Conference Agenda

Strengthening Land Governance To Advance Africa's Social And Economic Transformation

Rudo Eusebia Makunike¹, Estherine Fotabong¹, Mandivamba Rukuni²

¹NEPAD, South Africa; ²BEAT, Zimbabwe

Empirical Analysis of Models on Good Governance in Land Administration: Basis for Philippine Poverty Alleviation

Lovell Maniego Abello¹, Crisanto Asprer Cocal²

¹ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, Philippines; ²Crisanto A. Cocal Law Firm

Strategic Business Plans as Tool to Implement the Government Development Agenda

Tatjana Cenova-Mitrevska, Goce Gruevski

Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Leveraging Collective Land Documentation Processes to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights: Lessons from Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria

Ali D. Kaba^1,2, Muhammadu Lamin Ahmad¹

¹Adam Smith International, Nigeria; ²Sustainable Development Institute

A New, Old Role Of Cadastre – Taxation

Borko Draskovic, Petar Jovanov, Marija Raskovic

Republic Geodetic Authority, Serbia

The Performance of Local Grassroots Level Rural Land Administration Institutions in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Achamyeleh Gashu Adam

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Regularization in Brazil: the study of successful cases

Glaciele Leardine Moreira, Ana Paula Silva Bueno, Bastian Philip Reydon

Universidade de Campinas, Brazil

Sustainable and Effective Land Management: GDRLC, Turkey

Mehmet Fatih Diri, Ahmet Fatih Tahiroglu

General Directorate of Land Registy and Cadastre, Turkey

Development of Land policy in Republic of Macedonia-Why it is Important for the Country

Tatjana Cenova-Mitrevska, Darko Crvenkovski

Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Brazilian Amazon Deforestation and Land Governance

Bastiaan Philip Reydon, Vitor Fernandes

UNICAMP, Brazil

Land Governance and Management, Strategic Leadership, Land Governance.

Martin Oloo

PhD student, Kenya

The Project Of Land Reform In The Congo. The Impasses On Starting Point

Kambale Nzweve

Université Catholique du Graben, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Infer Geospatial Metadata to Churn out and Showcase Utility by Employing ‘Management by Objective’: Case Study from India

Vrajlal Sapovadia

The American University of Nigeria, Nigeria

Forest Tenure Reform Implementation: Perspectives From National And Sub-national Government Officials in Multiple Settings

Tuti Herawati Hadis, Esther Mwangi, Illiana Monterosso, Baruani Mshale, Anne Larson, Mani Ram Banjade, Nining Liswanti

Centre for International Forestry Research, Indonesia

Perspectives on Capacity to Produce Credible, Reliable Evidence on Land Governance: Observations from LGAF Processes in 5 African Countries

Susan Mbaya

Sue Mbaya and Associates, South Africa

Land Administration Reforms for Enhancement of Delivery of Land Services in Uganda

Richard Oput

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Uganda

Enabling Formalising Of Informal Markets Through Block chain For Unregistered Real estate

Manohar Velpuri¹, Anusha Pidugu², Jyothsna Velpuri³, Surya Bhamidipati⁴, MadhuAman Sharma⁵, Chetan Maringanti⁶

¹FIG, Denmark; ²Texas A&M; ³Absolutum Pte Ltd; ⁴k2amanagement; ⁵Paypal; ⁶Zurich financial services

Use of Standard Vocabularies in the Land Sector

Lisette Meij

Land Portal Foundation, Netherlands, The

Information at a glance - Distribution system for data and services dissemination

Vlatko Dimovski, Goran Nikolov

Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Analysis of the Economic Impact of Systematic Land Title Registration (SLTR) in Kano State, Nigeria

Ahmad Tsauni Muhammad

Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Nigeria

Securing Land Rights for Equity, Sustainability and Resilience: Evidence from Innovative and Gender Responsive Tools for Implementation of Uganda’s National Land Policy

Samuel Mabikke¹, Naome Kabanda², Oumar Sylla¹, Danilo Antonio¹, Harrison Irumba²

¹United Nations Human Settlement Programme, Kenya; ²Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Uganda

SiGIT Mobile Application For a Sustainable Land Registration in Mozambique

Marisa Balas, Pedro Ivo Neves, Hikesh Hasmukh, Rossana Carimo Soares, Simone Fernando, Boane Jorge

