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Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.
Threatened species don’t just live in national parks. Almost half of their distributions are on private land.
More than 100 nations have pledged to end deforestation by 2030. But there’s no mention of the need for Indigenous people to give their prior informed consent.
Critics have said that ranching is environmentally unsustainable because it results in land degradation. There are other reasons it’s not the solution.
Ghana’s ineffective land administration system has serious implications
In Lagos, many people pay property tax not because they receive public services but to feel more secure and create a record of their presence.
A survey shows that support for land reform in South Africa differs according to race.
Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
Without secure records of property ownership, many poor people around the world have trouble improving their economic situations. Several countries are already trying blockchain-based land registries.
The latest World Bank report on South Africa addresses solutions to the country’s economic challenges.
The current debate about land reform in South Africa could open the door to reviewing urban land ownership issues.
South Africa’s land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing.
Zimbabwe’s new administration has promised to revive the country’s agricultural sector. Here’s what it needs to do.
A new land administration system that responds to changed ownership patterns of Zimbabwe’s agricultural land is needed if the country is to harness its farming potential.
The conventional view is that insecurity of land tenure results from the lack of a registered title deed which records the property rights of occupants of land or housing.
In Kenya there’s increasing individualisation of land tenure in pastoral areas. This will hurt the communities in the long term because it doesn’t enhance sustainable productive practices.
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Adjunct Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow with the Law Futures Centre and the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University
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Associate professor, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne
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PhD student, The University of Queensland
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Director Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
