Add to ORKGThis composite publication presents and complements a study conducted on the land rights of indigenous peoples in five countries of the forested region of Africa, namely Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda. Building on historical facts and legal developments, the study highlights indigenous peoples’ loss of resources and land to colonists, commercial enter- prises and conservation initiatives. It also de scribes how, having been dispossessed of their ancestral lands and, in many cases, not alloca ted alternative land, indi genous forest peoples in Africa today live in extremely vulnerable conditions and experience marginalisation and poverty
This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest resour...
peer reviewedIn Africa, there is still observed a land related legal plurality despite innovations u...
The papers included in this volume were earlier presented at a conference on the settlement of lan...
International law, and more particularly international human rights law, has for some time been seen...
This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest...
Since the early 2000s, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been conducting a reform of it...
The pastoralists and hunter-gatherer indigenous peoples in Tanzania continue lobbying their recognit...
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of a chapter published in Home, Robert, (ed.) Essays i...
For those communities in Kenya that identify as indigenous, and with the indigenous movement, land i...
In Africa, participatory mapping of land use by local people is a quite old field practice in conser...
African Indigenous Peoples face numerous obstacles for the implementation of their rights. These dif...
Mise en perspective historique des droits de chasse un droit qui, depuis l'époque coloniale évolue ...
Although violent conflict has declined in northern Uganda, tensions and mistrust concerning land hav...
Land capital occupies a prominent place in production activities in Africa. In forestry companies, w...
Large scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) impact women: loss of rights and access to land, water resourc...
This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest resour...
peer reviewedIn Africa, there is still observed a land related legal plurality despite innovations u...
The papers included in this volume were earlier presented at a conference on the settlement of lan...
International law, and more particularly international human rights law, has for some time been seen...
This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest...
Since the early 2000s, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been conducting a reform of it...
The pastoralists and hunter-gatherer indigenous peoples in Tanzania continue lobbying their recognit...
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of a chapter published in Home, Robert, (ed.) Essays i...
For those communities in Kenya that identify as indigenous, and with the indigenous movement, land i...
In Africa, participatory mapping of land use by local people is a quite old field practice in conser...
African Indigenous Peoples face numerous obstacles for the implementation of their rights. These dif...
Mise en perspective historique des droits de chasse un droit qui, depuis l'époque coloniale évolue ...
Although violent conflict has declined in northern Uganda, tensions and mistrust concerning land hav...
Land capital occupies a prominent place in production activities in Africa. In forestry companies, w...
Large scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) impact women: loss of rights and access to land, water resourc...
This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest resour...
peer reviewedIn Africa, there is still observed a land related legal plurality despite innovations u...
The papers included in this volume were earlier presented at a conference on the settlement of lan...