Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective

The Cambodian Land Law (2001) provides indigenous ethnic minority groups with a right to register their traditional residential and agricultural lands under communal title. To date, however, this right has remained unrealized. While the government...

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Main Authors: Adler, Daniel, Ironside, Jeremy, Ratanak, Mean
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/10/11620728/mapping-indigenous-communal-lands-review-literature-cambodian-perspective
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spelling okr-10986-109682021-04-23T14:02:53Z Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective Adler, Daniel Ironside, Jeremy Ratanak, Mean ACCESS TO LAND APPROPRIATION CLAIMS TO LAND COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMON PROPERTY COMMON PROPERTY REGIMES DEFORESTATION ENVIRONMENTS FOREST GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION EXCHANGE LAND RIGHTS LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LANDS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PASTORALISTS PASTURE PROM REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL LIVELIHOODS TENURE VILLAGES WEBSITE The Cambodian Land Law (2001) provides indigenous ethnic minority groups with a right to register their traditional residential and agricultural lands under communal title. To date, however, this right has remained unrealized. While the government has been working on a pilot registration process in three villages and drafting implementing regulations under the land law, Cambodia's once remote highlands have become increasingly exposed to the forces of state and market. The result: indigenous communities are being transformed; livelihoods change; and land is subject to deforestation, sales and grants of government concessions for mining and agribusiness. The Royal Government has included in its policy documents a commitment to the 'interim protection' of indigenous lands prior to registration; however, to progress on this front has been limited. The review of the literature contained in this note is adapted from a study examining the potential of community mapping to serve as an interim protective measure. 2012-08-13T13:43:34Z 2012-08-13T13:43:34Z 2009-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/10/11620728/mapping-indigenous-communal-lands-review-literature-cambodian-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10968 English Justice for the Poor Briefing Note; Volume 3, Issue No. 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Cambodia
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topic ACCESS TO LAND
APPROPRIATION
CLAIMS TO LAND
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMON PROPERTY
COMMON PROPERTY REGIMES
DEFORESTATION
ENVIRONMENTS
FOREST
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
LAND RIGHTS
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSACTIONS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LANDS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
PASTORALISTS
PASTURE
PROM
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
ROADS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
TENURE
VILLAGES
WEBSITE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO LAND
APPROPRIATION
CLAIMS TO LAND
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMON PROPERTY
COMMON PROPERTY REGIMES
DEFORESTATION
ENVIRONMENTS
FOREST
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
LAND RIGHTS
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSACTIONS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LANDS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
PASTORALISTS
PASTURE
PROM
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
ROADS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
TENURE
VILLAGES
WEBSITE
Adler, Daniel
Ironside, Jeremy
Ratanak, Mean
Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Cambodia
relation Justice for the Poor Briefing Note; Volume 3, Issue No. 2
description The Cambodian Land Law (2001) provides indigenous ethnic minority groups with a right to register their traditional residential and agricultural lands under communal title. To date, however, this right has remained unrealized. While the government has been working on a pilot registration process in three villages and drafting implementing regulations under the land law, Cambodia's once remote highlands have become increasingly exposed to the forces of state and market. The result: indigenous communities are being transformed; livelihoods change; and land is subject to deforestation, sales and grants of government concessions for mining and agribusiness. The Royal Government has included in its policy documents a commitment to the 'interim protection' of indigenous lands prior to registration; however, to progress on this front has been limited. The review of the literature contained in this note is adapted from a study examining the potential of community mapping to serve as an interim protective measure.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Adler, Daniel
Ironside, Jeremy
Ratanak, Mean
author_facet Adler, Daniel
Ironside, Jeremy
Ratanak, Mean
author_sort Adler, Daniel
title Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective
title_short Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective
title_full Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective
title_fullStr Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Mapping Indigenous Communal Lands : A Review of the Literature from a Cambodian Perspective
title_sort mapping indigenous communal lands : a review of the literature from a cambodian perspective
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/10/11620728/mapping-indigenous-communal-lands-review-literature-cambodian-perspective
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