Community land formalization and company land acquisition procedures: A review of 33 procedures in 15 countries

dc.creatorNotess, L.
dc.creatorVeit, P.
dc.creatorMonterroso, I.
dc.creatorAndiko
dc.creatorSulle, E.
dc.creatorLarson, A.M.
dc.creatorGindroz, A-S.
dc.creatorQuaedvlieg, J.
dc.creatorWilliams, A.
dc.date2021-11
dc.date2021-03-08T08:44:02Z
dc.date2021-03-08T08:44:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:00:20Z
dc.descriptionIndigenous and community lands, crucial for rural livelihoods, are typically held under informal customary tenure arrangements. This can leave the land vulnerable to outside commercial interests, so communities may seek to formalize their land rights in a government registry and obtain an official land document. But this process can be time-consuming and complex, and in contrast, companies can acquire land relatively quickly and find shortcuts around regulatory burdens. This article reviews and maps 19 community land formalization and 14 company land acquisition procedures is 15 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Comparing community and company procedures identifies multiple sources of inequity.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/112643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/70907
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceNotess, L. Veit, P. Monterroso, I. Andiko Sulle, E. Larson, A.M. Gindroz, A-S. Quaedvlieg, J. Williams, A. 2020. Community land formalization and company land acquisition procedures: A review of 33 procedures in 15 countries. Land Use Policy: 104461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104461
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjecttenure systems
dc.subjectforestry
dc.titleCommunity land formalization and company land acquisition procedures: A review of 33 procedures in 15 countries
dc.typeJournal Article

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