EXI LDA, Mozambique

Mass Valuation for Taxation in Circumstances of Limited Market Transparency. Nigeria Case Study

Aivar Tomson

DTZ, Estonia

The Requirements Of Mass Appraisal For Real Estate Valuation For Taxation And Proper Tax Administration: Land Implications In The Case Of Turkey

Harun Tanrivermis

ankara university, Turkey

Towards an Improved Local Governance and Service Delivery:Opportunities and Challenges of Property Rating in Ghana and Uganda

Derek Osei Tutu¹, Simon Peter Mwesigye²

¹Lands Commission, Ghana; ²UNOPS, Uganda

Viability of Premiums, Annual Rents and Property Taxes as a Means of Financing Infrastructure Development in Kenya

Danson Maina, Diana Kinya

Pamoja Trust, Kenya

Financing Rural Infrastructure For Food Security

Laura Turley, Carin Smaller, William Speller, Mohamed Coulibaly, Perera Oshani, Francine Picard

IISD, Switzerland

Eminent Domain – Factual Issues with Land Acquisition And Proposed Remedies For Sustainable Development In India

Vilas Sonawane, Ashish Sonawane

Bhartiya Agro Economic Research Center, India

Rehabilitation and Resettlement in Tehri Hydro Power Project-India

Anugu Amarender Reddy¹, Radhika Rani², Tim Cadman³

¹Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India; ²National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (NIRD & PR), India; ³Griffith University, Australia

A Shifting Perspective of Land Acquisition Regime in India: An Evaluation of the proposed “Governance Framework, Pro-poor Development Rights and Urban Policy Management” through “Results Based Management / Evidence Based Approach” to Urban Policy and Management.

Anuradha Palanichamy

Public Sector Management Expert (South Asia), Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, India

Land Heirs Without Land

Ngouhouo Souleman, Akamba Gilles Yvans

GADL (Groupe d'Appui au Développement Local), Cameroon

From the Right to Compensation to the Right Compensation in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Marcello De Maria^1,2

¹University of Reading, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development; ²Land Portal Foundation

National Consultant-Social Safeguard Resettlement Specialist

Md Mayen Uddin Tazim

Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP), ADB, Bangladesh, People's Republic of

Land For Infrastructure Development: Compulsory Acquisition And Compensation Of Unregistered/Undocumented Land In Kenya

Monica Obongo, Agatha Wanyonyi

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, Kenya

Recent Developments in Land Consolidation Projects in Turkey

Yasemin Sürmeli, A.Burak Keser, Hasan Şanlı

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, General Directorate of Agrarian Reform, Ankara, Turkey

Insights from Space and Time: Big Data for Land Governance

Peter Baumann

Jacobs University, Germany

Governance And The Geo-web: Enhancing Participation And Governance Within Informal Settlement Upgrading Processes

Musyimi Mbathi

University of Nairobi, Kenya

A Methodological Approach To Estimate Changes On Population Density In A LUCC Model: A Case Study In Bogota, Colombia

Sebastian Alejandro Cardenas Reyes¹, Daniel Paez¹, Abbas Rajabifard², Hernando Vargas¹

¹Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; ²The University of Melbourne, Australia

Pixel Level Land Use and the Impacts of Biophysical Factors

Jingyu Song¹, Michael Delgado¹, Paul Preckel¹, Nelson Villoria²

¹Purdue University, United States of America; ²Kansas State University, United States of America

The US Soil Information System: A Model for Data Collection, Curation and Distribution

Michael Robotham, David Hoover, David Lindbo

USDA-NRCS, United States of America

Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia: Spatial Panel Data Analysis

Amare Teklay Hailu, Arild Angelsen

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Spatially Smoothing Farmer's Biophysical and Perceived Vulnerability to Climate Change

Maaz Gardezi

Iowa State University, United States of America

Weather-Based Irrigation Control in the Cloud

Michael Davidson

Davidson Consultants, United States of America

Spatial Data and Service Infrastructures to Support Inter-Disciplinary Modeling of Disaster Cascades and Resilience Assessment

Vassilios Vescoukis¹, Panagiotis Galanis², Ioanna Theologou¹

¹National Technical University of Athens, Greece; ²ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Big Data And A Spatial Hedonic Approach: Addressing The Land Market Information Gap And Estimating Land Prices Determinants In Metropolitan Regions From Developing Countries.

