In Spanish: Fija Regimen Legal de los Terrenos Forestales o Preferentemente Aptos para la Forestación, y establece normas de foment sobre la materia (Decreto Ley 701)
Record Topic: Forests
Establishment of Legal Regime of Forest Lands or Preferably Suitable for Afforestation, and the Establishment Promotion Rules of That Matter (DL 701)
Approval of Final Text of the Forest Law (Decree 4363)
By Kat Oak
In Spanish: Aprueba Texto Definitivo de la Ley de Bosques (Decreto 4363)
Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ Programming
By Kat Oak
“The purpose of this study is to understand the legal and policy constraints and opportunities in each of the 17-carbon fund (CF) countries affecting women’s land and forest tenure. The study also explores women’s ability to exercise land and forest rights in statutory and customary systems; how these rights may be affected by the CF programs (ERPs and BSPs); as well as what is needed to further protect and strengthen women’s rights to land and forest tenure along with their ability to govern in the CF countries.” The following documents include Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ […]
Forest tenure pathways to gender equality: A practitioner’s guide
By Kat Oak
Abstract/Description “This practitioner’s guide explains how to promote gender-responsive forest tenure reform in community-based forest regimes. It is aimed at those taking up this challenge in developing countries. There is no one single approach to reforming forest tenure practices for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Rather, it involves taking advantage of opportunities that emerge in various institutional arenas such as policy and law-making and implementation, government administration, customary or community-based tenure governance, or forest restoration at the landscape scale. This sourcebook provides multiple forms of guidance from: conceptual ideas, operational direction, good practices, case-study insights, research findings and resources […]
Liberia Community Rights Law with respect to Forest Lands, 2008
Approved in 2009
On Equal Ground: Promising Practices for Realizing Women’s Rights in Collectively Held Lands
By Kat Oak
Detailing case studies from five communities around the world showing promising approaches to securing equal tenure rights for women and the conditions that enabled these communities to do so.
Solomon Islands Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation Act
Solomon Islands Forests Act
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Land Rights, Private Use Permits and Forest Communities
Full citation: De Wit, P., "Land Rights, Private Use Permits and Forest Communities," LAND COMMISSION OF LIBERIA REPORT (2012).
Collective tenure rights: Realizing the potential for REDD+ and sustainable development
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