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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Communal land"”.
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Design of a communal land tenure information system for Namibia
This thesis describes some of the communal land tenure systems pertaining to Namibia. Understandably, lands held under communal land tenure have tended to be neither fully documented nor legally and explicitly formalised; communal land tenure systems have been through the mercy of arbitrary action …
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Patterns of land cover change in Kanyati communal land in Zimbabwe
… trend with significant effects on existing land cover types and ecosystems. High rates of human population growth in southern Africa and subsequent increased pressure on land has led to the extension of cultivation and settlement into marginal lands. This study investigates the spatial …
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Community development trusts: brokering property rights on ‘communal' land in the Richtersveld
… property rights of indigenous people to justify land dispossession through trusts. The British empire was particularly well-versed in this, adopting a trusteeship model whereby indigenous land was held in trust. Placing indigenous land in trust enabled the empire to appropriate indigenous land …
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Renegotiating communal autonomy: communal land rights and liberal land reform on the Bolivian altiplano: Carangas, 1860-1930
… generated in the context of an anti-corporatist land reform in a rural region marked by a strong communal control over land. The presented case study is informed by a broader analytical framework that allows for a critical assessment of peripheral agency within a globalizing world. With this …
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Investigating Pre-Financial Close Risks Associated with Communal Land Ownership Rights in Onshore Wind Energy Development in South Africa
… wind energy resources. One of such challenges is communal land ownership, which is used for the development of wind energy in rural areas. Often, communal lands have no formal land structures, ownership or title deeds to support the individuals and communities that claim possession thereof. This …
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Women s Land Rights Under Traditional Authorities in Namibia: A Case Study of Aawambo Women s Land Rights in the Omusati Region in Relation to the Communal Land Reform Act (Act No.05 of 2002)
This study examines the significance of the Communal Land Reform Act (Act No. 05 of 2002) and its impact on Aawambo women's land rights in Namibia's rural areas under the jurisdiction of traditional authorities. The study primarily argues that seemingly progressive legal frameworks such as the …
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Utilisation and dynamics of an arid savanna woodland in the Northern Province, South Africa
… is destroying the preferred species in communal land. Two plant species, Colophospermum mopane and Androstachys johnsonii, are the most preferred plant species for construction and energy purposes. In a protected area the C. mopane population is stable, an indication that recruitment …
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Private Preservation: Using Garden City-Inspired Legal Tools to Preserve Communities and Heritage
… analyzes how a reappropriation of privatism and communal land ownership and management can work to preserve communities and heritage as an alternative set of tools to public preservation. Using the law of property to explore private legal and economic preservation tools, this thesis explores the …
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Using ICT tools in managing customary land, demarcation, conflict and tenure data in Developing Countries: A case study of Zambia
Abstract – The high demand for customary land due to urban-rural migration has brought about domestic and international land boundary conflicts in Zambia. The unsuitable land demarcation mechanism and partial documentation of customary land parcels has contributed to the prevailing land disputes. …
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Using ICT tools in managing customary land, demarcation, conflict and tenure data in Developing Countries: A case study of Zambia
Abstract – The high demand for customary land due to urban-rural migration has brought about domestic and international land boundary conflicts in Zambia. The unsuitable land demarcation mechanism and partial documentation of customary land parcels has contributed to the prevailing land disputes. …
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Financing nature and development: scaling up private investment in Southern Africa's community-based conservation
… to these; particularly in the context of communal land, which is a common arrangement for southern African conservation. There are limited first-hand examples of blended finance being used for community-based conservation. The research points to a gap in using insurance and guarantees as …
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Diasporic identities, autochthonous rights: race, gender, and the cultural politics of Creole land rights in Nicaragua
… autochthony and diaspora in their struggles for communal land rights. The historical part of the project examines successive waves of mobilization within the Creole community for access to land under colonial and post-colonial regimes, demonstrating that Creole land politics have played out by …
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Assessing the anthropogenic threats to vultures in the communal farmlands of Namibia
… on commercial farms, but the situation in the communal farmlands is still poorly understood. Using a series of 36 questions, I interviewed 367 communal farmers to assess the prevalence of poison use across the north-west, north and eastern communal land. I found that 18% (SE 2.8) of farmers had …
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Understanding women's claim to land in an Eastern Cape Village
The history of land dispossession in South Africa affected communities in the former homelands in multiple ways. The laws used to implement policies of segregation and dispossession undermined the rights to land held by black South Africans living in the countryside. Women living in these …
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Development of a sustainable cattle farming business model for small scale cattle farmers: the case of Namwala district of Zambia.
… is characterised by family operation, open communal grazing for cattle, and a lack of cattle market associations. The majority of the farmers do not achieve formal revenue from the by-products, and farmers have no insurance cover for their cattle. Supplementary feeding, access to extension …
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Feeding India: Community Gardens and their Food Security Potential
… in common property resource management and land ownership rights. Because common property resources are supplementary and require less expensive inputs, they are cheap, easy to grow, and available during difficult times. Community gardening, as a form of common property, ensures local food …
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Returning the Commons: Resource Access and Environmental Governance in San Luis, Colorado
… heirs to the 1843 Mexican-era Sangre de Cristo Land Grant returned access to formerly communal land known as La Sierra, the Taylor Ranch, or today Cielo Vista Ranch. The 77,000 acre parcel of mountainous land remains privately owned, yet through Lobato over 4,000 individuals have been awarded …
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An assessment of the impact of land acquisitions for biofuels on local livelihoods' in Zambia.
… For rural communities who are dependent on land held under community tenure, the conversion of communal land to commercial agro-fuel crops through land transfers to investors has led to loss of access to land necessary for subsistence and increased competition over natural resources. Biofuel …
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Roles and responsibilities of chiefs in the village council of chiefs within a village in American Samoa
… serving as custodian and trustee of family communal land.</p> <p>This study should be of interest to non-Samoans concerned with leadership; this group includes Western leaders, administrators, and researchers who study leadership. The study should also be of interest to Samoans who have been …
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Socio-economic aspects of the sustainable harvesting of buchu (Agathosma Betulina) with particular emphasis on the Elandskloof community
… research in the form of a case study (the communal land owners of Elandskloof, Western Cape) was utilized. Agathosma betulina, one type of buchu and cited as the best type of buchu, has gained popularity as there is a demand for plant material both locally and internationally. This demand …
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