Cynthia Goytia, Guadalupe Dorna

Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentine Republic

STDM Software Advances - Desktop and Online Hosting Options

Arnulf Christl¹, John Gitau², Cyprian Selebalo², Danilo Antonio²

¹Metaspatial, Germany; ²UN Habitat

Use of Linked Data in Preventing Forest Fires

Sonja Dimova

Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Partage des résultats de l’étude étude régionale sur les marchés fonciers ruraux en Afrique de l’Ouest et sur les outils de leur régulation commanditée par UEMOA et confiée à IPAR

KA Ibrahima

Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale, Senegal

Land Tenancy Contract Structure and Its Economy Impact

Jianyun Hou, Jundi Liu, Xuexi Huo

Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, People's Republic of China

Soil Moisture Determination Using Remote Sensing Data for the Property Protection and Increase of Agriculture Production

Jelena Matic Varenica, Ivan Potic, Marko Bugarski

Republic Geodetic Authority, Serbia

Efficiency of Land Tenure Contracts in West Java, Indonesia.

Erizal Jamal, Maesti Mardiharini

Indonesian Institute for Agricultural Technology transfer, Indonesia

Using Participatory Video to Promote Land Rights of Women: A case study of How Corruption Impacts on Widows in the Northern Region of Ghana

Gareth Benest¹, Mary Awelana Addah², Michael Henchard Okai², Jacob Ahuno²

¹InsightShare-UK; ²Transparency International - Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana

Does Land Tenure Explain Distress Sale in Agriculture?: Evidence from India

Vinish Kathuria, Disha Bhanot

SJM School of Management of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Property Rights and Owner Occupied Housing Investment: Evidence fromUrban Ethiopia

Ziade Hailu

Makerere University, Ethiopia

Proposed Private Sector Driven Interventionist Implementation Of The LGAF, Towards Equitable Land Governance / Ownership Delivery For Nigeria.

Nosakhare, Edward Ogunmwonyi

Universite Libre De Bruxelles, Faculty of Architecture, La Cambre-Horta, Place Eugene Flagey 19, B-1050 Brussels.

Land Governance in Urban Areas: Case of Nairobi City

Victor Ouna

Technical University of Kenya, Kenya

Working With Local Poor Land Owners In The Peri Urban Areas Of Lima Peru, To Creating Land Supply For Housing

Juan Carlos Calizaya¹, Maria Luisa Alvarado²

¹Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano CENCA; ²Habitat for Humanity International LAC Region

Does Urban Extension Affect Inequality And Segregation? An Empirical Study Of Causal Effects In Argentina’s Cities.

Cynthia Goytia, Guadalupe Dorna

Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentine Republic

Can extractive cities become sustainable? Contribution for a policy making framework in Argentina, Brazil and Chile

Analia Garcia

MIT, United States of America

Knowledge Mobilization and Capacity Building for Action towards Co-responsible Land Governance

Raquel Ludermir¹, Maria Luisa Alvarado Zanelli², Lina Maria Obando Márquez², Laura Meggiolaro³

¹Grupo Urbano de Instrumentos de Suelo, América Latina y Caribe; ²Habitat for Humanity International Latin America and Caribbean Area Office; ³Land Portal Foundation

Infrastructure Cadastre is key factor for economic growth and development of the country

Elizabeta Dukadinovska, Slavce Trpeski, Lidija Krstevska

Agency for Real Cadastre, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

An experience of regularization private urban in Brazil: the case of Terra Nova Urban Land Regularization ltda.

