & Research
November 2022
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam

Globally, about 2 billion people claim ownership of their homes and lands through a customary tenure system. Customary tenure has long been insecure and is under growing pressure in many places. But it is also increasingly recognized through a variety of mechanisms, formal and informal.

Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Development
Journal Articles & Books
July 2022
Global

Land tenure security has come to the forefront of the sustainable development agenda in recent years. In part this is due to its foundational and fundamental nature. Ways to manage and allocate rights over resources, and our relationships to it, are some of the first ‘commons’ issues fledgling societies face.

Reports & Research
May 2022
Africa

Despite the progress made in terms of global and national land policy frameworks, effective changes in practices remain limited.

Reports & Research
December 2021
Northern Africa

Within the framework of the priorities and activities of NELGA, a study was planned on the need’s analysis on training, continuing education and Research in North Africa for implementing convenient strategies and programmes. The expected outcomes must reflect the reality of the problems related to various needs of the Northern Africa countries.

Reports & Research
December 2021
Uganda
Philippines

Land use planning is rarely a neutral process. Stakeholders often use it to control access to, ownership
of and use of land. It is therefore essential to have a participatory tool (with constantly counterchecked processes) and flexible monitoring approaches to ensure sustainable land use and secure