Two recent cases of voluntary relinquishment of land by a company offer a rare opportunity to better understand land divestment, and to identify motivations, risks, and good practices to carry out a responsible exit that supports communities’ rights and benefits. The largest forest development and wood processing company in East Africa recently carried out large-scale land divestments under different circumstances and at different scales in Mozambique and Tanzania.
The LandAssess Tool is a risk assessment and management framework. It provides a clear and simple set of checklists that generate a report to help companies assess and manage how they respect land rights.
In a statement to Engineering News, Illovo Sugar Africa recounts their collaboration with Landesa and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to help the company implement its land rights policies and commitments.
While many people are aware that agriculture is highly susceptible to the effects …
This joint publication by USAID and the Nelson Institute features several case studies including two articles co-authored by Landesa’s land tenure specialist Darryl Vhugen and researcher Jonathan Miner, Threats to Village Land in Tanzania: Implications for REDD+ Benefit-Sharing Arrangements, and Carbon Rights in Mozambique: Harmonizing Land and Forest Laws to Conform with REDD+.