Ana Paula da Silva Bueno¹, Bastiaan Philip Reydon^1,2, Glaciele Leardine Moreira³, André Albuquerque⁴

¹universidade estadual de campinas unicamp, brazil; ²universidade estadual de campinas unicamp, brazil; ³universidade estadual de campinas unicamp, brazil; ⁴terra novaregularizações fundiárias urbanas ltda

Urban planing for sustainable development - Macedonian experience

Goce Gruevski

Agency for real estate cadastre, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Analyzing Land Use Change In Urban Environments In Africa Sub Sahara

Dangoumba François

Ministère des Marchés Publics, Cameroon

Inheritance Dynamics and Women land Rights in Nigeria

Daniel Ayalew Ali², Klaus Deininger², Hosaena Ghebru¹

¹International Food Policy Research Institute, United States of America; ²The World Bank, United States of America

Land access, tenure security and the fate of rural youth in Africa: the case of Ondo state - Nigeria

Hosaena Ghebru¹, Klaus Deininger², Daniel Ayalew Ali²

¹International Food Policy Research Institute, United States of America; ²The World Bank, United States of America

Land Access, Tenure Security and the Fate of Rural Youth in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

Hosaena Ghebru¹, Helder Zavale²

¹International Food Policy Research Institute, United States of America; ²Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Land Service Delivery and Its Challenges in Nigeria: Case study of eight states

Hosaena Ghebru¹, Austen Okumo²

¹International Food Policy Research Institute, United States of America; ²Hohenheim University, Germany

Towards an Analysis of Consequences of Large Scale Land Investments in the Urban-Rural Nexus.

Francesca Marzatico

Palladium

Agribusinesses, Smallholder Tenure Security and Plot-level investments: Evidence from rural Tanzania∗

Kacana Sipangule

Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany

This land is my land! Competing uses, large acquisitions and conflict events in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sara Balestri, Mario A. Maggioni

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy

Land acquisition by foreigners in Brazil: legal framework changes and recent tendencies

Bastiaan Philip Reydon¹, Vitor Bukvar Fernandes¹, Gabriel Pansani Siqueira², José de Arimateia Barbosa³

¹University of Campinas, Brazil (Unicamp); ²University of São Paulo, Brazil (USP); ³Brazilian Land Registry Institute (IRIB), ANOREG/MT

Land Governance at the Crossroads: Finding the Locus between Development Efforts and Human Rights Concerns

Mofe Oluwashola Jeje

Commonwealth Intelligence & Ally Network (CIAN)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). - The Role of the Private Land Sector in Supporting the 2030 Global Agenda

Kenneth Norre, Cecilie Ravn-Christensen

LE34, Denmark

Use of Cluster Farming to improve productivity and reduce poverty amongst small holder rural farmers in Jigawa State, Nigeria

Ibrahim Hadejia

Jigawa State Governemnt, Nigeria

Land Governance: A Study About Conflict Land in the Acre

Elyson Ferreira de Souza¹, Bastiaan Reydon²

¹University of Acre, Brazil; ²University of Campinas, Brazil

Ethnic Politics, Civil Conflicts And Agricultural Investments In South-west Nigeria

Clementina Oluwafunke Ajayi¹, Adegboyega Eyitayo Oguntade¹, Evans S. Osabuohien²

¹Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, Nigeria; ²Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs): Global analysis And Cambodia Case Study

Evan Ellicott, Zhong Honglin, Haviland Katherine, de Bremond Ariane, Hubacek Klaus, Feng Kuishuang, Magliocca Nick

University of Maryland, United States of America

Institutional Policies Integration Assessment: The Case of Acre State/ Brazil

Elyson Ferreira de Souza¹, Bastiaan Reydon²

¹University of Acre - Brazil; ²University of Campinas- Brazil

The Deliver for Good Campaign: Bringing a Gender Lens to the Sustainable Development Goals

Susan Papp, Kelsi Boyle, Savannah Russo

Women Deliver, United States of America

Rural Women and Land equity in Ethiopia

Yalemzewid Demssie Fantaye

Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia

Gender, Land Rights and Access to Land Justice in Northern Uganda.

Frances Birungi

Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children's welfare ( UCOBAC), Uganda

Land Ownership and Poverty Status of Female Headed Farming Household in South West Nigeria

Olabisi Fawehinmi

Bowen University, Nigeria

Gender Dimensions To Securing Land Rights And Agricultural Development In Nigeria

Olubunmi Lawrence Balogun¹, Kayode Ayantoye², Taofeek Ayodeji Ayo-Bello¹

¹Babcock University, Illishan Remo, Nigeria; ²Kwara State University Malete, Ilorin, Nigeria

An analysis of Tanzania's implementation of the 1999 land reforms: Bridging the gender gap in the land tenure debate

Lynette Gwantwa Mwaikinda, Rita Sekela Mwaikinda

Lynette Mwaikinda Consulting Group

Action-Oriented Strategic Research for Improving Responsibility and Gender-Equitability of Land Tenure Governance

Elizabeth Daley, Zoe Driscoll

Mokoro Ltd, United Kingdom

Examining the Nexus between Gender Transformation, Agricultural Transformation and Household Food Insecurity in South Africa. Evidence from a 2014 Household Survey.

