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Questionnaire for Mapping Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management (QM) Version 2

Journal Articles & Books
December 2011
Switzerland
South Africa
Lesotho
China
Italy
Eswatini
Cuba
Tunisia
Argentina
Senegal
Netherlands
Europe
Asia
Africa
Northern America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
sustainable land management
environment
land degradation
land management

The WOCAT-LADA-DESIRE mapping tool is based on the original WOCAT mapping questionnaire (WOCAT, 2007). It has been expanded to pay more attention to issues such as biological and water degradation, it also places more emphasis on direct and socio-economic causes of these phenomena, including their impacts on ecosystem services.

Land Tenure and Land Productivity: A Case of Maize Production in Swaziland

Journal Articles & Books
July 2011
Eswatini
property rights
land tenure

Food production in Swaziland follows a dualistic pattern of the land tenure system, namely; the Traditional Tenure System (TCT) and the Title Deed Tenure system (TDT). Land tenure plays a major role in the development and performance of the agricultural sector by influencing land ownership and its use.

Reducing the vulnerability of urban slum dwellers in the Southern African region to the impact of climate change and disasters

January 2011
Angola
Mozambique
Zambia
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Botswana
Eswatini
South Africa
Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land governance

Current estimates of climate change state that the world’s average temperature is due to increase by at least 2oC to 2.4oC over the next 50?100 years.

Land Policy in Africa: Southern Africa Regional Assessment

Reports & Research
December 2010
Southern Africa
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Eswatini
Zambia
Zimbabwe
land governance
land law
land policies

Southern Africa is one of the most well endowed regions in the continent in terms of mineral and natural resources. However, the region is facing serious environmental challenges such as land degradation, deforestation and water stress in specific areas.

Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December 2010
Angola
Burkina Faso
United States of America
Zambia
Mali
Germany
Namibia
Eswatini
Ghana
Guinea
Malawi
Niger
Cameroon
Mozambique
South Africa
Lesotho
Uganda
Tanzania
Botswana
Senegal
Papua New Guinea
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
property rights
customary law
customary tenure
common lands
land governance
land tenure
land rights
Indigenous Peoples
common property
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure

Given the recent trend of granting vast areas of African land to foreign investors, the urgency of placing real ownership in the hands of the people living and making their livelihood upon lands held according to custom cannot be overstated. This study provides guidance on how best to recognize and protect the land rights of the rural poor.

Fighting for land security in Southern Africa

January 2010
Angola
Mozambique
Zambia
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Botswana
Eswatini
South Africa
Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land governance
land

It has emerged quite clearly from Urban LandMark’s work in South Africa – and increasingly in the region – that the emergence of more sophisticated property markets has taken place locally and in most larger cities in the region.

Lessons learnt from the IWRM demonstration projects: innovations in local-level integrated water resource development in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia

Reports & Research
December 2009
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Eswatini
Southern Africa
water management

This report presents seven innovations in Local-level Integrated Water Resource Management, based on lessons learnt in the IWRM Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia.

Guidelines for community-driven water resource management: as initiated by the Integrated Water Resource Management Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia

Reports & Research
December 2009
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Eswatini
Zambia
Southern Africa
water management

These guidelines are based on the IWRM Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia, implemented by the SADC Regional Water Sector Programme supported by Danida, and synthesized by Barbara van Koppen.