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The Role of Land Records in Support of Post-Conflict Land Administration: A Case Study of Rwanda in Gasabo District
Briefs & Development
Land records in post-conflict land administration are considered as proof of ownership right in land and boundaries. Therefore, this research has classified land records into…
Early Warning Early Action in East Africa: Mechanisms for Rapid Decision Making
Briefs & Development
The crisis in the Horn of Africa and the declaration of famine conditions in parts of Somalia in 2011 provided renewed impetus to break, once…
An Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Illegal Coca Cultivation in Colombia Using Local Indicators of Spatial Association and Socioecological Variables
Briefs & Development
The cultivation of coca (Erythroxylon coca) by smallholders represents the first step in the world’s largest illegal agribusiness: cocaine. The literature on illicit crops generally…
Evidencing the Restitution Landscape: Pre-emptive and Advance Techniques for War-torn Land and Property Rights Reacquisition
Briefs & Development
The enormity of civilian population dislocation during armed conflicts, and the importance – yet difficulty – of reattaching people to lands and properties subsequent to…
The Earth Security Index 2014
Toolkits & Guidance
Our world is in the midst of a major geopolitical shift. New emerging powers are becoming important actors in a multi-polar international system, many of which are facing resource…
Human Dimensions of Land Use and Land Cover Change Related to Civil Unrest in the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan
Briefs & Development
Civil unrest disrupts not only the lives of people in the impacted area, but also the environment in ways not well understood. While armed conflict…
Geostatistical Assessment of the Impact of World War I on the Spatial Occurrence of Soil Heavy Metals
Briefs & Development
Previous research showed a regional Cu enrichment of 6 mg kg(-1) in the top soil of the Ypres war zone (Belgium), caused by corrosion of…
Registering the Human Terrian: A Valuation of Cadastre
Toolkits & Guidance
By tying a name to a place, a cadastre can answer the difficult “who” question: who is behind a given problem? A cadastre can also…
Drawing a Line under the Crisis: Reconciling Returnee Land Access and Security in Post-Conflict Rwanda
Briefs & Development
This report is part of a broader comparative effort by the Overseas Development Institute’s Humanitarian Policy Group on Land Tenure in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations,…
Returnee Land Access: Lessons from Rwanda
Briefs & Development
This background briefing reports on a study of land access for returnees in Rwanda, and the impacts of land access policies in the post-conflict period.…
Modernizing Insecurity: The Land Titling Project in Honduras
Briefs & Development
The Honduran land titling project (the Proyecto de Titulación de Tierra para los Pequeños Productores), initiated in 1982, was intended to enhance security in land rights,…
Environmental Justice Atlas [Interactive Map]
Multimedia
The EJ Atlas is a teaching, networking and advocacy resource. Strategists, activist organizers, scholars, and teachers will find many uses for the database, as well…