Christopher Manyamba

University of Pretoria, South Africa

A Humanities And Social Science Perspective On How People With Rights To Land May Or May Not Have Land Rights

Walter Timo de Vries¹, Beatrice Kan Balivet², Alida Sahili², Muriel Maillefert², Ola Jingryd³, Magnus E. Andersson³, Helena Bohman³, Ase Falk³, Phalthy Hap⁴, Pamela Duran¹, Jean Deleage⁵

¹Technical University Munich, Germany; ²Universtiy of Lyon III, Jean Moulin; ³Malmö University; ⁴Royal University of law and economics Cambodia; ⁵Conseil Superieur du Notariat

A Warped Land Adjudication and a Faulty Legal Regime: The Impact of Insecurity on women land and property rights in Tana River County Kenya

Mitchelle Oyuga, Nancy Ikinu

Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya(FIDA-Kenya), Kenya

Registration Of Occupancies To Enhance Security Of Tenure And Sustainability For Customary And Common Lands And For Natural Resources

Roscoe Sozi^1,2

¹Law Develoment Centre; ²Sozi & Partners Advocates

Legal Pluralism And Land Administration In West Sumatra: The Implementation Of The Regulations Of Both Local And Nagari Governments On Communal Land Tenure

Hilaire Tegnan

Andalas University, Indonesia

Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia

Temesgen Gebeyehu Baye

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Land Ownership, Fortification Of Poverty And Governance Issues – Nigeria

Dotun Andrew Ibiwoye

Vanguard Newspaper, Nigeria

Land Rights and Farmer Decision Making for Productivity and Soil Fertility Management in Uganda and Mozambique

Robert Mazur¹, Naboth Bwambale¹, Eric Abbott¹, Moses Tenywa²

¹Iowa State University, United States of America; ²Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

The Place Of Council Of Elders In The New Constitutional Dispensation: A Case Study Of The Traditional Justice System In Kenya

Mitchelle Oyuga, Nancy Ikinu

Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya(FIDA-Kenya), Kenya

Perceived Land Tenure Security And Investment In Integrated Soil Fertility Management Practices Among Smallholders In Masaka District, Central Uganda.

Naboth Bwambale, Robert E. Mazur, Eric Abbott

Iowa State University, United States of America

Application of Linear programming technique to assess the area allocation, income distribution and employment in case of Finger Millet in Karnataka

Veerabhadrappa Bellundagi

UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru, India

The Agrarian Question And The Migration Process In The Northern Region of Brazil

Luciana Vasquez, Alexandre Maia, Elyson Souza

University of Campinas, Brazil

Promoting Agriculture based Micro and Small Industry through Land Reform Policy: Nepalese Perspective

Rabindra Raj Dhakal

School of Environmental Science and Management, Nepal

The Impact of Food Price Changes and Land Policy Reforms on Household Welfare in Rural Tanzania

Tukae Mbegalo

Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany

Hypothesis Of The Decrease Of The Poverty In Drc (Ground Floor) By The Sustainable Development Of The Congolese Ground

Kabamba Tshikongo Arsene

UNIVERSITE DE LUBUMBASHI, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

An institutional assessment of the impact of access to land by the youth on adoption of resilience building farm practices in Kenya

Lutta Wamukoya Muhammad, Domisiano K. Mwabu

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Kenya

Farmland Distribution and Rural Transformation in Developing Regions

Sarah Lowder², Raffaele Bertini¹

¹Independent Consultant and Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University; ²Food and Agriculture Organization

“Challenges of Land Use in Nepal and Way forward “

Karuna Ghimire, Bikash Shrestha, Sanjeev Poudel

Paribartan Nepal,nongovernmental organization, Nepal

Impact of land Fragmentation on agriculture productivity in Punjab,Pakistan

Rakhshanda Kousar, Ayesha Ajaz, Tahira Sadaf, Javaria Nasir

University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, Pakistan

Assessing Customary Land Administration as an Innovation for Improving Land Governance

