[PDF] Land Reform Trust And Natural Resource Management In Africa eBook

Author : S. Holden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137343818

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Rural poverty remains widespread and persistent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. A group of leading experts critically examines the impact of land tenure reforms on poverty reduction and natural resource management in countries in Africa and Asia with highly diverse historical contexts.

Author : Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317497120

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This book is a critical examination of the place and role of land in Africa, the role of land in political formation and national identification, and the land as an economic resource within both national economic development and liberal globalization. Colonial and post-colonial conflicts have been rooted in four related claims: the struggle over scarce resources, especially access to land resources; abundance of natural resources mismanaged or appropriated by both the states, local power systems and multinationals; weak or absent articulated land tenure policies, leading to speculation or hybrid policy framework; and the imperatives of the global liberalization based on the free market principles to regulate the land question and mineral appropriation issue. The actualization of these combined claims have led to conflicts among ethnic groups or between them and governments. This book is not only about conflicts, but also about local policy achievements that have been produced on the land question. It provides a critical understanding of the forces and claims related to land tenure systems, as part of the state policy and its system of governance.

Author : Billy B. Mukamuri
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1779220723

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Discusses strategies of conservation of natural resources, particularly wildlife. Focuses on the participation of marginalised people living in poor and remote regions of Zimbabwe. Includes discussions about the policy implications of regional tenure regimes, and the place of local resources management in global conservation politics.

Author : Kojo Sebastian Amanor
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1848137192

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This book links contemporary debates on land reform with wider discourses on sustainable development within Africa. Featuring chapters and in-depth case studies on South Africa and Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Botswana and West Africa, it traces the development of ideas about sustainable development and addresses a new agenda based on social justice. The authors critically examine contemporary neoliberal market-led reforms and the legacy of colonialism on the land question. They argue that debates on sustainable development should be placed in the context of structural interests, access and equity, rather than technical management of land and resources. Additionally, they show that these structural factors cannot be transformed by institutional reform based on notions of elective democracy, community participation, and market-reform, but require a far more radical programme to redress the injustices of the colonial system that continue today. The book advocates a commitment to building sustainable livelihoods for farmers, calling for a redistribution of land and natural resources to challenge existing economic relations and frameworks for development.

Author : Keijiro Otsuka
Publisher : International Food Policy Research Insitute
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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The devastating environmental effects of deforestation and the exploitation of other natural resources in the developing world have been well documented, yet their impact on local communities has received far less attention. This volume fills this gap by looking at how land degradation and deforestation are being addressed at the local level, where households have experienced the reduction of farm size and the decline of natural resources. Through a comparison of Asia and Africa, Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management examines the evolution of land tenure institutions within diverse cultural, natural, and policy environments. Specific topics include the evolution of customary land tenure, the impacts of land tenure policies, and common property management. The editors conclude that the best strategy for managing land and forest resources lies in promoting the establishment of property rights and investment in the improvement of the natural resource base.--

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Food supply
ISBN :

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Both direct and indirect linkages between land tenure and food security have been suggested. This study aims for a better understanding of these linkages. Specifically it aims: to improve the current understanding of the linkages between land tenure systems, food security and sustainable natural resource management in Africa; to assess the current land tenure policy reforms in selected African countries; to draw lessons based on best practices as well as failures of ongoing and past policies; to make policy recommendations to assist States in addressing issues of land reform implementation and hence improve their food security situation and the stewardship of natural resources.