It is our land. Human rights and land tenure reform in Namaqualand, South Africa

Full land ownership, rights, and tenure security Land use efficiency & better functioning land markets Can acquire certificate of customary land ownership Decentralized

•  argument for redistributive land tenure reforms or land tenure reforms that enhance land market development that would be good both for efficiency and equity (Holden,. Otsuka

The Mozambican Land Law of 1997 intends to provide flexible rules of access to land, while securing local people’s customary rights, as well as equal rights for women and men..

This chapter provides an overview of what we know about the emerging land markets in Africa, the role of tenure systems, tenure reforms and land policies in shaping the distribution

According to the New Land Policy (2002) the Government will undertake Traditional Authority boundary demarcation “in order to protect the villagers’ land rights and promote better and

The allocative rights and duties are contextual (apply if you depend on land- based resources for your livelihood). South Africa has sharpened its commitment to provide

Our literature review suggests that land rental and sales markets have been emerging in SSA and have facilitated the transfer of land rights from land-abundant to

 What advances have there been in land tenure reform, conflict resolution and rights of indigenous peoples (e.g. through the Government’s social forestry programme,