Lillian Arthur

Development and Land Solutions Consult, Ghana

Securing Land Rights in Rural Communities: The Community Land Act

Jacob Kaimenyi

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning Kenya, Kenya

Cooperation, transaction cost and heterogeneous saving response in rural Ethiopia: Evidence from natural experiment

Dambala Gelo Kutela

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Urbanisation: Conflicting Impact on Land Resource and Protection for Food Security

Muhammad Uzair Azizan¹, Khadijah Hussin²

¹Land Administration and Development Studies (LAnDS) Research Group, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia; ²Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Challenges to sustainability and resilience in wetlands managements activities among diverse ethnic communities and land tenure systems in Cameroon

Stephen Koghan Ndzeidze¹, Richard Achia Mbih², Harry Mairomi Wirngo³, Bongadzem Carine Sushuu⁴

¹Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, and Integrated Plant Protection Center, Oregon State University, USA; ²African Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts, The Pensylvania State University, USA; ³Department of Geography, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon; ⁴Department of Geography, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

Land Use and Carbon Flux: Looking to the Future

Sankalp Sharma, Tajamul Haque, Anil Giri

Oklahoma Panhandle State University, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, United States of America

Costs land degradation and improvement in Eastern Africa: Case of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania

Oliver Kirui, Alisher Mirzabaev

Center for Development Research, Germany

Impacts of Land Tenure and Property Rights on Land Management in Ethiopia

Befikadu Legesse, Osei Yeboah

North Carolina A&T State University, United States of America

Valuation of water purification services of forests: Panel data evidence from South Africa

Dambala Gelo Kutela, Jane Turpie

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Impact of Land Tenure on Farmers’ Adaptive Investment in Coping with Climate Change in China

Yangjie Wang

Central South University, China, People's Republic of

Examining Forest Governance Policies And Regulations Enforcement Within Mt. Cameroon National Park REDD+ Conservation Projects

Suzanne Awung Nvenakeng^1,2, Douglas Awung Tajocha²

¹The University of York, UK.; ²The Forgotten Green Heroes, Buea, Cameroon

Public-private partnerships in development cooperation: can they contribute to Inclusive Green Growth?

Jetske Bouma, Ezra Berkhout, Martijn Vink

Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Netherlands, The

Promoting Climate Justice in Degraded Landscapes: Appreciating Smallholder Farmers’ Perspectives on Climate Change in Western Kenya

David Otieno¹, Willis Oluoch-Kosura², Dennis Olumeh³, Daniella Maroma⁴

¹University of Nairobi, Kenya; ²University of Nairobi, Kenya; ³University of Nairobi, Kenya; ⁴Department of Geography, University of Leicester, UK

Impact of Land Degradation on Household Poverty in Malawi and Tanzania: Evidence from Panel Data Simultaneous Equation Models

Oliver Kirui

Center for Development Research, Germany

Land degradation and poverty among subsistence farming households in Nigeria: Empirical Analysis of Linkage and Responsible land governance

Temidayo Apata¹, Oluwafemi Aladejebi², Olasimbo Apata³, Alaanu Obaisi⁴

¹Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria, Nigeria; ²Federal University, Oye-Ekiti,; ³Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, Nigeria; ⁴Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria,

The Role of Policy framework for Sustainability and Resilience of Land Resources in Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Fenta Dejen Wudu

Amhara Regional State of Rural Land Administration and Use Bureau, Ethiopia

Awareness Raising Among The Local Communities And Institutional Capacity On Climate Change Mitigation Through Youth Participation In Apiarist.

Emmanuel Adiba¹, Edmond Owor¹, Samuel Mabikke², Lillian Achola³

¹Uganda Land Alliance, Uganda; ²UN-Habitat; ³LANDnet

Connecting Theory and Practice: Communal Land Management Approaches for Increased Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusion

Raquel Orejas, Jeremy Schlickenrieder, Amy Logan

Humana People to People

Productivity Growth and Convergence in Vietnamese Agriculture

Wendi Sun

Rockland Trust, United States of America

The Resource State: Deconstructing the Causality of Growth, Bad Governance, and Land and Natural Resource Rights

Tiernan Mennen

Abt Associates

Poverty And Land Degradation

Olalekan Gafar Okusajo

Nigerian Red Cross, Nigeria

Impact of Land Use /Land Cover Change on Farmers Livelihoods in the Eastern Periphery of Lake Tana, Northwest Ethiopia

Babiyew Zewdie, Belayneh Ayele, Eyayu Molla

Amhara National Regional State of Rural Land Adminstration and Use Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Agricultural Price Distortions in Africa and Their Effect on Land Use Efficiency

Mandy Malan¹, Ezra Berkhout², Jetske Bouma², Jeroen Klomp³

¹International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Uganda; ²Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency; ³Wageningen University and Research

Do forest-land tenure reforms secure rights of forest dependent communities in the tropics? Findings from a cross -country comparative study.

Baruani Mshale, Esther Mwangi, Anne Larson, Iliana Monteroso, Mani Ram Banjade, Nining Liswant, Tuti Herawati

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Kenya

“The valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity, geospatial technology application and the political economy of resource exploitation on customary land in Fiji, Case studies, Namosi Land Copper mining (Viti Levu) and Bua Bauxite mining (Vanua Levu), from ridge to reef assessment”

Paula Daniva Raqeukai

The University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands

the Integration Of Ecotourism In Combating Desertification Polcies In Arid Land Area: Case Study of Béni-Khédache in the South East of Tunisia

Harabi Hassen

UMR Passages - Pau University, France

The Debilitating Impact Of Exploration: Land Reclamation Within The Legal Framework Of Environmental Protection In The Niger Delta Area Of Nigeria

Foluke Olayemi Dada

American University of Nigeria, Yola. Nigeria, United States of America

The Project Phytokat In Katanga (DRC): Conditions For The Integration Of Traditional Medicine In Modern Healthcare And A Model Answer Against Anthropogenic Erosion Of Biodiversity

Bakari Amuri¹, Pierre Meerts², Sandrine Vandenput³, Victor Okombe¹, Edouard Ngoy⁴, Mylor Ngoy Shutcha¹, Olivier Kahola Tabu¹, Florence Kampemba Mujinga¹, Jules Nkulu Fyama¹, Pierre Duez⁵

¹Université de Lubumbashi (RDC), Congo, Democratic Republic of the; ²Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; ³Université de Liège, Belgium; ⁴Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo; ⁵Université de Mons, Belgium

Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP); an Innovative Way of Solving Gully Erosion and Addressing Land Management Issues In Nigeria

Ibrahim Usman Jibril

Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Government of Nigeria, Nigeria

Land Tenure Security for Increased Climate Change Resilience in Africa

Evelyn Namubiru-Mwaura

POLICY INNOVATIONS, Uganda

Integrating Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils From The Katangan Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo) In Land Governance: Phytoremediation And Enhancing Ecosystem Services.

Mylor Ngoy Shutcha¹, Sylvain Boison², François Munyemba Kankumbi¹, Michel-Pierre Faucon³, Ckeface Kamengwa Kissi¹, Jacques Kilela Mwana Somwe¹, Michel Mpundu Mubemba¹, Gregory Mahy², Pierre Meerts⁴, Gilles Colinet²

¹Université de Lubumbashi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; ²Université de Liège, Belgium; ³Institut Polytechnique Lasalle Beauvais, France; ⁴Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Using The Law As A Tool To Eviscerate The Effect Of Mining On Host Comunities: A Case Study Of Niger, Oyo And Plateau States Of Nigeria

Olanike Odewale^1,2, Sadiq Shikyil¹, Foluke Dada¹

¹American University of Nigeria; ²University of Pretoria

The impact of density of population, land use, irrigation and literacy on poverty in Telangana State of India, 1881 - 2015.

Sneha Nalla, Divya Nalla

Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College, India

Brazil-Peru Energy Cooperation in the Amazon Basin: Challenges for Socio And Environmental Responsible Financing

Paula Franco Moreira

Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Brazil

Advances On Multistakeholders Dialogues For Improve Land Governance In Brazil

Andreia Marques Postal, Bastiaan Philip Reydon, Ana Paula Bueno

Unicamp, Brazil